How Do I Find a Doctor Who Can Treat My Work Injury?
Find a Doctor Who Listens!
Some doctors are all about the insurance reimbursements. Some doctors just aren’t very nice. Others are wonderful people who work hard to do the right thing for their patients, without undo influence from insurance companies and employers. When you call on The Law Offices of Timothy Kennedy for help and guidance, we help you find doctors who will listen to your complaints, take your symptoms seriously, and help you to document the full scope and impact of your work injury, while providing appropriate care to help you make the best possible recovery.
Insurance "Panel" DoctorsWorkers comp defendants try to limit you to only the most "insurance-oriented" doctors they can find. These tend to be "occupational health" providers and their referrals, who work with the insurance adjusters or employers and who very often work against the interests of the injured worker. They may refuse or delay diagnostic testing, such as an MRI, because the adjuster prefers to treat your injury as a mere "strain" or "sprain" -- when testing might show it is more serious. They may hesitate to act on your complaints and consistently limit how they document your injury, to keep the insurance folks happy. Many will have a set policy that they NEVER take an injured worker fully off work, even when that is the medically warranted approach. Call us to learn how to break away from this manipulation of your rights -- BEFORE bad medical support makes your injury worse or your claim for benefits more vulnerable.
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Better Doctor = Stronger RightsWorkers compensation claims are, at their heart, medical disputes. Is your injury only minor or is it major? Are you able to keep showing up for work, in light duty or full duty, or should you be home and actually getting better? Do you need diagnostic testing? How far is your doctor willing to go to support your claim for benefits when you have real symptoms and prefer not to struggle through supposed “light duty” that may be making your injury worse or preventing it from getting better? Will the doctor you see stand up to an insurance-funded “expert” who works with the adjuster to minimize your injuries? If your employer requires you to work beyond your safe capacities, will the doctor just shrug, or will he support your time away from that work, allowing you to collect wage loss benefits? Finding a doctor who will be supportive, who is attentive and sympathetic, and who has the right credentials and offers the right forms of treatment is critical to your rights. We help with that. Call us.
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Take Control of Your ClaimDon’t take an adjuster’s word for it if you’re told you must treat with insurance-approved doctors. Adjusters will often distort the rules. Even more often, they will fail to fully or properly explain whether, when or just how narrowly those rules apply. They might admit to you that their control over your medical treatment is time-limited, but they will not tell you of the many situations where that control simply does not apply – where you are free to seek your own doctor (or a referral from our office) from day one. Most importantly, you need advice on exactly who to see or what to look for, so that you don’t end up with a medical provider who will sell you short just to please an insurance adjuster, or a doctor who fails to take your injury with the seriousness it deserves. Call Tim Kennedy to discuss your specific situation and how best to take control over your medical treatment, the medical evidence controlling your claim, and ultimately the strenght of your valuable work injury rights.
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