Sep 21, 2023 | Medical Benefits
I Finished My Work Injury Treatment, Now What? – In previous blogs, we’ve addressed Maximum Medical Improvement (MMI), which is the moment when doctors consider there’s no more medical treatment that can make you improve your condition any further. Nonetheless,...
May 19, 2022 | Employment Concerns, Medical Benefits
I am at MMI – Maximum Medical Improvement…what does that mean? – When you’re injured on the job there are some important dates. One of them is when you got injured, the next most important date is when you’re placed at Maximum Medical Improvement...
May 11, 2022 | Medical Benefits
Independent Medical Evaluations – The Workers Compensation Act from time to time allows carriers to send injured workers to what they call independent medical evaluations. The requirement is usually that that doctor hasn’t treated you before and isn’t associated...
Apr 21, 2022 | Medical Benefits
Going to the doctor after a work injury? – When injured workers go to the doctor for the first time due to a work injury, they think they will see a kind doctor who will try to help them, but in reality, that doctor has been picked by the insurance company to...
Apr 13, 2022 | Medical Benefits
Going To The Doctor After A Work Injury? – When you see a doctor for the first time it’s the most important visit you can get because so much gets determined there. What is said and not said at that visit can affect an entire claim. Going To The Doctor...
Mar 12, 2020 | Medical Benefits
Can Workers Compensation Pay My Family Member for Taking Care of Me While in Treatment? I recently received this question from a client who was recovering from surgery: Can workers compensation pay my family member for taking care of me while in treatment? The only...
