{"id":5963,"date":"2013-10-29T09:00:04","date_gmt":"2013-10-29T09:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.duncanlawonline.com\/?p=5963"},"modified":"2015-04-12T23:01:04","modified_gmt":"2015-04-12T23:01:04","slug":"form-61-in-north-carolina-workers-compensation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.duncanlawonline.com\/staging\/8350\/form-61-in-north-carolina-workers-compensation\/","title":{"rendered":"What is a Form 61 in North Carolina Workers&#8217; Compensation?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"What is a Form 61 in a North Carolina Workers&amp;apos; Compensation Case?\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/UJXOrrhTBaA?wmode=transparent&amp;rel=0&amp;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-5599\" src=\"https:\/\/www.duncanlawonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Question-Mark-Man.jpg\" alt=\"North Carolina Workers' Compensation Questions\" width=\"347\" height=\"346\" \/><\/p>\n<p>North Carolina Industrial Commission Form 61 is the Denial of Workers\u2019 Compensation Claim. If the employer finds reason to deny the employee\u2019s workers\u2019 compensation claim, this form must be submitted to the <a title=\"North Carolina Industrial Commission\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ic.nc.gov\/faqs.html\" target=\"_blank\">North Carolina Industrial Commission<\/a> (NCIC) as well as providing copies to the employee, the employee\u2019s attorney (if applicable) and any healthcare providers that have submitted medical bills to the employer.<\/p>\n<p>The employer must be very specific in providing the reason for their denial of the claim. If certain reasons are omitted from the form and the denial is then challenged, those reasons for denial that were not reported may be excluded from the challenge hearing. If an employee receives a Form 61 from their employer and wishes to challenge the decision to deny their claim, they may do so by submitting a <a title=\"Form 33 in North Carolina Workers' Compensation\" href=\"https:\/\/www.duncanlawonline.com\/what-is-form-33-in-workers-compensation\/\" target=\"_blank\">Form 33<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>North Carolina Industrial Commission Form 61 is the Denial of Workers\u2019 Compensation Claim. If the employer finds reason to deny the employee\u2019s workers\u2019 compensation claim, this form must be submitted to the North Carolina Industrial Commission (NCIC) as well as providing copies to the employee, the employee\u2019s attorney (if applicable) and any healthcare providers that &#8230; <a title=\"What is a Form 61 in North Carolina Workers&#8217; Compensation?\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.duncanlawonline.com\/staging\/8350\/form-61-in-north-carolina-workers-compensation\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about What is a Form 61 in North Carolina Workers&#8217; Compensation?\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"video","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5963","post","type-post","status-publish","format-video","hentry","category-workers-compensation","post_format-post-format-video"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.7 (Yoast SEO v27.7) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>NC Workers&#039; Comp Form 61 Explained | Duncan Law<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Form 61 is NC&#039;s official workers&#039; comp claim denial. 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