Cascade Physical Therapy v. Hartford Casualty Insurance

This case involves a medical fee dispute in which Cascade challenges the fees paid by insurer for medical services that Cascade provided to injured workers between January 2006 and May 2008.1 Cascade seeks judicial review of a final order in which the director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services (DCBS) concluded, after a contested case hearing, that insurer was not required to pay Cascade any additional amounts for the medical services at issue.2 On review, Cascade asserts that the director reached that conclusion based on an erroneous interpretation of OAR 436-009-0040(1)…