tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694894153899281485.post4048599093770976..comments2024-03-29T03:11:44.874-07:00Comments on LymeMD: What does the Montgomery County Health Department say about Lyme disease?Lyme report: Montgomery County, MDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11035327980787631502noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694894153899281485.post-49460074742381418152008-06-21T18:40:00.000-07:002008-06-21T18:40:00.000-07:00Its good the Montgomery County posted something on...Its good the Montgomery County posted something on their web site but it seems that some of the most important people within the County system continue to stay ignorant. I contracted Lymes while at work and won a Workman Compensation Case. You know. Your my doctor and have been struggling to understand why all my treatment is denied and the County continues to send me to IME after IME. I finally found out why.<BR/><BR/>Here is an unbelievable document written to me by the person who oversees the entire Workman Compensation program for the County. I just got it even though it was written a month ago. It is absolutely stunning in its ignorance and we taxpayers are paying this guy a 6 figure salary. Here it is:<BR/> <BR/>Dear Ms. Hamilton,<BR/>I received your voice mail in The County Executive has asked me to respond to your comments about your workers' compensation claim. Since you indicated in the message you left me that you have referred the matter to your attorney, I decided to send you this correspondence rather than call you directly.<BR/>With respect to the Workers' Compensation Commission Order mentioned in your emails, the finding is that you contracted Lyme Disease at work. Further, the Order “reserved as to temporary total disability,” which means that you are not eligible for Disability Leave until medical documentation has been received from your treating provider indicating you are disabled from work and providing a history, diagnosis, treatment plan and prognosis. Satisfactory medical information has not been provided. The Order grants that you have contracted an occupational disease but there has been no medical information received that diagnoses you with this condition. You have been paid for your disability up to the current time notwithstanding the fact that medical information has not been provided that relates your lost time from work to Lyme Disease. In fact, none of the tests that have been reported to the claims service confirms that you actually have the condition.<BR/>The provision of timely medical documentation is required before benefits can be paid. Further, the medical condition for which you are treating must be causally connected to the finding of the Workers' Compensation Commission.<BR/>Consequently, there will be changes to the benefits you have been receiving. Beginning immediately, Disability Leave will be suspended pending the receipt of medical information as mentioned above (that you are disabled from work as a result of the condition identified in the Workers' Compensation Commission Order).<BR/><BR/>The guy, Terry Fleming, blatently questions the judges decision after denying my case and dragging me through a trial. He is clearly bias against me. He obviously does not believe I have Lymes disease but it seems he has not checked his facts. <BR/><BR/>So what the County has on its web site and what they believe internally are two very different things. The web site is a political thing. The letter I received indicates their real belief.Michelehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12480332174441696856noreply@blogger.com