Your Medical Treatment

If you are hurt in an accident, it is crucial for you to seek medical treatment immediately. Depending on the severity of your injury, the first visit might be to the local hospital. The next step (or for those who don't go to the hospital, the first step), is where it gets tricky. And your options depend on whether you have health insurance, whether your primary doctor is willing and qualified to treat your specific injury and whether you have an attorney who can arrange for you to see medical doctors, including specialists, to treat you.

Do You Go To Your Primary Care Doctor?

It is our preference that you go to your own doctor, but the real answer depends on whether your injuries are the kind that can be treated by a PCP. It also depends on whether you have health insurance and whether your family doctor will agree to see accident victims. It is unbelievable to me that many doctors simply refuse to see patients who have been in an accident. The reason is they run into problems with health insurance companies denying payment if the treatment is related to an accident. If you don't have insurance, then going to your PCP is often not an option.

So Should You Be Denied Medical Care Just Because You Don't Have Health Insurance Or Because The Insurance Will Not Pay For Your Treatment?
Absolutely not! At the Anderson Law Firm, we have contacts with all sorts of doctors, and can help our clients find the appropriate type of doctor to treat their injuries. These professionals will agree to delay sending the bills until the claim has had a chance to resolve, so immediate payment is not a problem. These medical professionals include primary doctors, pain management doctors, chiropractors, orthopedics, neurologists, surgeons, physical therapists, pharmacies and durable medical equipment (DME) providers. So don't let the lack of health insurance cause you to endure pain endlessly. You definitely have better options than going untreated.

What if I Don't Go To The Doctor?
Well, then you probably don't have a viable injury claim. Both insurance companies and juries operate under the assumption that "if you are hurt, you go to the doctor." So trying to "tough it out" not only delays and impairs your recovery, it also very much affects the success of your personal injury claim.

Helping clients with getting the appropriate medical treatment is something we do every day. If you think we can help you, please give us a call toll free at 877-294-1115 or Contact Us Online.

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