Florida’s 1st District Court of Appeal ruled that a worker had been wrongfully denied cervical fusion surgery by an authorized provider but was not entitled to retroactive authorization of a different surgery performed by an unauthorized provider.
Case: Hansen and Adkins Auto Transport v. Martin, No. 1D17-3339, 12/10/2018, published.
Facts: James Martin worked for Hansen and Adkins Auto Transport. He suffered an injury to his neck while at work in September 2015.
Although a magnetic resonance imaging scan revealed significant pre-existing degenerative changes, HAAT provided medic...
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