Denver, Colorado Future Medical Benefits Attorney
When you suffer an injury in the workplace, the insurance company must provide you with medical care. However, they get to pick the doctor, and many times the doctors they pick are more interested in saving the insurance company money than in providing you with medical care that takes care of your needs. At The Law Office of Steven H. Gurwin, we offer experienced, dedicated advocacy to protect your right to care as well as future medical benefits.
We can help you get optimal care after suffering a workplace injury. Let us take immediate action in your workers’ compensation case to help you get the medical treatment you need. Contact us for an immediate consultation or case evaluation.
Once you report your injury, the insurance carrier will provide you with their own medical care. You may be able to change doctors, often by going before a judge, but it is important to act quickly before it is too late. Our attorneys will take immediate action to protect your rights to medical care. If you do not take action within a certain period of time, your right to change doctors may be lost forever.
The doctor who treats you is important because he or she will:
- Make many decisions that are critical to your case
- Inform your insurance carrier and your employer of the extent of your injuries
- Determine whether you are given certain expensive tests including x-rays, MRI’s, and CAT scans.
- Identify your work restrictions which will affect the kinds of work you are able to do which may affect your lost wages
- Determine your ultimate settlement and whether you are able to collect disability
- Make the determination when you have reached Maximum Medical Improvement (MMI)- this will affect whether you can receive future medical benefits
You will not be entitled to receive any lost wages if your employer offers you work within the doctor’s restrictions. Make sure you have an accurate and comprehensive doctor’s report to account for all of your injuries. Contact us for an immediate consultation.
Future Medical Benefits & Maximum Medical Improvement (MMI)
An injured person cannot receive lost wages and often cannot receive additional medical care after reaching MMI. Sometimes the doctors say that you are at MMI before you are really there in order to save the insurance company money. It can be very important that you know exactly how to challenge the doctor's opinion when he says that you have reached MMI. Once a final admission of liability is made you have only 30 days to object.
You have 30 days to object to the Final Admission of Liability. We can help you get an independent medical evaluation from the division of workers’ comp to ensure you receive optimal treatment and a comprehensive report on your case.
Contact the Law Office of Steven H. Gurwin for a free consultation with an experienced Denver, Colorado workers’ compensation and trial lawyer. Call now to protect your workers’ comp rights to future medical benefits.
