{"id":4811,"date":"2019-11-02T10:20:31","date_gmt":"2019-11-02T14:20:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/joemillerinjurylaw.com\/?p=4811"},"modified":"2019-10-30T10:22:13","modified_gmt":"2019-10-30T14:22:13","slug":"mileage-adjustments-for-medical-visits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/joemillerinjurylaw.com\/mileage-adjustments-for-medical-visits\/","title":{"rendered":"Mileage Adjustments for Medical Visits"},"content":{"rendered":"

Injured works and ill workers in North Carolina and Virginia are entitled to have all their reasonable and necessary medical expenses paid. This includes more than just paying hospitals for surgeries and hospital visits, doctors for their reviews and treatments, and therapists for their continual care. It includes more than the cost for medical devices and prescriptions.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Workers also have the right to have the insurance company for the employer pay for the cost to get to the hospitals and their doctors. This is especially fair because the employer chooses the doctors patients can treat with and the choice is what\u2019s best for the employer, not what\u2019s best or convenient for the employee.<\/span><\/p>\n

What reimbursement costs are allowed?<\/i><\/b><\/h3>\n

In both North Carolina and Virginia, the mileage and transportation costs include the cost to pay for cabs and rideshare services, public transportation, parking lot fees, and tolls. For employees who drive their car to the medical provider\u2019s offices, they are entitled to a mileage allowance.<\/span><\/p>\n

Reimbursement costs don\u2019t include the cost of gasoline to get to these medical offices and they don\u2019t cover trips to the pharmacy. Pharmacy costs generally aren\u2019t covered because many workers and doctors can use mail pharmacy services.<\/span><\/p>\n

According to the North Carolina Industrial Commission rules, mileage reimbursement is allowed for trips 20 miles or more (round trip \u2013 so 10 miles each way) as follows:<\/span><\/p>\n

When and how can reimbursement for sick travel be collected?<\/i><\/b><\/h3>\n

In North Carolina, this is done through a Form <\/span>25T<\/span><\/a>. If employees travel 20 miles or more round trip for medical treatment in workers\u2019 compensation<\/a> cases, they are entitled to collect for mileage at the rate of 25 cents a mile for travel prior to June 1, 2000;\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n