What should you do if your employer’s posted panel of physicians only includes industrial clinic doctors?
Georgia law gives your employer the right to choose where you get medical care if you are hurt on the job. We may be able to get you to a different doctor down the road but in most cases the first doctor you will see will be one that appears on a “posted panel” of doctors that should be located in a break room or other central location.
Frequently, your employer’s insurance company will give your employer the names of doctors they want for the posted panel. Why? Because insurance companies want you to treat with doctors who are less likely to take you out of work, who will not order expensive tests and who will report their findings directly to a nurse case manager or directly the insurance adjuster.
Just because a physician has an M.D. after his name does not mean that the doctor has your best interests at heart. [Read more…] about How to Protect Yourself if Workers Compensation Sends You to an Industrial Clinic Doctor