Can I Pick My OwnWorkers’
Comp Doctor?

What to Know about Company Doctors in Workers’ Comp

When your injury first occurs, you should go to any doctor you can who provides urgent care. Depending on the situation, you may not get to choose that first doctor.

But don’t give any recorded statements to a workers’ comp insurance company, and do not sign any forms selecting the company doctor as your official physician for your workers’ comp claim. You get to choose your doctors.

When you return for follow-up care, make sure it’s with a doctor of your choosing.

Here are some things you should know about workers’ comp doctors:

• Employers have networks of doctors to whom they prefer to send you.
• Those facilities have contracts with employers and insurance companies.
• The doctors there have instructions from employers on how to handle the patients they send.
• They may be less supportive of workers’ comp patients.

Sometimes, insurance companies will even send a nurse to observe your doctor visit looking for reasons to resist your claim. You don’t have to accept that either.

Attorneys who know the workers’ comp process can help guide you in getting the kinds of medical services that help you secure your benefits, instead of giving you more problems.

The lawyers at Workers’ Compensation, LLC, provide free initial consultations on job injury claims.