Morgan’s Tip of the Week – 1-Time Change
Greetings,
Last week the 1st DCA issued a good decision for us in the 1-time change arena in RetailFirst Ins. v. Davis (1D16-2310) attached.
The court ruled that when an Employer/Carrier does not timely respond to a claimant’s request for a 1-time change within the 5 calendar days, the claimant does get to select the physician, but it must be in the same specialty in which they had been treating.
The JCC’s had issued very mixed rulings on this, so we now have a good conclusive opinion in our favor. We had been seeing attempts to switch quite often to pain management from a walkin clinic, etc…
So, a good one for us, for a change. We have a CEU covering all of the nuances on the 1-time change and the other hot button issues for 2017, Top 10 Tips for 2017….let me know if you’d like us to present.
Thanks,
Sincerely,
Morgan Indek | Partner