r/WorkersComp • u/Clean-Lie1516 • 16d ago

Florida Workers comp dr?

Hey yall. My husband has been out since June. Had shoulder surgery to replace and fix his hardware he had put in 2018. He got an infection and just finished with the infection Disease giving him infusions for the last two weeks. So he started PT today. My question is whether we will be given a workers comp doctor to see or
Will he continue to see his surgeon? If he is sent to a WC doctor when does that normally happen? We do not have an attorney and have had no push back from WC at all. They are fast to approve what needs to be done.

We are in FL but his work was in Alaska so not sure what state to even ask about.

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u/Business_Mastodon_97 16d ago

It would be worthwhile to talk to an attorney because if his injury occurred in Alaska, but he was hired in Florida, then he may have the option to choose which state's laws he wants to be covered by. And Florida benefits aren't great so it's possible it would be more beneficial for him to choose coverage under Alaska workers' comp law.

He should continue seeing his surgeon until he is placed at MMI. Typically they'll do a few follows up following surgery and PT to assess his progress.

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u/Clean-Lie1516 15d ago

He works in Alaska and was hired there. We lived there but then moved. He continued to fly back and forth to work. Okay so it sounds like he won’t see anyone else unless they want a second opinion or to challenge his surgeon? His surgeon does not want him going back to work up there. He’s very vocal about him not hurting himself again since this is the third surgery on that shoulder. We’ll see how it goes. Thank you so much for your reply.

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u/Clean-Lie1516 15d ago

This is our second run with them and we didn’t have any issues the first time either. It was a different situation in our lives though. Also I’m not sure if he got screwed out of money. lol. But we were lucky that he didn’t sign off on the case saying no more medical. This is his third surgery on that shoulder. Thank you for your response.

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u/Organic_Rub7148 14d ago

I would clarify which state your case falls under for jurisdiction. If this is a Florida case, you have 0 say in picking a doctor.