A Physicians Panel
Pennsylvania state workers’ compensation law provides that an employer may post a panel of physicians that employees injured on the job must treat with for a period of 90 days, beginning with the first date of treatment.
Setting up a physicians panel has many benefits:
- Ensures prompt, appropriate treatment for work-related injuries by physicians specially trained in occupational medicine.
- Prevents “doctor shopping” by injured workers to seek a medical opinion that will provide or extend their disability.
- Reduces medical cost and potentially eliminates costly litigation by provides control over the treatment.
- Decreases or eliminates disability through transitional return to work utilizing medical providers who are familiar with the insurance carrier’s protocol..
- Fosters open lines of communication between employer, medical provider and insurance carrier regarding treatment and return to work.
- Clearly identifies any work restrictions of an injured worker that may prohibit full duty via a physical capacity form, after evaluating employee for transitional duty.
To set up a physicians panel, contact your Seubert representative. Once a panel is in place, have each employee sign an Acknowledgement Form.
- Download the Employee’s Acknowledgement Form
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