doctors that take workers comp near me

One of the questions that I am asked as a Workers’ Compensation attorney the most after meeting with a new client is “do I have to see a workers’ comp doctor?” In other words, if an employee is injured at work, does he or she have to go to a particular doctor? The answer to that question is often “yes.” However, the rules governing where the injured employee gets treatment are a little more complicated. Generally, the Workers’ Compensation Act provides that an injured worker must treat with panel physicians chosen by the employer within the first 90 days of being injured. This is often referred to as the “90 day rule.” With the passage of Act 57 in 1996, Section 306(f.1)(1)(i) , 77 P.S. §531(1)(i), employees are required to treat with a medical provider on the employer’s list of designated physicians for the first 90 days after the date of injury. However, this rule only applies if the employer provides written notice to the employee that treatment with a designated physician is requir...

Whenever a worker is hurt on the job, he should immediately notify an upper level manager or the Human Resources manager of his employer of the details as to when, where, and how he was injured in the course of his work. Following this procedure will protect your legal right to claim workmans comp benefits. Once treatment has begun by the company-selected doctors, those doctors can decide whether or not to keep the injured worker off work for any period of time during his treatment period while recovering from work injuries. Workers compensation law for the state of Missouri provides that once the treating doctor keeps the injured worker completely off work for more than three regularly scheduled work days (the three-day waiting period), the employer and their workers compensation insurance company owe the employee hurt on the job workmans comp benefits in the form of “temporary total disability benefits”. Unfortunately, more often than not these weekly lost-pay workmans comp benefits ...