Sarasota Medical Benefits Lawyer
Work-related injuries occur much too frequently in Sarasota, Florida, and injured workers require surgeries, hospital stays, doctor visits, and rehabilitative therapy. For some workers, medical care also means obtaining medical devices, such as prosthetics after a work-related amputation. Health care can be extremely expensive, and a worker should not have to pay the financial costs of getting treated for a serious injury sustained on the job.
Most injured workers in Sarasota can be eligible to file for workers’ compensation benefits, which can include medical benefits. If you have questions or need assistance with your claim, an experienced Sarasota medical benefits lawyer can work with you on your case.
What Are Sarasota Medical Benefits in Workers’ Comp Cases?
Medical benefits through the Florida workers’ compensation system can provide compensation for nearly all necessary health care arising out of a worker’s injury. Indeed, medical benefits can pay for any surgeries, hospital stays, visits to the doctor’s office, physical therapy, and other forms of health care. No injured worker should ever have to pay their own medical bills. Instead, any medical bills should be submitted to the employer’s insurer by the healthcare provider.
It is important to know, however, that you cannot simply see any medical doctor or other healthcare provider for treatment. Rather, you will need to seek treatment from a medical provider who has been authorized either by your employer or by the insurance company that provides workers’ compensation coverage. You should also know that it is important to have your medical needs treated as soon as you can. Once your medical benefits claim has been settled, you will not be eligible to seek additional treatment through the workers’ compensation system if you end up needing future medical care that is related to your workplace injury.
Coverage for Prescription Medications in Sarasota, FL
While injured workers in Florida may need to receive healthcare treatment from an authorized medical provider, injured workers do have the right to choose a pharmacy or a pharmacist for having prescription medications filled. Yet you should know that pharmacies are not required to participate in the Florida workers’ compensation system. Accordingly, you can choose your pharmacy, but it will need to participate in workers’ compensation.
Similar to other medical benefits, future prescription medication needs will not be covered if your medical benefits claim is settled.
Contact a Sarasota Medical Benefits Attorney
Filing for workers’ compensation benefits can be complicated, and the specific benefits for which you are eligible may not be obvious. Indeed, many injured workers have questions and concerns about where they can seek medical care, what type of healthcare is covered, and how long medical benefits will last.
One of the aggressive Sarasota workers’ compensation attorneys at our firm will work with you every step of the way to ensure you obtain the financial compensation you deserve, including essential medical benefits. Contact Barbas Nuñez Sanders Butler & Hovsepian for more information about the services we provide to injured workers in South Florida.
