Masko v. Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board

I agree entirely with the majority’s disposition of the issues concerning the modification petition. I further acknowledge that Boehm v. Workmen’s Compensation Appeal Board (United Parcel Services), 133 Pa.Commonwealth Ct. 455, 576 A.2d 1163 (1990), and Johnson v. Workmen’s Compensation Appeal Board (Albert Einstein Medical Center), 137 Pa.Commonwealth Ct. 176, 586 A.2d 991 (1991), and their progeny1 are controlling precedent for the proposition that an employer cannot unilaterally cease payments of medical expenses on the theory that they are unreasonable or unnecessary and I am in complete…