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This case concerns an employer and insurer's unsuccessful petition for reconsideration to prevent an injured worker from changing her primary treating physician. The applicant injured her back and, after postponing recommended surgery, sought to switch to a pain management specialist within the employer's medical network. The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board denied reconsideration, adopting the judge's report which found the applicant could change physicians as the requested specialist's treatment was consistent with the original orthopedic surgeon's recommendations. The Board also admonished the defendants for delaying medical treatment.
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This case concerns an employer and insurer's unsuccessful petition for reconsideration to prevent an injured worker from changing her primary treating physician. The applicant injured her back and, after postponing recommended surgery, sought to switch to a pain management specialist within the employer's medical network. The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board denied reconsideration, adopting the judge's report which found the applicant could change physicians as the requested specialist's treatment was consistent with the original orthopedic surgeon's recommendations. The Board also admonished the defendants for delaying medical treatment.
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