Gallagher Bassett Injured United Air Lines Employee San Francisco, sacramento California

In order to avoid losing your money on any future medical reimbursement situations with GB, just simply apply to have medications directly paid by the GB insurance company. Most pharmacists in drug stores have a worker's comp medication form, all you do is fill out form with employment, address, phone, date of injury, wc#, etc. The payments for prescriptions will automatically be paid by the company. You personally paying for your prescriptions is a bad ideal. GB paying back the insurance company can only happen if the law judge at a WC hearing is notified that your insurance has paid expenses that GB is responsible for paying.

Also be careful getting epidural injections, I personally had 2 out 3, I had pain relief that only lasted a week. The doctor told me if the pain relief wasn't longer than a month than it wasn't worth it.

If what you are saying is true, GB is breaking a few rules but doing so without your knowledge. Everything in Workers' Comp is time sensitive and carries reprecussions both good and bad. The best thing you can do is get a lawyer that only does Workers Comp cases. If it is beyond 30 days of your injury you don't have to see their doctor and are free to switch to whom ever you wish and they have to pay for it until they can find a doctor, either an AME or PQME, that says otherwise. And don't stop seeing your doctor just because you get frusturated, it gives GB too much reason to stop your payments and try to close your claim. Watch out what you do in public! GB is known for filming employees doing things their doctor says they shouldn't and using it against you. Remember they are always watching either from a car across the street or the van next to you in the parking lot, so don't do anything ever that your doctor says you are unable to do. And getting a lawyer isn't a sure fire way to get things moving in your way. Most times injured workers can do just as good if not better by themselves with just a little knowledge of their rights and the process of the Workers' Comp system (why give a lawyer 15% of your money when your the one in pain?).

Just want to let inform you that the medications cost was recalculated. My total out of the pocket cost was a little under $1400. The total cost was more, but why is GB getting away with not paying. My HMO insurance cover the other cost. Shouldn't GB repay my HMO because it should of been covered??