Article: BEVERLY ENTERPRISES AND ITS INSURANCE CARRIERS VIOLATE WORKERS' COMP LAW, UNION SAYS; STATE ASKED TO INVESTIGATE CHARGES OF ABUSE

 
HARRISBURG, Jan. 14 /PRNewswire/ -- The nation's largest for-profit nursing home chain and its workers' compensation insurance carriers were charged today by the union representing their workers with widespread and consistent violations of Pennsylvania's workers' compensation law. 
John August, president of District 1199P of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU), stated at a Capitol Hill news conference today that Beverly Enterprises and its compensation carriers are being charged with engaging in "a pattern of abuse, delay and denial" by contesting legitimate claims for lost wages and medical payments, delaying lost wage and medical payments, misleading workers ...

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