Here’s a good one. Got a call from a client that wants to see his physician after car accident. And he tells me, hey, my doctor won’t see me after the car accident. What’s up with that? Is that even legal to do? And this is not the first time that I’ve come across this. And so let’s start at the top. Is it legal for a doctor not to see you if you were involved in a car accident?
Unfortunately, the law is a little fuzzy about that. But the doctor can actually do can refuse to see you if you were in a car accident. You know, they can’t discriminate against you based on race, gender, sex and so on and so forth. But they can refuse to see if you were in the car involved in a car accident. And then the next question is, why won’t my doctor see me after a car accident? Well, there are many reasons for that. And the most common ones are billing practices are different. Doctors just don’t like lawyers. And then the third one is they’re going to be afraid that they’ll get called to testify in depositions and trial and so on and so forth. So it’s just extra work for them that they don’t really need.
They really get paid really well for doing what they do, and they don’t want to deal with the extra, you know, headaches. So why doesn’t he think they’ll get paid? Well, there are extra paperwork that needs to be filled out sometimes in car accidents. It doesn’t work out our way. And then the doctors don’t get paid. And then I think the most the biggest reason doctors don’t don’t want to see patients after car accident is the fact that they don’t want to deal with lawyers and the litigation process. They think that they’re going to have to take time away from their day to do the positions. And they think that they’re going to have to take time from their days to do to to testify in court.
That really doesn’t happen a whole lot, but that’s the reasons why doctors do it. So unfortunately, it happens a lot. We do have a network of medical professionals that do work with people that are involved in car accidents. So if you need a referral, don’t hesitate to give us a call and then we’ll give you a list of doctors that do work with car accident victims. If you have any other questions for us, give us a call. 3143526800. Thank you. And you have a good day.
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