(C) If a party fails to request that a benefit review conference be rescheduled in the time required by commissioner rule or fails to attend a benefit review conference without good cause as defined by commissioner rule, the party forfeits the entitlement to party’s attend a benefit review conference on the issue in dispute, unless a benefit review officer is authorized to schedule an additional benefit review conference under Section 6421225(B). (D) The commissioner shall adopt rules necessary to implement and enforce this section, including rules that: (1) define good cause; and (2) establish deadlines for requesting that a benefit review conference be rescheduled under subsection (B). Section 6421240. (A) A dispute may be resolved either in whole or in part at a benefit review conference. (B) If the conference results in the resolution of some disputed issues by agreement or in a settlement, the benefit review officer shall reduce the agreement or the settlement to writing. The benefit review officer and each party or the designated representative of the party shall sign the agreement or settlement. (C) A settlement takes effect on the date it is approved by the director in accordance with Section 6417150. Section 6421245. (A) An agreement signed in accordance with Section 6421240 is binding on the insurance carrier through the conclusion of all matters relating to the claim, unless the division or a court, on a finding of fraud, newly discovered evidence, or other good and sufficient cause, relieves the insurance carrier of the effect of the agreement. (B) The agreement is binding on the claimant, if represented by an attorney, to the same extent as on the insurance carrier. If the claimant is not represented by an attorney, the agreement is binding on the claimant through the conclusion of all matters relating to the claim while the claim is pending before the division, unless the commissioner for good cause relieves the claimant of the effect of the agreement. Section 6421250. (A) If a dispute is not entirely resolved at a benefit review conference, the benefit review officer shall prepare a written report that details each issue that is not resolved at the conference. (B) The report must also include: (1) a statement of each resolved issue;
(C) If a party fails to request that a benefit review conference be rescheduled in the time required by commissioner rule or fails to attend a benefit review conference without good cause as defined by commissioner rule, the party forfeits the party’s entitlement to attend a benefit review conference on the issue in dispute, unless a benefit review officer is authorized to schedule an additional benefit review conference under Section 6421225(B). (D) The commissioner shall adopt rules necessary to implement and enforce this section, including rules that: (1) define good cause; and (2) establish deadlines for requesting that a benefit review conference be rescheduled under subsection (B). Section 6421240. (A) A dispute may be resolved either in whole or in part at a benefit review conference. (B) If the conference results in the resolution of some disputed issues by agreement or in a settlement, the benefit review officer shall reduce the agreement or the settlement to writing. The benefit review officer and each party or the designated representative of the party shall sign the agreement or settlement. (C) A settlement takes effect on the date it is approved by the director in accordance with Section 6417150. Section 6421245. (A) An agreement signed in accordance with Section 6421240 is binding on the insurance carrier through the conclusion of all matters relating to the claim, unless the division or a court, on a finding of fraud, newly discovered evidence, or other good and sufficient cause, relieves the insurance carrier of the effect of the agreement. (B) The agreement is binding on the claimant, if represented by an attorney, to the same extent as on the insurance carrier. If the claimant is not represented by an attorney, the agreement is binding on the claimant through the conclusion of all matters relating to the claim while the claim is pending before the division, unless the commissioner for good cause relieves the claimant of the effect of the agreement. Section 6421250. (A) If a dispute is not entirely resolved at a benefit review conference, the benefit review officer shall prepare a written report that details each issue that is not resolved at the conference. (B) The report must also include: (1) a statement of each resolved issue;
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