A Workers' Compensation Nurse Case Manager
May Contact You about Information Unrelated To
Your Case.
The nurse will ask you many personal questions that have nothing to do with your
Workers’ Compensation case, such as:
• Your household income;
• If you have any minor children living at your home;
• What other non-work-related medical conditions you may have;
• Your health history;
• Whether you’re married; and
• Your work history.
This information is not needed, and if obtained, may be used to determine where to
surveil you, if you'd be willing to accept a "low-ball" settlement offer, or if they can
challenge the work-relatedness of your injury. As a result, you should never cooperate
with a Workers’ Compensation nurse case manager. It will not help your case and the
Workers’ Compensation Law does not require you to speak to Workers’ Compensation
nurse case managers.
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The Role of a Workers' Compensation Nurse Case Manager Is to Interfere with Your Case.
If you feel like this is a violation of your rights, you are correct.
The Workers’ Compensation nurse case manager will also want to talk with your doctor, preferably behind your back. You might be thinking that is a violation of your privacy rights (HIPAA-The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act) and if so, you are correct.
The Workers’ Compensation nurse case manager will tell you that Workers’ Compensation cases are exempt from HIPAA protection. This is not true. You have the right to have your doctor protect your HIPAA privacy rights and not allow a Workers’ Compensation nurse case manager to interfere in your Workers’ Compensation case.