Because the law states that the results of an Independent Medical Examination and only usable if the physician that conducts the exam has the same licensing as your treating physician. This means that an insurance carrier cannot use a neurologist’s examination to stop paying your chiropractic medical bills, nor a podiatrist’s report to avoid paying for neurological medical treatment.
Unfortunately, for those being treated by multiple physicians, this could mean undergoing multiple IMEs, one for each medical specialty.
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