Independent Medical Examiners Altered Injury Reports
The Maryland Injury Lawyer Blog has posted an article about Independent Medical Examination (IME) doctors. The post also cites an article from the New York Times.
The general idea behind independent medical exam doctors is
to flush out workers who exaggerate injuries or get unnecessary care, and there is no question that some of that goes on.
However, several times the IME will tell the patient one thing and write another on their chart. Results are often altered so the insurance company has to pay the least amount of compensation money.
Patients have had injuries recorded differently or omitted entirely from their medical charts without any knowledge. However, patients now have the advantage of technology and often times have the doctor's diagnosis recorded on their phones...proof that they were told one thing and another was written down to benefit insurance companies.
