Medical Benefits

Obtain the Medical Treatment You Deserve

If you suffered a work related injury, you may receive medical benefits from your employer to cover your medical expenses. Under workers' compensation law, your employer must pay any authorized expenses related to medical bills, hospital bills, physical therapies, prescription medications, and travel expenses. In certain circumstances you may be eligible to receive medical and vocational rehabilitation.

Contact an attorney at the Law Office of Louis B. Lusk for a free initial consultation about your workers' compensation benefits. Our firm, conveniently located in Atlanta, Georgia, helps people seek medical treatment following a work related injury.

Your employer must post a panel of approved physicians for you to see after an injury on the job. If this list is posted, you may only see one of those doctors. If your employer did not post a list, you can see any doctor at the insurance company's expense.

Here are examples of some other issues related to medical benefits:

• Must I undergo the surgery recommended by a doctor, or can I get a second opinion from another doctor?
• Does workers' compensation cover my prescription drugs?
• What happens if I do not have a car to get to my doctor's appointments?
• Who pays for my doctor's bills?

Many times workers' compensation insurance carriers will attempt to cut off your medical benefits. If this happens, we will file a request for a hearing to continue coverage. An independent medical examiner should diagnosis your condition. We will present contrary evidence to counter claims made by your employer and their insurance company.

If necessary, we will file an appeal before the State Board of Workers' Compensation and with the court seeking the appropriate level of medical benefits for you. If your employer denied you medical treatment, we will argue your case before the board and court. We will hold your employer accountable for a failure to comply with state workers' compensation laws.

Seek the medical benefits you deserve by contacting a lawyer at the Law Office of Louis B. Lusk. Schedule a free initial consultation with us to learn more about the workers' comp process. Our firm represents injured people throughout all of Georgia and Alabama. No office visit is necessary. The Law Office of Louis B. Lusk makes house calls!

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