SAIF Corporation v. Shipley

RIGGS, Pc J.

SAIF seeks review of an order of the Workers’ Compensation Board, contending that the Board erred in assuming jurisdiction over the matter, which involved only a claim for medical benefits on a previously accepted claim. We agree with SAIF that the Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services has exclusive jurisdiction.

With regard to the review of medical services disputes, ORS 656.245(6) provides:

“If a claim for medical services is disapproved for any reason other than the formal denial of the compensability of the underlying claim and this disapproval is…