Workers' compensation FAQs
If you are injured on the job and medical treatment is needed, notify your supervisor of the injury. He/She is required to complete the Authorization to Invoice MSU form . Take the completed form with you to the University designated physician for treatment. The cost of your treatment services will be billed to the Workers' Compensation office.
You must also complete the Report of Claimed Occupational Injury or Illness form , within 24 hours of the injury. This form may be completed after medical treatment is received and must be mailed to MSU Human Resources, Workers' Compensation, 1407 S. Harrison Road, Suite 110, East Lansing, MI 48823 or faxed to (517) 432-4102.
No appointment is needed, but employees are able to check-in ahead of time at luc123.com . You must have the Authorization to Invoice MSU form in order to be seen and receive treatment.
Lansing Urgent Care can fill some prescriptions at the facility in which you receive treatment. The MSU Health Care pharmacies at Olin Student Health Center and Clinical Center can be used and will bill the Workers’ Compensation Office directly. Any other local pharmacy can be used but will have to pay out –of-pocket, submit a receipt to the Workers’ Compensation Office for reimbursement.
If you need to be transported to Lansing Urgent Care or Sparrow Hospital, please call 911 in case of emergency. Non emergency situations may be transported by a supervisor or co-worker. The workers' compensation office is continuing to research an alternative to Capital Transport.
Mileage may also be reimbursed for travel to and from medical appointments at the State designated rate. For mileage reimbursement complete the Workers' Compensation Medical Travel Reimbursement Request form .
If you are put off work or released with restrictions and your department does not have a job for you within your restrictions, you are entitled to receive Workers' Compensation for lost time. These payments start on the eighth calendar day you are off work. If you are off 14 days or more, you will be paid retroactive from your first day off.
If you are a regular employee, or a temporary employee with at least 90 days of continuous service (not a student or an on-call) you are entitled to Accident Time (this time is not deducted from your sick bank). This equals your full base wage for the first seven calendar days. If you are off 14 days or more, you will be paid retroactive from your first day off.
If you are put off work or released with restrictions and your department does not have a job for you within your restrictions, you are entitled to receive Workers' Compensation for lost time. These payments start on the eighth calendar day you are off work. If you are off 14 days or more, you will be paid retroactive from your first day off.
If you are a regular employee, or a temporary employee with at least 90 days of continuous service (not a student or an on-call) you are entitled to Accident Time (this time is not deducted from your sick bank). This equals your full base wage for the first seven calendar days. If you are off 14 days or more, you will be paid retroactive from your first day off.
Family Medical Leave is not an additional leave. Rather, it is used along with sick leave, vacation leave, Workers' Compensation or leave without pay.