34 Pa. Code § 121.17 - Change in compensation
(a) If an
injured employee has recovered from an injury, or a deceased employee's
dependent or personal representative is no longer eligible to receive death
benefits, an Agreement to Stop Weekly Workers' Compensation Payments (Final
Receipt), Form LIBC-340, may be executed by the parties. The executed agreement
shall be filed with the Bureau.
(b)
Termination, suspension, modification or other change in compensation may be
accomplished by filing with the Bureau a Supplemental Agreement for
Compensation for Disability or Permanent Injury, Form LIBC-337. A Supplemental
Agreement for Compensation for Disability or Permanent Injury, Form LIBC-337,
may be used to change an Agreement for Compensation for Disability or Permanent
Injury, Form LIBC-336, a Supplemental Agreement for Compensation for Disability
or Permanent Injury, Form LIBC-337, an Agreement for Compensation for Death,
Form LIBC-338, a Notice of Compensation Payable, Form LIBC-495, or an award. A
Supplemental Agreement for Compensation for Disability or Permanent Injury,
Form LIBC-337, shall be completed before being signed by the employer and the
employee. The completed Supplemental Agreement for Compensation for Disability
or Permanent Injury, Form LIBC-337, shall be sent to the employee or his
dependents and filed with the Bureau.
(c) A suspension or modification of
compensation may be accomplished by the employer mailing a Notification of
Suspension or Modification Pursuant to §§ 413 (c) and (d), Form
LIBC-751, to the Bureau and the employee. The wage calculation on the
Notification of Suspension or Modification Pursuant to §§ 413 (c) and
(d), Form LIBC-751, shall be completed for a modification.
(d) If temporary payments made under §
121.7a (relating to notice of
temporary compensation payable) are stopped, the employer shall file one of the
following:
(1) A Notice Stopping Temporary
Compensation, Form LIBC-502, and a Notice of Workers' Compensation Denial, Form
LIBC-496, within 5 days of the last payment and within the 90-day temporary
compensation payable period.
(2) A
Notice of Compensation Payable, Form LIBC-495.
(3) An Agreement for Compensation for
Disability or Permanent Injury, Form LIBC-336.
(e) The employer may not file a Notification
of Suspension or Modification Pursuant to §§ 413 (c) and (d), Form
LIBC-751, to stop temporary payments made under § 121.7a.
(f) If termination, suspension or
modification of compensation cannot be achieved through subsection (a), (b),
(c) or (d), the employer may file a Petition To: Terminate (stop payment of
worker's compensation), Terminate (based upon physician's affidavit, a special
supersedeas hearing to be scheduled), Modify or Suspend Compensation Benefits,
Form LIBC-378.
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