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Help Wanted: Restoring Workers' Comp case

July 24, 2012 11:29 AM By CARRIE MASON-DRAFFEN carrie.mason-draffen@newsday.com

To restore coverage and treatment such as acupuncture,

Photo credit: iStock | To restore coverage and treatment such as acupuncture, the patient can ask the doctor for help and appeal the case.

Carrie Mason-Draffen

Newsday columnist Carrie Mason Draffen Carrie Mason-Draffen

Mason-Draffen, a business reporter, writes a column about workplace issues.

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DEAR CARRIE: Since 1992, I had been receiving treatment for chronic neck pain after some heavy boxes fell on me at work. I received weekly acupuncture treatments initially and then got treatments every five to six weeks. And my Workers' Comp benefits paid for them for 14 years through the same doctor. In about 2006, the Workers' Compensation Board determined that the acupuncture doctor was not suitable...

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