Tennessee Work Injury - Medical Treatment

How do you get medical treatment under workers' compensation in TN?

The State of Tennessee requires medical treatment be provided to injured employees.  Your employer and their work comp. insurance company will often ask the question - was the employee really injured on the job or did they get hurt somewhere else?  By giving notice of your on-the-job injury as soon as possible, you will make it easier to establish that your injury did indeed happen at work.  Under Tennessee law, you have thirty (30) days from the date you are injured to report the injury.  You can call Attorney Cody Allison and The Work Comp. Team in Nashville, Tennessee at (615) 234-6000 to learn more.

If it is established that you were hurt on the job, you are entitled to receive medical care.  Tennessee Code Annotated 50-6-405 states the employer is to provide, free of charge, a panel of three (3) or more reputable physicians or surgeons, not together in practice, from which the employee may select one for treatment.  That physician is termed the “authorized treating physician”. If you injury your back, the panel will should include four (4) or more physicians, one of which must be a chiropractor.  Once the injured employee selects a physician, this physician will direct all medical treatment for the employee's workers' compensation injury.  This medical care is to be paid for by the employer's workers' compensation insurance company.

What if you need a specialist for your Tennessee work injury?  If a specialist is required, the physician may refer the employee, or the employer may offer another panel of specialists from which the injured employee can choose.

Medical treatment extends for as long as required by the authorized treating physician. If appropriate, this physician will provide the employee with off-work excuses and light or restricted duty limitations. It is very important that the authorized physician's instructions and restrictions be followed at all times. Even if your employer wants you to violate your restrictions, you should continue to follow your authorized treating physician's orders.

When you are hurt at work, the first step is to report the injury in order to start your medical treatment as quickly as possible.  For more information you may call The Work Comp. Team at Attorney Cody Allison & Associates 24/7 at (615) 234-6000.

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