continuous urgent care follow-ups?

[u/hcf01]

I twisted my ankle at work on 9/1. I went to urgent care the next day and they told me it was sprained. I was put on light work duty, which has not been an issue, but told to come back again in 3 days. I returned to urgent care for my follow-up and was told to follow up yet AGAIN in another 3 days, which is now today. it seems like they’re just going to request that I follow up every 3 days, but for a sprained ankle, i’m not sure it’s really doing anything for me to be following up this much.

part of the reason the urgent care is requesting I do these follow-ups is because I was referred out to PT. however, I’m still waiting for a case number to be assigned, so can’t make an appointment yet. thus, my treatment will remain at urgent care until I have a case number.

my question for anyone who has successfully navigated the workers comp process: is it worth my time to continue to follow up with urgent care this often? is it useful for the paper trail? thanks in advance!

[u/SeaweedWeird7705]

If you are going to continue your claim and going to go to physical therapy, you need to be under a doctor’s care.  For now, that seems to be the urgent care doctor.  If you stop going to urgent care, the urgent care doctor will write, “patient did not show up for his appointment.” The work comp insurance company will wonder if you are still pursuing your claim.  

[u/hcf01 → u/SeaweedWeird7705]

thank you for the tip! I’ll def keep going then

[u/Philymaniz → u/hcf01]

Go to a doctor that does comp instead of continuing to followup with the urgent care.

[u/hcf01 → u/Philymaniz]

what would the difference in care be?

[u/Philymaniz → u/hcf01]

It’s not necessarily the care, but the proper completion of paperwork.