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I just finished going through all of the hoopla contacting insurance companies to get put in their network but I don't know what to do for worker's comp. Anyone know? Do I have to contact each carrier individually? I can't find anyone who knows and those who do won't tell because they don't want to lose the business.

Scott,

Where is your practice again?

Walmart...

j/k

I'm in Fishers, IN, it's right outside of Indianapolis.

Scott:

Good luck with figuring out the worker's comp. This is usually driven by the patient's employers mediator the attorney.

Things are slow to get workman's comp but you got to do it slowly.

Find some work comp attorneys in the area, get them to send you a few, make sure your notes are damn good and make sure you only use attorneys who won't interfere with how you practice medicine.

Thanks for the info. Do you know if I need to be credentialed with each workers comp insurance company or as long as the employers sends the patient to me I can bill the company?

I am not sure if this applies to you but in the state of Washington, as long as you have a L&I (labor and industry) provider number - you can submit claims to any of the self-insured companies. We contacted the state and was given an L&I number (I had to fill out a single page questionnaire to get the number). I found that getting a provider number from the state was much easier than the 50 page contract I receive from the Blues!!