Abuse of Electrodiagnostic Testing a Growing Concern

Electrodiagnostic testing can be a valuable tool to assess nerve damage in an injured worker, but the tests are often overused in workers’ compensation and may even be conducted fraudulently. That was the take-home message of a panel discussion during the American Association of Neuromuscular & Electrodiagnostic Medicine in New Orleans last month. Panelists included Dr. John Robinton, medical director of electrodiagnostics at One Call Care Management, and Dr. Adam Seidner and Mitchell Sherrod of The Travelers Cos. An “alarming trend” is that the tests may be conducted b...