Your employer is obligated to provide you with all reasonable and necessary treatment for your injury. Your employer is required to notify you of your rights under the Medical Provider Network (MPN) if there is one. If your employer has established one and has notified you of this at the time of your injury, then you must see their doctors. However, if they fail to provide you with a doctor or fail to notify you of your rights under the MPN system, there may be instances when you can see your own doctor or a doctor that your attorney has referred you to.

In addition, if prior to your injury, you notified your employer in writing that you designate your personal physician, that doctor can treat you from the date of the injury.

Whenever a doctor's appointment is made for you, YOU MUST KEEP THAT APPOINTMENT. In many cases, if the insurance carrier has made an appointment for you, and you miss it, they may cut off your benefits.

The employer, in addition to paying the doctor's bills, must pay for any reasonable and necessary other expenses such as medicine, crutches, surgical supplies, x-rays, and mileage to and from the doctor's office. PLEASE KEEP A RECORD OF MILEAGE TRAVELED AND A RECORD OF ANY EXPENSES YOU HAVE. You may be entitled to reimbursement.

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