How can you prove to insurance companies that you deserve compensation for the losses you recently sustained in a personal injury accident? You need proof indicating that someone else’s negligence put you in harm’s way and cost you money. One of the easiest ways to make your point is to bring forward evidence of the medical care you need to recover.
If you want to prove that you needed medical attention to address injuries caused by someone else’s negligence, you need to keep your medical documentation–including bills, invoices, and treatment plans–organized. You can discuss the importance of medical documentation in a personal injury claim with a lawyer immediately after your accident.
Documentation Highlights the Extent of Your Losses
Insurance companies and civil judges require you to bring forward evidence proving that you suffered substantial losses during an accident if you want to recover loss-based damages. You’ll need to prove that your losses were great and avoidable if you want to make a successful case. Fortunately, this gets easier to do if you’ve comprehensively documented your medical care.
X-rays, invoices, and treatment plans all make it easier to emphasize that you suffered unreasonable losses at the hands of someone else’s negligence. If you can point to these documents and contrast them with pre-accident comparisons in some best-case scenarios, you can directly tie serious injuries back to a specific party’s negligence.
Documentation Proves the Value of Your Losses
In the wake of an accident, you may find yourself struggling to pay hefty medical bills. It’s in your best interest to keep those bills and any other care invoices or specialist expenses well-documented.
If you want to pursue damages for your losses, you can use those forms to establish the value of your losses and, subsequently, the value of the settlement you want from a liable party.
Documentation Allows You to Call on Expert Witnesses
Working with medical professionals who document your losses immediately following a personal injury accident does more than help you overcome the immediate threat to your health that certain injuries pose. Developing an early relationship with medical professionals allows you to call on those professionals for support in and out of a civil courtroom later.
Medical professionals can make for consummate expert witnesses if you need to take your case for personal injury damages to civil court. Our attorneys can ask expert witnesses to take the stand or provide a statement about the extent of your injuries, their findings while you were in their care, and their beliefs about how you contracted specific injuries.
Those expert opinions add credence to your claim and can make it harder for a defendant to challenge your request for accident compensation, especially when an attorney can point to documentation and explain in simple terms how someone else’s negligence will impact your long-term health.
How to Make Medical Documentation Easier
It’s challenging to organize all the paperwork relevant to your post-accident care. If you want to build a strong foundation for your recovery, you can work with a patient advocate to collect all of the paperwork and other forms of data relevant to your post-accident care.
We also recommend scheduling a free personal injury case consultation with an experienced attorney shortly after a devastating accident. An attorney can help you determine what kinds of medical documentation may make it easiest for you to name a specific party responsible for your financial recovery.
We can also demand relevant medical documents from professionals who refuse to provide the details you need to make your case. We’re prepared to go to bat for you if other parties, including medical professionals and insurance companies, want to slow down your recovery.
A Personal Injury Lawyer Can Help You Manage Your Medical Paperwork
If you want to maximize your chances of receiving fair compensation for your accident-related injuries, proper medical documentation is essential. A personal injury attorney can help you collect, organize, and effectively present this crucial evidence to insurance companies. With proper documentation of your injuries and treatments, you build a stronger foundation for your case and demonstrate the true impact the accident has had on your life.
Hollis Law Firm has represented injury victims for 15 years, providing dedicated legal support through every step of the personal injury process. Our attorney has the knowledge and resources to properly evaluate your medical documentation and use it effectively to support your claim. Don’t navigate this complex process alone. Call (800) 701-3672 or complete our contact form to discuss how we can help with your personal injury case.
