It was too late in the day to obtain an emergency CAT scan because everything was closed. We were approved for a CAT scan. No, his insurance provider replied.
I informed him over the phone that he needed to obtain a scan at the hospital. He phoned and raged at an insurance company, and they caved in when he stated, “I’ll call you right back.”
We requested a CAT scan of his abdomen the next day, and the results showed the worst kidney carcinoma I’ve ever seen.
12. A patient required surgery to repair a disc hernia in his neck as a result of a worker’s compensation denial.
I worked for a workers’ compensation program as an NP. Between a truck and a loading dock, I had a big, strong, attractive Black guy with delayed thinking.
He suffered from neck ache and serious nerve damage in his arms. In order to assess disc bulges or herniations.
