Workers comp / return to work forms

[BoardingDoc]

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Just started seeing a few WC patients. Expected mix of actual injury trying to get better and utter BS.

One just asked me for a work restriction note. She's seen OCC health already and her injury was already 1 month old by the time she saw me. Lumbar radic by exam. No imaging. Wants to try PT before imaging. All reasonable, but I'm feeling like I would just punt this to OCC health. Otherwise, what are people doing in this scenario?

Even outside of the WC realm, I'd probably just be sending back to the PCP as in that case it would be a FMLA or short term disability thing.

 

[Baron Samedi]

$75/page

 

[geauxg8rs]

$75/page

If you want to do it and get paid for it, charge a reasonable amount. If you don’t want to do it charge an unreasonable amount

 

[Agast]

X-ray and PT

6 week follow up

MRI if indicated

Injection if indicated

Whatever you do, make sure no one thinks you’re the “treating physician.”

 

[BoardingDoc]

Thx for the replies. All valid strategies. I think I'm just going to say that I will sometimes write for a few days off of work if we're waiting for an MRI or something but anything more involved than that needs to come from the PCP/Occ health/whoever is quarterbacking care of this issue.

 

[SSdoc33]

Thx for the replies. All valid strategies. I think I'm just going to say that I will sometimes write for a few days off of work if we're waiting for an MRI or something but anything more involved than that needs to come from the PCP/Occ health/whoever is quarterbacking care of this issue.

lol. Good luck with that.