The MPN includes physicians primarily engaged in the treatment of which injuries?

The MPN includes physicians primarily engaged in the treatment of which injuries?

• A. Occupational injuries
• B. Nonoccupational injuries
• C. Cosmetic injuries
• D. Occupational and nonoccupational injuries

Answer: (D)

The Medical Provider Network is built to direct workers’ compensation medical care to doctors whose practice is primarily focused on work-related injuries. The key idea is that these physicians regularly treat injuries arising out of employment and understand the workers’ comp system, including timely authorization and coordination of care under the WC program. Nonoccupational injuries fall outside this network’s primary purpose, since the MPN is specifically about occupational injuries. Cosmetic injuries aren’t relevant to workers’ comp either. So the network centers on physicians whose main focus is treating occupational injuries.

The Medical Provider Network is built to direct workers’ compensation medical care to doctors whose practice is primarily focused on work-related injuries. The key idea is that these physicians regularly treat injuries arising out of employment and understand the workers’ comp system, including timely authorization and coordination of care under the WC program. Nonoccupational injuries fall outside this network’s primary purpose, since the MPN is specifically about occupational injuries. Cosmetic injuries aren’t relevant to workers’ comp either. So the network centers on physicians whose main focus is treating occupational injuries.