United Front...oo!

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Hello All,I will now be joining the new organization. I have refused to join either one in the past since it seemed to me that we were effectively "wasting" our resources by being divided This opinion of mine might not be popular but might explain why so many DC in OR are not part of any organization.A united front......AWSOME! I think this will lead to stronger presence and lobby for the "illegitimate red headed step-child" called chiropractic. I think this will give us more power and legitamacy with other groups and they will no longer be able to pick on us that we are divided. NO LONGER!We are strong and we are united.I trust I have not offended anyone (red head or not) and just wanted to say that I am really really excited about this news. Shout it from the rooftops.Garreth

MacEugene ORFrom: Sharron Fuchs <sharronf@...>Subject: RE: "Steering" of Injured Workers Date: Thursday, December 18, 2008, 9:22 AM

Congrats. All very good news. Lots of hard work done and to do.

s.fuchs dc

"Steering" of Injured Workers

Hi colleagues,

As you all know employers and some insurers continue to require injured

workers go to the local Occupational Medical Clinic for treatment of

their Workers' comp injuries in violation of current Oregon law which

states the injured worker gets to choose their provider. Though it is

interpreted as such current law language does not specifically prohibit

employers or insurers from directly or requiring injured workers treat

with a particular provider, provider type, or clinic. Your state

association btw your only state association the Chiropractic Association

of Oregon is continuing to battle this issue for all of you but we/I as

your lobbyist need your continued help. Many of you doctors have sent

me e-mails, letters, and letters from injured workers (the most powerful

weapon) which I was able to use as ammunition during my recent (Dec. 3)

PowerPoint presentation in front of the full Management-Labor Advisory

Committee (MLAC). In addition to these multiple e-mails and letters I

also had a copy of a recent sanction and proposed $2000 fine against a

Chevy's Restaurant in Hillsboro in the professionally bound document I

presented to each of the 10 members of MLAC.it got there attention.

More important it validated that there indeed is a problem something the

employers, business lobby in general, and the insurance companies denied

existed. In fact as I mentioned prior officials from the Work Comp

Division had testified on more than one occasion that: "We just don't

get complaints from injured workers that they can't see a doctor of

their choice or a chiropractor of their choice etc." My response was

always the same that the reason they receive no complaints is that

injured workers don't know their rights, don't know they can treat with

the doctor of their choice, they don't know who or what the Dept. of

Consumer and Business Services is, what your phone number is and one

step further removed from that is the Investigations and Sanctions Unit.

in short they have no clue who to complain to!

I need more letters especially from injured workers addressed

specifically to the Investigator Leah Bingham (best), also letters from

you doctors addressed to Ms. Bingham, btw it looks I lot more official

and less contrived if your letters are indeed addressed to the

investigator instead of me.

You guys and gals have all been great we are on a roll I would just like

to add more letters to the new bound document that I will present to the

actual Legislative committee during the up coming session specifically

the House Business and Labor Committee Chaired by Rep. Mike Schaulfer

who is very supportive and actually has made our four work comp bills

his committee bills! So please get me those letters send the original

to the investigator and send me a clean copy of the letter by mail.

Send your letters to me at 915 SE 19th Ave, Albany, OR 97322. The

letters should be addressed to the investigator as shown below;

Ms. Leah Bingham

Investigations and Sanctions Unit

Compliance Section

Dept. of Consumer & Business Services

Workers' Compensation Division

350 Winter Street NE, Rm 27

Salem, Oregon 97309-0405

Questions? Call me at 541-231-4528 Vern Saboe

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