Your primary authorized treating physician might refer you to a specialist for some types of medical care. Your primary physician will likely contact the insurer for approval before sending you to that specialist, and your employer’s workers’ comp insurer might then claim that the specialist qualifies as your one allowed change under Florida law. This is not, however, a correct application of the law.
If a written request to change physicians has not come directly from an injured employee, the employee will still have an opportunity to request a change.
Injured employees who are facing these or other roadblocks in their attempts to change doctors should consult with one of our experienced Florida workers’ comp attorneys to understand their rights in these situations.