Workers’ Injuries Disputed in So-Called Independent Medical Exams

Independent medical exams conducted as part of New York’s workers’ compensation system routinely favor the position of insurers, regardless of a worker’s actual injuries.  A review of case files and interviews revealed that the largely unregulated doctors who conduct the examinations routinely tilt their reports to benefit insurers by minimizing or dismissing bona fide injuries in order to get paid by insurance companies. Said one doctor, “You have to give them what they want, or you’re in Florida. That’s the game, baby.” N.R. Kleinfield, The New York Times 03/31/2009
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