Your employer is required to provide you with necessary medical care for your injury. However, your employer is generally entitled to choose what doctors will provide that care. If you are injured, your employer will usually send you to a specific doctor, or give you a choice from a limited number of doctors. If you see a doctor other than one chosen by the employer or its insurance company, they may not be required to pay for that doctor's care.

For this and other reasons, it is very important that you give your employer written notice as soon as possible after your injury, and keep a copy. Even if you are certain your employer knows about your injury, if you gave written notice, many later questions can be easily laid to rest. The notice can be as simple as a short letter to your supervisor or Human Resources department explaining when and how you got hurt