In our experience, this is often the most debated aspect of the personal injury case. The attorney is again forced to justify the length of his client's care, and thereby support the amount billed as well. The care rendered should be reasonable and fall within reasonable guidelines for treatment duration.
In our opinion, when one or more of the following occurs, the patient has reached the maximum point of medical/chiropractic improvement from the type of care rendered.
1. If the patient's condition gets worse under the care rendered.
2. When the patient's subjective complaints have clearly reached the upper and lower limits. An example is when the patient's subjective complaints have reached a point where the treatment rendered only "makes them feel better" for a few days and then they are the same as before the visit.
It is clear that the feeling of being "better" for a few days is only temporary and the patient has more than likely reached the clinical limitations of matter from the type of care rendered.
This is not to say the patient does not have complaints, or that the care does not make him feel good, only that further treatment will more than likely be of very little clinical benefit. Thus, the criteria for determining the end points of care.
3. When the patient fails to make clinical progress between lengthening dates of service. All care is based on achieving a preinjury status.
If the patient fails to make progress between visits over an expected period of time, the clinical potential for further healing is remote.
Treatment, after these points have been achieved, increases the total amount of services rendered and makes a timely settlement more difficult.
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Dr. Steven R. Jones is a licensed Chiropractor in the state of California. He received his doctorate from Palmer College of Chiropractic-West in Sunnyvale, California. Dr. Jones has treated his patients for over 15 years at his own San Diego Chiropractic practice.
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