The Personal Injury Process

1. Patient seeks course of treatment, duration will vary due to extent of injury. Treatment ends when patient has reached maximum recovery, or pre-injury status


2. Finalized bill is mailed to liable party. They will also recieve a doctor's lein, allowing them to pay Mistretta Chiropractic directly for treatment.


3. Patient enters settlement negotiations with liable party and reaches an agreement. The settlement amount is intended to cover damages, loss and medical bills, as well as pain and suffering and inconvenience caused by the liable party's negligence.


4. Liable party sends settlement payment. In some cases, a two party check may be issued due to the doctor's lein. If payment is issued to patient in full, patient is responsible for paying Misretta Chiropractic from that settlement amount.

It is the policy of this office to collect patient health and auto insurance information at time of initial treatment. In the event that the liable party is unwilling or unable to pay, we will seek payment from the patient's health insurance carrier in order to minimize patient's out-of-pocket costs. If all liable party and patient insuance policy options are exhausted, patient is ultimately responsible for amounts owed to Mistretta Chiropractic.