Date: | 04/28/1999 |
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Organization: | Department of Industrial Accidents |
Docket Number: | DIA Board No. 016684-93 |
Location: | Boston |
- Employee: Arthur J. Lee
- Plaintiff: Massachusetts General Hospital (3rd party)
- Insurer: Liberty Mutual Insurance Co.
SMITH, J. The employee appeals from the decision of an administrative judge denying and dismissing a third party claim for payment of an outstanding medical bill. The employee argues that entitlement to payment was established by a hearing decision containing a generic award of reasonable and adequate medical treatment. Because the prior decision did not specifically address the disputed medical services, we conclude that it did not preclude the insurer from challenging their causal connection to the established work injury. We therefore affirm the decision of the administrative judge.