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<blockquote data-quote="FullAuto" data-source="post: 1981500" data-attributes="member: 5110">If a doctor says you are temporary totally disabled, you should get a check for 70% gross your weekly wage up to the max (which isn&#039;t much).&nbsp; If you have prescriptions, don&#039;t bill your health insurance.&nbsp; Pay full price in cash and save the receipts.&nbsp; Log all mileage to and from everything related to the claim.&nbsp; The first 20 miles are the deductible but you should get mileage if your round trip is further for any treatments.&nbsp; If the work comp company is approving all your medical needs and you aren&#039;t injured to the point of being rated for a Permanent Partial Impairment (used to be PPD, now PPI), I&#039;d probably skip the lawyer.&nbsp; If they start messing with you, deny medical treatment, etc. or you are having some kind of surgery and would likely be rated for a PPI, lawyer up.&nbsp; This is just my opinion though.I have a current work comp claim going.&nbsp; I have a lawyer.&nbsp; I was very reluctant to hire one, but I have well over 100k in medical bills, 2 surgeries, work comp was delaying approvals and finally started to deny treatment.&nbsp; I work in insurance claims on the property side but have pretty good connections for information on the BI side, but mine just got too complicated.&nbsp; I&#039;d have screwed myself without a lawyer.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="FullAuto, post: 1981500, member: 5110"] If a doctor says you are temporary totally disabled, you should get a check for 70% gross your weekly wage up to the max (which isn't much). If you have prescriptions, don't bill your health insurance. Pay full price in cash and save the receipts. Log all mileage to and from everything related to the claim. The first 20 miles are the deductible but you should get mileage if your round trip is further for any treatments. If the work comp company is approving all your medical needs and you aren't injured to the point of being rated for a Permanent Partial Impairment (used to be PPD, now PPI), I'd probably skip the lawyer. If they start messing with you, deny medical treatment, etc. or you are having some kind of surgery and would likely be rated for a PPI, lawyer up. This is just my opinion though. I have a current work comp claim going. I have a lawyer. I was very reluctant to hire one, but I have well over 100k in medical bills, 2 surgeries, work comp was delaying approvals and finally started to deny treatment. I work in insurance claims on the property side but have pretty good connections for information on the BI side, but mine just got too complicated. I'd have screwed myself without a lawyer. [/QUOTE]

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