Does someone know if you have to let a comp doctor perform an emg and ncv on you himself or do you have the right to have another doctor do it and give comp the report?

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If your on workers comp you must use a comp related doctor do the EMG and or NCV test. In many cases an approval must be sought from your adjuster. After 30 years of being a workers comp patient I've had some exposure to the red tape involved in workers comp. In most cases your carrier will approve a EMG doctor that your primary w/c doctor sends you to for the test. Keep in mind that some adjusters may say no. Then your attorney is forced to file a special form so an umpire type entity can determine whats fair. This would be an exception rather than a rule for an EMG is not an expensive test. Your adjuster may change over and over as time passes. If your adjuster will talk to you (many cold ones ask you to contact them through your attorney) be nice even if you want to curse him or her out. Workers comp is run much like an HMO only its more restrictive. Try you best to get along with your doctor. In Florida you can only change doctors ONCE in a lifetime. The workers comp system is way to restictive. One goal is to get you so frustated that you would rather settle than put up with the red tape. For example an adjuster could force you to go to court if you wanted or needed a particular procedure that they feel you don't need. Unless you have a nightmare adjuster your EMG test should be uneventfull. It doesn't make much sense to protest the doctor that you are sent to. The test is sorta cut and dried. The test results will be about the same. Like an EEG that you might get done for your heart and EMG will yield results that are what they are. For example lets say your a bit rude to the EMG doctor or tech. It want change the results of the EMG. Your main interest is how your nerves are conducting, not what opinion the EMG doctor has of you. Its like meauring your weight and height, they are what they are.