Salt Lake Telegram | 1919-05-31 | Page 2 | Contract Doctor Falls under Ban of State Board

I COIl Contract tract Doctor F Falls ails Under Ban I Of State Board The contract or company doctor no lon longer er has any social status with the Iho Industrial commission commission commission commis commis- sion of oC Utah This is Js evidenced e Inthe Inthe in inthe the action of oC tho the commission in passing a resolution rescinding its former re regulations v gave o al allowance allowance allowance al- al lowance to a company when it provided pro medical and hospital service In conformity conform It with the re requirements requirements rp- rp of oC the Utah workmen's compensation act Such Suh allowance usually 15 per cent was made on the premium paid b by an e. e Hereafter there will be he no such uch al allowance al- al 10 lowance It ha has hen been the practice of the I I companies to deduct from Crom 1 Sl to 51 UiO GO a l month from each wages to pay for the services of oC the company doctor Arguments In favor of the company company com- com pany doctor are aro that he provides cheap service for the c e and th the lie fact that in many parts of or the tho state stale medical and surgical service cannot be procured unless the phy- phy Is Js assured a a. definite income In Income In- In come comp compOn On the other hand the commission commis sion slon has found foun according to Harrison Harrison Har liar rison risen E E. Jenkins In charge of oC the Insurance end of the commissions commission s work that at times tho the company Is Inattentive and nd I physician sometimes some Some- sometimes times slovenly In his work In CUSPS cases of oC dispute the tho com company pan do dor dOllor tor has I been found Invariably In on the side of oC hl his hla employer An And at times limes he appears to have o the quite human trait of oC assuming it Is the company compan rather than the patient that Is IH pa payIn pay pay- In ing him The company compan takes the position that If the physician realizes his employer Is a man who wants to get et back Info Into condition to earn his wages as quickly ns RS possible ho will give JJ the individual case more attention The regulations of ot the commission commission commis commis- sion slon do not affect the tho practice of or self carriers of compensation In Insurance Insurance In- In urance that Is of companies which have filed Wd satisfactory bond with the tho Industrial commission and andare andare are arc undertaking to carry carry- their own o workmen's compensation Insurance ance