Workers’ Compensation
Ca. Workers' Comp. Quarterly 2021, Vol. 34, No. 3
Content
- A Tale of One Applicant's Claim Against Unfair Debt Collection Practices
- Cumulative Index
- In This Issue
- Is It a Good Mediated Settlement If Everyone Goes Away Unhappy? No!
- To Elect or Not to Elect—That Is the Question!
- Vetoed: Apportionment Reform Efforts Fail Once Again
- View from the Incoming Chair
- Workers' Compensation Section 2022-2023 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE ROSTER
- PTP Medical-Legal Reports: Pay Now, or Pay a Lot More Later
PTP Medical-Legal Reports: Pay Now, or Pay a Lot More Later
J. GRANT MCCREARY, ESQ.
ANAHEIM, CALIFORNIA
Can primary treating physicians (PTPs) write medical-legal reports on denied cases and disputed body parts? Yes, they can, and they should. PTPs who follow the documentation and billing rules that apply to all medical-legal reports and write reports properly will be paid for them. If they aren’t paid, a law firm like mine will collect and litigate for them and get a 10 percent penalty, 7 percent interest, and attorney fees so they won’t have to give up a percent of their billing. Some PTPs are afraid of being kicked out of medical provider networks, so they placate the carrier by refusing to address denials and disputed body parts or bill lengthy reports as medical-legal.