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Reasons To Consider a ReMed Nurse, Chiropractic or
Medical Review Service
- Seeking assistance to objectively evaluate personal injury claims.
- Seeking qualified board-certified independent chiropractic or medical physicians who can review a claim and be available for deposition and trial testimony.
- The relationship of alleged injuries to an accident or event is unclear.
- Multiple medical conditions exist/numerous providers are involved.
- Treatment is unusual or excessive/pre-existing conditions are suspected.
- Medical treatment does not correlate with the accident or mechanism of injury.
- Claims of an aggravation or exacerbation of pre-existing medical conditions, particularly alleged injuries to the shoulder, spine or knee.
- Chiropractic services lasting more than two months.
- Referrals to multiple providers such as pain management and/or ordering of multiple expensive diagnostic tests for soft tissue injuries.
- Multiple specialty physician consultations, particularly the later they occur after an accident.
- Treatment for soft tissue injuries such as trigger point or epidural steroid injections.
- Treatment with new providers versus established providers after the accident or frequently changing doctors after the accident termed "doctor shopping."
- Not seeking medical or chiropractic care close to the time of the accident.
- Immediate attorney involvement, payment of past medical bills by the attorney, large monetary demands.
- Ongoing soft tissue complaints after a minor accident.
- Proliferating complaints and treatment over time versus a decrease in complaints after treatment.
- Symptom magnification, exaggeration.
- Prolonged time off work or co-occurring treatments involving a worker’s compensation matter.
- Claims of permanent injury, impairment, disability, future medical care or loss of wages/earning capacity.
- Alleged injuries to the brain/head such as traumatic brain injury, post-concussion syndrome, the spinal cord, internal organs and TMJ without an evident mechanism for those types of injuries.
- Alleged conditions of premature labor and birth, heart attacks, heart damage, nerve injury, depression, PTSD.
- Pre-accident history of depression/anxiety, chronic pain syndromes, migraines, fibromyalgia.
- Mental illness, behavioral disturbances, family or economic stresses.
- Narcotic abuse/diversion or history of criminal convictions.
- History of multiple claims.
- Hospital or provider bills that appear to be inflated or unbundled.
