TREATMENT BY A PHYSICIAN - 2582.2

Notice to State Employee form, e13913, provides the name of the chosen medical provider who is in the Medical Provider Network (MPN) for the department. The department is required to post the notice in a place accessible to employees. The name of the MPN for your department will be listed on the bottom of the poster). The MPN is a group of health care providers which includes a mix of doctors specializing in work- related injuries and doctors with expertise in general areas of medicine. Employees covered by an MPN will have their workers’ compensation medical needs taken care of by doctors in the network unless they pre-designated their personal doctor and did so before their injury happened. State Compensation Insurance Fund (State Fund) will assist in locating these physicians.

Departments are responsible for getting the injured person to a physician for the first treatment. The medical report must have the physician's estimate of the employee's limitations, an estimate of when the employee can return to work, and the schedule of treatment for the recovery period. After the first treatment by a physician, State Fund will follow-up on further treatment and recovery of the injured