Law Firm Offers Service for Doctors Sick of Comp Paperwork

Physicians who treat injured workers have long complained about the amount of paperwork they must handle, not to mention the frequent denials by insurers on some medical procedures. In many cases, the doctor must keep up with deadlines for dozens of injured workers: If a carrier does not respond to a request for a type of treatment, the doctor may have only a few weeks to ask for an administrative review. Some suggested it's enough to drive many doctors away from workers' compensation altogether — at a time that claimants' lawyers have spoken out about a shortage o...