Guest guest Posted June 2, 2006 Report Share Posted June 2, 2006 Vern asked me to post this to the entire listserve to energize others with similar stories to send them to Vern for ammo in talks with WC committee. > Vern, > I too have had tough times with UPS and WC. I had a patient about 5 years > ago who was injured while driving his 18 wheeler for UPS. He told his > supervisor he wanted to go see his chirpractor(me) to get help for his > injuries. His boss told him he must go to Concentra for help. When > employee insisted on going to me for help his boss told him the treatment > would not be covered by insurance. The patient saw me and we repaired his > back injury in about 3 weeks with minimal loss of work. When I called > Insurance company the adjusted told me he could not guarantee there would > be any coverage for chiropractic care. EVentually all my bills were > covered. > I have also had another UPS worker who was injured on the job and taken as > a matter of course to Concentra medical center for treatment. She saw > only a medical doctor and PT for first few weeks. No mention was made of > chiropractic. She had to seek out care with me. Chirpractic was not part > of the loop of care at all. I have had this confirmed by another UPS > worker of 30 years. > UPS apparently channels all there injured workers to Concentra for an > original evaluation. Chiropractic is not part of the Concentra team in > any meaningful way. In this way patients are essnentially pushed away from > Chiropractors in favor of PT's and MD's. > > Schneider DC > > > > > -------- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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