{"id":3081,"date":"2025-06-02T19:49:15","date_gmt":"2025-06-02T19:49:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/donahoekearney.com\/?post_type=faqs&p=3081"},"modified":"2025-06-02T19:57:21","modified_gmt":"2025-06-02T19:57:21","slug":"do-i-have-to-go-to-concentra-after-a-work-injury-in-dc","status":"publish","type":"faqs","link":"https:\/\/donahoekearney.com\/faqs\/do-i-have-to-go-to-concentra-after-a-work-injury-in-dc\/","title":{"rendered":"Do I Have to Go to Concentra After a Work Injury in DC?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Can My Employer Force Me to Go to Concentra After a Work Injury in DC?<\/h2>\n

No, you do not have to go to Concentra if you\u2019re hurt at work in Washington, DC. You have an absolute right to choose your own physician. Your employer and a lot of workers’ compensation insurance companies will try to send you to one of their clinics or doctors for treatment.<\/p>\n

But you are not required to go to Concentra\u2014or anywhere else your job, HR, or the workers’ comp insurance nurse tells you to go.<\/p>\n

Choose your own doctor if you get hurt on the job in Washington, DC.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n

Most of these clinics and doctors that the insurance company and employers send people to get all of their patients from construction companies, large corporations, and workers’ comp insurance companies. Whose interest do you think these medical providers have?<\/p>\n

Probably isn\u2019t yours.<\/p>\n

Plus, these workers\u2019 clinics are usually staffed with general practice doctors and healthcare providers. They do not have specialists and cannot treat serious orthopedic and neurologic injuries.<\/p>\n

The problem.<\/strong><\/h4>\n

These workers\u2019 clinics work hand in hand with insurance companies and are often focused on keeping the cost of your medical care down. We have heard them tell our clients that they do not want to order an expensive test, like an MRI, or make a referral to an outside specialist.<\/p>\n

One of the family practice doctors at one of these workers\u2019 clinics even told our client (his patient) that it was not his role to give her a referral to an orthopedic surgeon for her rotator cuff injury, and that the workers’ comp insurance company or their IME physician would have to do this.<\/p>\n

This is completely wrong.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s another problem with going to a doctor your company recommends after a serious work injury in DC.<\/p>\n

By law in DC, you have the right to choose your own physician. However, once you have made that choice and seen the physician several times, you have effectively chosen that doctor as your treating physician. It is very hard to change physicians once that happens. You will either need approval from the insurance company or you will have to request a change from the D.C. Office of Workers’ Compensation, which is a lengthy, time-consuming process.<\/p>\n

We know that a lot of employers in DC and insurance companies tell you that you have to go to their workers’ comp doctor or \u201cthe\u201d workers’ comp doctor or an \u201capproved\u201d workers’ comp doctor, but it just is not true!<\/p>\n

If you get hurt on the job in DC, you do not have to go to some medical clinic that your job or their workers’ comp insurance company sent you to. There are no panel physicians or approved physicians in Washington, DC workers\u2019 comp cases.<\/p>\n

Don\u2019t let your job or anyone else bully you into getting substandard medical care after a serious work injury.<\/strong><\/h4>\n

If you\u2019re in this situation, call us today at 202-393-3320<\/a><\/strong><\/span>, and we can help. You can also schedule a free consultation at your own time.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

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Protect Your Rights: The Ultimate Guide To D.C. Workers\u2019 Compensation<\/h2>\n

We literally wrote the book on the D.C. workers’ comp system and we\u2019ll even send you a free copy! Just click here and we will get it in the mail!<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Hurt at Work? Do Not Make These Mistakes<\/h2>\n