“It is not clear why the results are different for patients on workers’ compensation—the difference remains even after adjustment for other patient characteristics.”
for patients on workers compensation. 1) in Texas wc patients get a STATUTORY 104 WEEKS (2 YEARS) OF BENEFITS. Why go back to work when you can get paid for not working (This is NOT Aflac folks )! 2) An estimated 60 % of wc surgery in texas is performed by non-medical doctors (NMD’s). This should have been confounded into the results. 3) Many Licensed MD’s wont touch w/c leaving it open for NMD’s who are subject to much less stringent oversight (QA/UR) than private plans 4) most wc patients in Texas come through attorney-referred “invisble injury industry” clinics where EMG’s are not interpreted until after MRI’s are reported to “coincide” so the “newly created” reports can get past NURSE reviewers/LVN case managers (what a joke). 5)In Houston, figures (allegedly) show that a small group of MD’s (80 % of which never went to “medical school” in the US) work in a 4-block area and “create” 95 % of the wc cases there.
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“It is not clear why the results are different for patients on workers’ compensation—the difference remains even after adjustment for other patient characteristics.”
They’re kidding, please tell me they’re kidding….
Come on, 12% of 924 patients is 111 people. Hardly a proper sampling by any means. Who pays for this waste of time and energy for a garbage “study”?
for patients on workers compensation. 1) in Texas wc patients get a STATUTORY 104 WEEKS (2 YEARS) OF BENEFITS. Why go back to work when you can get paid for not working (This is NOT Aflac folks )! 2) An estimated 60 % of wc surgery in texas is performed by non-medical doctors (NMD’s). This should have been confounded into the results. 3) Many Licensed MD’s wont touch w/c leaving it open for NMD’s who are subject to much less stringent oversight (QA/UR) than private plans 4) most wc patients in Texas come through attorney-referred “invisble injury industry” clinics where EMG’s are not interpreted until after MRI’s are reported to “coincide” so the “newly created” reports can get past NURSE reviewers/LVN case managers (what a joke). 5)In Houston, figures (allegedly) show that a small group of MD’s (80 % of which never went to “medical school” in the US) work in a 4-block area and “create” 95 % of the wc cases there.
Gee, can anyone say “Secondary Gain?”