{"id":6096,"date":"2017-02-01T09:00:30","date_gmt":"2017-02-01T09:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.racinelaw.net\/?p=6096"},"modified":"2017-02-01T09:00:30","modified_gmt":"2017-02-01T09:00:30","slug":"idaho-workers-compensation-insurance-companies-cannot-rely-bogus-opinions-defense-medical-exam-doctors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.racinelaw.net\/blog\/idaho-workers-compensation-insurance-companies-cannot-rely-bogus-opinions-defense-medical-exam-doctors\/","title":{"rendered":"Idaho Workers\u2019 Compensation Insurance Companies Cannot Rely On Bogus Opinions from their Defense Medical Exam Doctors"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Fred J. Lewis<\/a><\/p>\n

On December 8, 2016, the Idaho Industrial Commission filed its findings of fact, conclusions of law and order in the Wilson v. Burts Manufacture and Sales and the Idaho State Insurance Fund<\/i> case. In this case, the claimant had multiple injuries and was not getting better. His treating physician sent him for an EMG or nerve conduction test. The doctor who had performed the nerve conduction test lost all of the raw data but still attempted to read the remaining information he had from the nerve conduction test several weeks later. The claimant\u2019s treating doctor described the EMG test was done in a bizarre fashion and could not be relied upon by any of the physicians examining or rendering opinions in regard to the claimant\u2019s medical condition.<\/p>\n

The Idaho State Insurance Fund asked Dr. Chung, a well-known defense medical examiner, to offer opinions as to causation and further medical treatment for the claimant, Mr. Wilson. Dr. Chung relied upon the bizarre EMG test and opined that the claimant had reached maximum medical improvement and needed no further medical treatment.<\/p>\n

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