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Medical Treatment While Receiving Worker's Compensation Benefits
Posted by: Judy Pippin
August 27, 2008
Topic: Worker's Compensation
Under Indiana law, your employer's worker's compensation insurance company controls your medical treatment while you are receiving your worker's compensation benefits. Many injured workers would like to choose their own doctors to provide them with treatment. If you do so, more often than not you will be responsible for paying that physician. Also, there are instances where a worker's compensation insurance company may find that you are non-compliant with your worker's compensation medical treatment if you seek outside medical care. This usually happens in instances where more than one doctor is providing medication or there is conflicting treatment. Occasionally, the worker's compensation company may authorize treatment from the doctor of your choice. However, in general the worker's compensation carrier will pick your physician and course of medical treatment. If you have any questions concerning this matter, please do not hesitate to contact the attorneys at Wagner Reese & Crossen.
