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Sustained Injury At Work Company Trying To Pay Out Of Pocket. Any Recourse?

Location: Maryland

I sustained a head injury at work last week that required 5 staples and 2 stitches. Let my supervisor know what happened before i went to get treatment for it. Once at the patient first i went to i let them know it was going to be a workers comp claim.

Got an email from my company stating they want to avoid using insurance and wanted me to have patient first bill the company directly out of pocket, thought that was weird but figured id wait until i went to get the staples removed the following week which was yesterday. Yesterday a woman in my companies office told me that it is their policy to not pay for follow up visits related to work place injuries. Of course my supervisor is out this week and will return Monday. At which point I have to have a discussion with him about this.

My question is, can i force them to go through workers comp? I have a witness statement from a coworker who was there when the injury occurred, i have the email from my company asking me to have them bill them out of pocket.

I worry that if this does not go through workers comp and there’s any complications with the injury in the future there will be no paper trail to protect me.

Thank you

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