by Mickyj » Wed Jan 06, 2016 10:48 am
by Booney » Wed Jan 06, 2016 10:59 am
by Mickyj » Wed Jan 06, 2016 2:37 pm
Booney wrote:Look after yourself mate, that's the most important thing.
The system can be a difficult one to deal with at times, very difficult, but keep doing what the doctors and specialists tell you.
by Alaska » Wed Jan 06, 2016 2:40 pm
by Mickyj » Wed Jan 06, 2016 2:46 pm
by Dog_ger2 » Thu Jan 07, 2016 6:39 pm
by gadj1976 » Thu Jan 07, 2016 6:55 pm
Dog_ger2 wrote:Come stand with us at Centrals, Welcome MickyJ
by Dog_ger2 » Thu Jan 07, 2016 7:03 pm
gadj1976 wrote:Dog_ger2 wrote:Come stand with us at Centrals, Welcome MickyJ
well he did say he'd lost his sense of taste.
by Mickyj » Thu Jan 07, 2016 9:08 pm
Dog_ger2 wrote:gadj1976 wrote:Dog_ger2 wrote:Come stand with us at Centrals, Welcome MickyJ
well he did say he'd lost his sense of taste.
We welcome all safooty'ers
We could put a ban on stealing your hub caps...
by Mickyj » Thu Jan 07, 2016 9:12 pm
Dog_ger2 wrote:gadj1976 wrote:Dog_ger2 wrote:Come stand with us at Centrals, Welcome MickyJ
well he did say he'd lost his sense of taste.
We welcome all safooty'ers
We could put a ban on stealing your hub caps...
by oldfella » Mon Jan 11, 2016 4:20 pm
by Mickyj » Mon Jan 11, 2016 4:40 pm
oldfella wrote:Mate just quick post am thinking off you --- any chance this could lead to you coming over to westies☺ do not let the barstards get you down as it a game they play to try and break innocent victims see you at the footy 2016 for a another west /eagles grand final
by Mickyj » Thu Jan 14, 2016 3:54 pm
by Mickyj » Mon Jan 25, 2016 3:51 pm
by Psyber » Tue Jan 26, 2016 11:42 am
by Mickyj » Tue Jan 26, 2016 12:00 pm
Psyber wrote:My experience dates to the 1990s, but treating doctors can say whether it meets WorkCover criteria in their opinion and issue a certificate stating so.
Employers and Insurers usually deny it and fish around trying to get independent medical reviewers to support them and dispute that it meets the criteria.
I think "independent " should be in quotes - they are supposed to be independent but some who are dependent for a large part of their income on insurer referrals can become biased - sometimes knowingly sometimes unconsciously...
In the end the Industrial Court is the only place to make a final decision after the lawyers have battled it out, but reasonably often the lawyers manage to reach a negotiated settlement and save actually going to court.
by Psyber » Wed Jan 27, 2016 5:01 pm
by Mickyj » Wed Jan 27, 2016 5:41 pm
Psyber wrote:"Not permitted to see my GP sent to let's call them work cover doctors . "
I don't think they can actually stop you going to see your own GP or being referred as necessary to a specialist your GP recommends.
They certainly couldn't in the 1990s, and it would be shonky for a government to legislate to restrict your freedom of choice in seeking fully independent medical advice. However, private GPs and specialists may not be prepared to accept whatever WorkCover will pay as full payment - I got out of it once they reduced what they would pay for reports below the value of the time required to do them.**
(They have to be carefully done, with every I dotted and every T crossed because you may finish up being quizzed on what you have said in the report in court.)
People used to pay as they went, and reimburse Medicare out of the settlement once the WorkCover claim was settled, and lawyers used to factor this into their calculations, or, some doctors would wait up to two years for payment at an agreed higher fee - until the state government changed the WorkCover legislation and made that illegal.
In the end if WorkCover and the government can restrict you to seeing their "approved" doctors they can (to some extent) hope to bias the outcome.
** A year or two later WorkCover were writing to medical colleges asking why many private specialists would not see WorkCover patients at all.
However, I'm not sure what the current situation is.
by Mickyj » Wed Jan 27, 2016 5:56 pm
by mighty_tiger_79 » Wed Jan 27, 2016 6:03 pm
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