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Workers' Compensation for Physicians

For good advice see a lawyer and if you have questions about this blog, the law or your case write or call me directly. Steve Lombardi, sdlombardi@aol.com and 515-222-1110. I handle all types of personal injury cases including car accidents, truck accidents, motorcycle accidents, workers' compensation cases. We help truckers all across the country who come through Iowa and end up in an accident. If we need other lawyers from other states we hire them and it costs you no more than what you would pay us; in other words, we split the fee between us. So call 515-222-1110 or email us at sdlombardi@aol.com. 

If you're involved in workers' compensation medical care you probably hate it. It seems the insurance industry has a check list or every malady known to man-kind and aren't afraid to tell doctors what they can and can't do. Well it's time it stopped. Doctors need to know they are in charge; not some two-bit insurance adjuster with a bachelor's degree in philosophy.

If you're a doctor treating a patient who is receiving benefits under the Iowa Workers' Compensation Act, then I'm here to help you by answering any questions you may have and in a confidential way. I'll answer your questions directly and then post them for other Iowa doctors to read and learn how to make your job easier and the system to run better. So if you are a physician or chiropractor contact the author with your questions about Iowa's Workers' Compensation law or practice by sending an email or calling me directly. Steve Lombardi, sdlombardi@aol.com and 515-222-1110.

If you're a doctor treating a patient who is receiving benefits under the Iowa Workers' Compensation Act, then I'm here to help you by answering any questions you may have and in a confidential way. I'll answer your questions directly and then post them for other Iowa doctors to read and learn how to make your job easier and the system to run better. So if you are a physician or chiropractor contact the author with your questions about Iowa's Workers' Compensation law or practice by sending an email or calling me directly. Steve Lombardi, sdlombardi@aol.com and 515-222-1110. See also  the Iowa Edict .

Blog for Work-Comp For Doctors!

• Weekly Death Toll in the Workplace
• How to get paid when horseplay is a part of the history for a workers’ comp injury.

Frequent Questions for Work-Comp For Doctors!:

• Can they make me drive a hundred miles to work light duty?
• If my employer is filing for bankruptcy, can they still be liable if I was injured? I got hurt while in the workplace. I can't afford to cover the medical bills so I wanted my employer to take care of it. He told me that the company is going bankrupt and there is no money to cover this. Can he do that? What can I do?
• I'm a doctor and we get a lot of referral work from this one workers' compensation insurance company, but frankly it bothers me how controlling the adjusters are in these case. It seems to me they think referring us work is leverage to sway my opinions on causation, permanency ratings and work restrictions. I think my opinions should be independent and without bias from the benefits of our referral relationship. What can I do?
• Where can doctors get answers about Iowa workers' compensation law?
• I'm a physician and my patient is involved in a workers' compensation case. I don't like how the nurse case manager is treating the patient. Frankly I think she is taking advantage of the patient's rights. What should I do?
• I'm a doctor and my patient has an Iowa workers' compensation claim. Should the case manager be with us in the exam room? Does the patient still have a right of privacy under Iowa law?
• I'm a nurse and our patient is a workers' compensation patient. I don't like how the nurse case manager is treating the patient. Frankly I think she is taking advantage of the patient's rights. What should I do?
• I'm a physician's assistant and my patient is a workers' compensation patient. I don't like how the nurse case manager is treating the patient. Frankly I think she is taking advantage of the patient's rights. What should I do?
• As a treating physician is the patient my client even when I get a lot of work from the insurance company?
• I work in the billing department at a doctor's office and need to collect patient accounts in workers' compensation cases; where do I turn for help?
• If the patient covered under Iowa's workers' compensation program is hurt while driving to work who do I bill?
• How can I protect myself against being sued for a wrong-site, wrong-patient or wrong-procedure surgery?
• Iowa workers' compensation: What happens when my physician says no to light duty?
• I fell at work and had rotator cuff repair and was told by the Dr. if I injured it again it would not be repairable and then instructed to return to work the next day for light duty. The hospital told me I could take my PTO time for two weeks as they thought this was unreasonable instruction. What should I do? This happens a lot with this Doctor's office I feel this is unfair.
• How can the doctor make the Iowa workers' compensation case easier?
• As a physician what can I do to make everyone's job easier?
• As the authorized treating physician how can I help the patient?
• Why do doctors allow insurance adjuster's to practice medicine?
• Must the doctor allow the insurance company to dictate care under Iowa's workers' compensation statute?
• What is micro-management of health care decisions?

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