OKLAHOMA
Employer or Carrier Selects
The employer shall promptly provide an injured employee with medical, surgical, hospital, optometric, podiatric, and nursing services, along any with medicine, crutches, ambulatory devices, artificial limbs, eyeglasses, contact lenses, hearing aids, and other apparatus as may be reasonably necessary in connection with the injury received by the employee. The employer shall have the right to choose the treating physician. B. If the employer fails or neglects to provide medical treatment within 5 days after actual knowledge is received of an injury, the injured employee may select a physician to provide medical treatment at the expense of the employer; provided, however, that the injured employee, or another in the employee's behalf, may obtain emergency treatment at the expense of the employer where such emergency treatment is not provided by the employer. (85A Okl. St. §50 A & B)

Change of Provider
If the employer is not covered by a certified workplace medical plan, the employer shall select the treating physician. The Commission on application of the employee shall order one change of treating physician. Upon the Commission's granting of the application, the employer shall provide a list of three physicians from whom the employee may select the replacement. (85A Okl. St. §56)

Panels
Not addressed

Panel Provisions
See Direction of Care law.

OKLAHOMA CWMP
Employer or Carrier Selects
If the employer has previously contracted with a workplace medical plan that is certified by the State Commissioner of Health as provided in this act, the employer shall select for the injured employee a treating physician from the physicians listed within the network of the certified workplace medical plan. The employee may apply for a change of physician by utilizing the dispute resolution process set out in the CWMP on file with the State Department of Health. (85A Okl.St.Ann. 56)

The State Commissioner of Health shall not certify a plan unless he or she finds that the plan: 2. is reasonably geographically convenient to residents of the area for which it seeks certification, (85A Okl. St. Ann. 64 (B)(2))

The Commissioner shall presume a proposed service area to be reasonable if the mean travel time is 30 minutes or less from 6 points on the area boundary to the nearest primary care delivery sites in that area, and 60 minutes or less to specialty service providers. (b) The Commissioner may approve a service area with travel times of greater than 30 minutes to primary services, or 60 minutes to specialty services, based on the following:

(1) Providers are not available in the area;
(2) Providers are available but do not meet the Plan's reasonable credentialing requirements;
(3) Providers are unwilling or unable to enter a reasonable health services contract with the Plan;
(4) Residents of the area customarily travel longer times to reach medical and health providers; or
(5) Providers have access to air ambulance services to transport injured workers. (O.A.C. § 310:657-9-1(a-b))

Change of Provider
If the employer has previously contracted with a workplace medical plan that is certified by the State Commissioner of Health as provided in this act, the employer shall select for the injured employee a treating physician from the physicians listed within the network of the certified workplace medical plan. The employee may apply for change of physician by utilizing the dispute resolution process set out in the CWMP on file with the State Department of Health. (85A Okl.St.Ann. 56)

Panels
Not addressed

Panel Provisions
See Direction of Care law for network access requirements.

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