FCCI Mutual Insurance v. Schnupp

The judge of compensation claims entered an order awarding certain workers’ compen*1235sation benefits to Donna L. Schnupp and, after the fact, authorizing diagnostic testing (a “discogram”) and back surgery by previously unauthorized physicians. Before the diagnostic testing and surgery, Ms. Schnupp mailed a written request that a particular orthopedic surgeon, Dr. Hogshead, be authorized to treat her and that a discogram be authorized, but she did not request authorization for her surgery until the operation was over.

In response to her initial request for authorization for Dr. Hogshead, the…