Keeping track of your medical records and expenses after a crash can help you to later recall the treatments you received. It can also help you to easily organize them in chronological order.
Seeing multiple doctors or specialists throughout your recovery can make it challenging to track your medical care from memory. Recording these visits, appointments and physicians can help you when you need to accurately recall this information later.
The details could be critical to the outcome of your claim, especially if you are asked to testify at a deposition or at trial. You do not want to lose any important documentation related to your car crash, your injuries or anything else relevant to your claim.
Some ways to stay organized after a crash include:
Keep a journal detailing your medical and treatment information, pain and discomfort levels, time missed from work, and how your injuries have impacted your quality of life.
Maintain hard copies of any receipts issued for paid medical expenses. You may want to have a digital spreadsheet of all these receipts organized by date, purpose and total cost.
Create an electronic folder for claim-related correspondence regarding your emails and bills.
File your medical expenses in one designated place so that an important piece of documentation does not happen to get misplaced or accidentally thrown away.
Take written notes any time a medical professional or an insurance company reaches out by phone. You may want to record these conversations and note the date and time of the calls.
Have another file of your pay stubs and other documents provided by your employer so that you can keep track of how your injuries have kept you from returning to work or working at all.