physician oaths

[Faith29]

lostinconnecticut Wrote:Anyone interested in Physician oaths might check out http://www.pneuro.com/publications/oaths...n's%20Oath
This is a catalog of various Physician's oaths that exist.
Most of what I read here seems to conflict a bit with Independant Medical Examiners and the like.

Unfortunately money is more important that their oathes and care of the patients.

I know here in Missouri a doctor is paid upfront a large amount of money
from the insurance company for the care of the comp case.

The longer they have you in their care the less they make out of the deal.

The longer the care the less they get. It is like an incentive and should be illegal.

You might ask how do I know this. Well after my accident from work I was sent to my ex doctor. He took me off work because he knew me and knew I wasn't one to complain unless I was indeed injured.

Anyways, the adjuster immediately called me and said I am sending you to a different doctor for a 2nd opinion.

Well my ex doctor is 1/2 mile away this other doctor was 63 miles away 126 round trip...I was upset. I went back to my ex doc and told him what they did. He said the insurance companies pay the doctors more in the beggining and less as the care goes on. And that is after the first visit

So you see, the care from my ex doc was going to cost them to much money. He believed at the time I probably had a break in the shoulder or a torn labral. After that 2nd visit which cost me a copay because I went for refil on other meds so I could get some answers was worth it.I was not allowed to go back after that 2nd visit. It was a conflict of interest....

When I go before the judge in March 08 I will bring that info to her attention...actually I have an earful of unjust happenings in my case.

[lostinconnecticut]

Hey Faith,
Think I saw you on the other forum. Welcome here! I don't know what state your in but in Connecticut you can file papers with the Compensation Bureau at the window when you go for your hearing. They will take a document and date and time stamp it. It will then become part of your file. If you can file your concerns in writing and then present them to the judge it might carry more weight. I told the judge verbally on multiple occasions about problems I was experiencing, and he seemed interested, but never did anything about it. Years later I wanted to prove I had complained, but I have no proof that I ever raised the issues.
I hope your case goes smoothly and down the road you don't need to verify that you complained, but if you can prove you did, even if your ignored, it might come in handy sometime. It probably can't hurt.

[lostinconnecticut]

Sorry Faith,
You did say Missouri

[lostinconnecticut]

Checked out Pa. and couldn't yet find a site where they publish the decisions like Connecticut has that I can steer you toward. You might be interested to know that Pa. has two groups to help i/w's.
I think one is called the Pennsylvania Federation of Injured Workers and the other is "PaInjuredForum4change" I know how to find them so let me know if your interested and can't.

[backache]

Thanks lost i am going to try to see if I can get there.......

[lostinconnecticut]

Good Quote


When dealing with a legal matter- always remember that you are your own best advocate. No one will care as much about the case as you do. Use lawyers but remember - you must take primary responsibility for a successful outcome.

[fireball]

I finally realized after constantly being ticked off at the reports of these ime's is they seriously do not believe they are doing any wrong, because they are not given ALL your medical records. they are only given the ones the w/comp attorney chooses. i.e. my last one claimed i had a disease that i had been cleared from months earlier but he wasnt given that report why so he could relate some of my symptons to this disease i no longer had. he stated yes i went to therapy but only for my knee. wasnt given the other therapy reports from the other place i had therapy so he claimed my only complaint was my knee as that is all i had therapy for. it is amazing it took me this long to figure this out. actually how i did it was after the last report and he claimed i had this disease that i had been cleared of i went to that doctors office to see if work comp had requested my medical records--nope not a one--the work comp knew i was having therapy at two differents sites but just decided to give him the one report. i believe this is why it is almost impossible to get a copy of your records from the ime you would diffently see that they never get a full background or medical records. my last ime said i was not permitted to have my medical file as it was workcomp who paid the bill. i like everyone hate them but once i figured out how they do this and sleep at nite its giving me some understanding. i should of known when the doc showed me my file the first day there were probably 50 pages saying he had not read them yet. I have enough medical records to fill 7 file box's. im almost done with this system waiting for the arbritartors descion on my back pay and further ttd and medical i hope it doesnt take the full 90 days.

also just wanted to say i really am glad i found this site so many times i go days months without getting on only because i cannot type but there are so many of you that are so wise with your information and im sure i can speak for others that we all appreciate the senior members and those who spend the time to find out the info to help us out on this site

god bless you all

me

[Bad Boy Bad Boy]

As I would advise to read this thread from the start. Next, let me say, please do not confuse other parts of law, with work comp laws and rules. Even though, the other parts of law took place during ones work comp claim. Very tough, and hard issue to push past in front of a work comp hearing officer. As such hearing officer is only concern to work comp laws and rules. Please remember a doctor's OATH, as it is pertained to (((Their Patient))), and a IME doctor, your not their patient, and such doctor is only writting a medical opinion, note a fact finding medical report.

[Cycler]

.....and of course none of this conversation is taking into account the legitimate differences of opinion that exist in medical circles. There is anything but general medical agreement on matters such as disc bulges and degeneration, repetitive strain and exactly how one might determine if a patient is or is not experiencing a real problem. It might interest you to know that the best spine dr.s in the world, with no dog in any fight, have written that a cause for back pain remains elusive in approx. 85% of all cases, that spine surgery is indicated in less than 4 % of all cases yet the US experience is more like 17 %.

In other words it's probably a mistaken notion to expect Drs to solve a legal question with a medical answer.