I’m asked quite frequently by business owners and HR personnel what can be done when an employee is injured, but they know the employee had a pre-existing condition. A short answer is “tough luck,” after a legitimate work injury occurs, the best you can hope for is strict mitigation, minimize the lost time indemnity payments, and utilize all the in-network providers possible. All this does, however, is control the cost of the claim. A better approach would be to stop buying the injury in the first place! …
