There is no time in a worker’s compensation injury claim more important than that time immediately following the injury to find out actually what the heck happened. Hello, my name is Michael Stack. I’m a CEO of Amaxx and today I want to walk you through the five critical pieces of information that you need to confirm immediately following an injury.
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Employer Injury Report / Adjuster Recorded Statement
Now, this is either done by the employer when they’re filling out those forms. You’re going to get a certain piece of this information. But also then by the adjuster when the adjuster is taking their recorded statement. Let me run you through those five critical pieces of information that you need to confirm and lock down so that there’s no gray area later and you’re trying to put the puzzle pieces together and figure out what the heck happened when you could have just confirmed this right away when the information was still clear in everyone’s mind.
5 Critical Pieces of Information to Confirm Following a Work-Related Injury
Let’s talk about what these things are.
- You need to confirm the mechanism of injury
- If there are any witnesses there at the scene that saw exactly what happened,
- What body parts were involved
- If that individual injured worker has previous injuries or not,
- And then finally who the healthcare providers are, who their primary doctor is, etc.
Let me run you through those again. The mechanism of injury. What and how did the injury occur. The witnesses. The body parts. What exact body parts were involved. Was it the elbow only? Was it the knee as well? Was it the hip? They landed on their back. What was involved and what was not involved. If there were any previous injuries and then if there were healthcare providers, what healthcare providers have they seen in the past, so that you can locate those medical records and get a lot more information on what exactly has occurred with this individual and injured worker, so you can make the right decision, which is what we’re trying to do here in worker’s compensation.
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For more information on this, for more in-depth training on this, I have a fantastic new course. It’s called how to execute a bulletproof work comp claim investigation. I walk through these five things with our special guest Stewart Colborn, who’s a defense attorney out of Texas. It’s great in-depth training in how to do this and how to do it right out of the gate. You could check that out on a link below. Again, my name is Michael Stack. I’m the CEO of Amaxx. Remember your work today in worker’s compensation can have a dramatic impact on your company’s bottom line, but it will have a dramatic impact on someone’s life. So, be great.
Author Michael Stack, CEO Amaxx LLC. He is an expert in workers’ compensation cost containment systems and helps employers reduce their workers’ comp costs by 20% to 50%. He works as a consultant to large and mid-market clients, is a co-author of Your Ultimate Guide To Mastering Workers Comp Costs, a comprehensive step-by-step manual of cost containment strategies based on hands-on field experience, and is founder & lead trainer of Amaxx Workers’ Comp Training Center .
Contact: mstack@reduceyourworkerscomp.com.
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