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Category: Workers’ Compensation

What’s the point of physical therapy?

September 20, 2014
Oxner
The goal of physical therapy, or PT, is to improve your movement, improve your physical functioning, and reduce pain. It is not a stall that a doctor necessarily insists on prior to a surgery – although it may seem like it some times. Why is that? A lot of injuries can be repaired with physical […]
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Who is this nurse going to the doctor with me?

October 3, 2014
Oxner
The insurance company can assign a “nurse case manager” or a “rehabilitation nurse” to be a go-between with you, the doctor, and the adjuster. In theory this is fine. However, many, if not most, of these nurses work almost exclusively for the insurance companies. In fact some of them work in cubicles right next to […]
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What is maximum medical improvement?

October 16, 2014
Oxner
Maximum Medical Improvement, or MMI, is the point where a doctor says you are as good as you’re going to get. In all honesty you’ll probably get a bit better over time, and there’s always a chance you’ll decline some, but it’s when the doctor thinks he’s done what he can do and it’s time […]
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What happens with my medical treatment at maximum medical improvement?

October 26, 2014
Oxner
You are still entitled to medical treatment if your doctor says you will continue to need this. While “maximum medical improvement” is supposed to mean what it says – the end of the healing period, or when you are as good as you’re going to get, it often really means the treating physician doesn’t have […]
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What are permanent partial impairment ratings?

November 1, 2014
Oxner
Permanent Partial Impairment ratings are given by the doctor at maximum medical improvement. These are intended to document the loss of use you have to your injured body part. The legislature has assigned a value, expressed in weeks, to your body: Back 300 weeks Arm 240 weeks Hand 200 weeks Thumb 75 weeks First finger […]
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