Q: My husband WC claim was denied after receiving payment for 8 wks due to a medical statement being incorrect. What to do?
The admitting physical was contact and confirm that the statement was wrong and offer to do what was need to get this corrected. We did start the appeal process. My question is should we contact the WC claim adjuster and let the physician speak with them confirm the incorrect diction of the medical statement . The denial was the the accident didn't happen at work.
A: Unfortunately, the adjuster is not on your side. My advice is to contact a workers' comp attorney. It sounds like you are in for a fight. If you can get the ER doctor to write an amendment or correction to his notes then that would be very very important to try to get that done. The judge will go by what the ER notes state nine times out of ten based upon my experience. Feel free to give my office a call or another attorney of your choice.
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