{"id":2876,"date":"2016-08-11T17:40:24","date_gmt":"2016-08-11T17:40:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hartlawfirmllp.com\/?p=2876"},"modified":"2019-02-15T23:39:04","modified_gmt":"2019-02-15T23:39:04","slug":"using-your-right-to-a-change-of-physician-wisely","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hartlawfirmllp.com\/?p=2876","title":{"rendered":"Using Your Right to a Change Of Physician Wisely"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/hartlawfirmllp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/COP.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2877\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2877\" src=\"https:\/\/hartlawfirmllp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/COP-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"COP\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Under Arkansas Law, the insurance company in a workers&#8217; compensation claim has the right to direct an injured employee&#8217;s initial medical care. \u00a0Often times, this means that an injured worker will be sent to a &#8220;company doctor&#8221; who is familiar to both the insurance carrier and employer. \u00a0If the injured worker needs a referral to a specialist, the insurance company might tell the company doctor where to send a claimant for further evaluation. Under this scenario, it may not take very long at all for a work injury claim to become so overloaded with insurance-friendly physicians that it completely sinks the entire case, before the claimant even knows what happened.<\/p>\n<p>Thankfully, our Workers&#8217; Compensation Act allows an injured worker to ask for a one-time change of physician, to a doctor he or she wants to see, at basically any point during the claim. \u00a0The problem is that the insurance company may only have to pay for <u>one office visit<\/u> to the new doctor, unless the new physician provides the parties with some pretty compelling medical opinions to advance the evidence in the claim. \u00a0Because of this, knowing exactly\u00a0<u>when and how<\/u> to use a physician change may be extremely important to the outcome of the claim. \u00a0If, for example, an uninformed claimant asks for a physician change at an unwise juncture in the case, to a doctor who thinks most folks alleging work injuries are scam artists, the physician change may have just been completely wasted, or worse.<\/p>\n<p>Have questions about a physician change? \u00a0Give us a call. \u00a0We&#8217;re always here to help.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Neal L. Hart,\u00a0Attorney at Law<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.awcc.state.ar.us\/employeebasicfacts.html\" target=\"_blank\">AWCC Bacis Facts including Change of Physician<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Under Arkansas Law, the insurance company in a workers&#8217; compensation claim has the right to direct an injured employee&#8217;s initial medical care. \u00a0Often times, this means that an injured worker will be sent to a &#8220;company doctor&#8221; who is familiar to both the insurance carrier and employer. \u00a0If the injured worker needs a referral to 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