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https://www.TyWilsonLaw.com , Georgia workers’ compensation attorney Ty Wilson discusses what the process is to get your MRI authorized or approved. This is for information purposes it is ALWAYS recommended that you speak with a Georgia workers’ compensation attorney for specific answers to your specific claim.

What is the process for getting diagnostic test, MRIs, what have you? Whatever my doctor has asked me to do or ordered me to do, medically-speaking in my workers’ compensation claim… What’s the process?

Hello, my name is Ty Wilson, I’m a Georgia Workers’ Compensation attorney and I’m practicing law in the state of Georgia. And there is a process to minimizing the amount of delay. One of the biggest frustrations on workers’ compensation is the unnecessary delay of getting these diagnostic tests, MRIs, prescriptions refilled and all those other stuff approved from the adjusters.

So, the process, if your doctor tells you that you need an MRI for example… You need to wait around after the appointment for the script or the prescriptions (script is short for prescription). The prescription in writing, from that doctor, that says “You need an MRI.” And it’ll say what type of MRI… lumbar, cervical, what have you, or of a different body part.

Anyway, you want that documentation. You wanna take that documentation and you want to email it and/or fax it. Preferably fax it to the adjuster. Get a fax confirmation. In that you wanna say, “Here is a script for my MRI. Please let me know when this will be authorized.” And then you wanna follow it up with a phone call.

If you have an attorney, they certainly can help you and will take the lead on this. However, the attorney still needs your help. They need your help in the sense that they need that written script. If you say, “Ah, the doctor said they’ll send it to the adjuster. No big deal.” Well, as an attorney, I have to still follow up with the doctor’s office. And maybe they’ve done the script, maybe they haven’t. This work injury is more important to you than it is to the staff at the doctor’s office.

So, in order to help facilitate your claim, it’s important that you participate. And you participate by waiting, making sure you get the script, and then sending it to either your attorney and/or the adjuster to keep things moving. These cases go through a lot of delay. And a lot of it is you don’t know if that doctor’s office has actually sent the script. You don’t know if that doctor’s office actually has the script. Unless you have it in your hands and you can forward it on to the adjuster.

When you contact the adjuster, the adjuster may or may not have it. And they may still tell you, “Well, I still gotta get the script.” You need to eliminate all that. Give them the script and say, “Well, I faxed you the script and here’s confirmation. This is, it went through to you. I’ll fax it to you again. I need you to confirm that you’ve received it.”

Now you’ve eliminated the whole guesswork of “Did the doctor’s office send it to the adjuster? Did the adjuster actually receive it?” Now you’ve eliminated all that. Now let’s get it scheduled as quickly as possible. It helps minimize delays for you and your care. And when you’re in a lot of pain, that can mean a lot. So, we hope that you’ve found this information helpful. If you have any questions, feel free to contact our office. And we’ll see you on the next video.