The claimant (who was catastrophically impaired) sought entitlement to attendant care benefits at the rate of $6,000 per month as well as various medical benefits. Adjudicator Farlam accepted the insurer’s monthly attendant care rate ($1,029.42 per month) as the claimant failed to establish with medical evidence that $6,000 per month in attendant care services was reasonable and necessary, had failed to attend an IE, and the treatment provider had failed to respond to a section 46 request for additional information. Adjudicator Farlam found that the claimant was entitled to previously partially approved amounts for case management services and chiropractic treatment (if not already paid), but not the denied remaining balances. She further found that the remaining disputed benefits were not payable, given the lack of evidence to support that the proposed services were reasonable and necessary.
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