Injury care
Hurt at work or in an accident.
Workers' compensation, auto and personal injury patients are seen quickly, treated properly, and documented in a way the claim can stand on.
- Workers’ comp
- No copay, no bill to you
- Auto and PIP
- Billed to your carrier
- Reports
- Written for the claim
In short
If you were hurt at work, in a car accident, or in a fall on someone else's property, we treat you and we bill the claim, not you. Dr. Sheikh is board certified in pain management and performs EMG and nerve conduction studies in house, which is how an injury claim gets objective evidence instead of a note saying the patient reports pain. We see injured patients within the same week at our Clifton, Jersey City and Edison offices.
Two things decide how an injury case goes: whether you were examined early by a physician who understands the claim, and whether the findings were written down in a form an adjuster and a judge can use. Both are handled here, in the same offices where you are treated.
For patients
What you need to know, in order.
A car accident while you were working is a workers' comp case
If you were driving a company vehicle, traveling between job sites, running a work errand, on a delivery route or service call, or responding to an emergency, the injury is usually covered by workers' compensation and not only by auto insurance. That matters, because workers' comp pays for treatment with no deductible and no copay. Tell us both how the accident happened and what you were doing at the time, and we will figure out which claim should be billed.
An accident off the clock is still covered
If the crash had nothing to do with work, New Jersey personal injury protection on your own auto policy pays for treatment first, no matter who caused the accident. We treat whiplash, neck and back injuries, disc herniations and nerve damage from motor vehicle accidents and bill the auto carrier directly.
You can ask for the doctor you want
Under New Jersey workers' compensation law you can request the provider you want to treat you. Step one is to tell your employer or HR in writing that you want to be seen by the NJ Nerve Doc for your work injury. Step two is to ask your employer's workers' comp carrier to authorize the referral. Step three is to call us once it is authorized, and we will get you in. If any of that stalls, call us anyway and our staff will make the calls with you.
Report the injury the day it happens
Tell your supervisor in writing, keep a copy, and write down the date, the time, what you were doing and who saw it. A late report is the single most common reason a valid claim gets fought. If you already waited, report it now. Late is better than never.
Nothing comes out of your pocket on an approved claim
On an authorized workers' compensation case, your employer's insurance pays for the visits, the imaging, the testing and the procedures. You are not billed a copay or a deductible, and you are not balance billed later. On an auto case, your PIP coverage pays under the terms of your policy.
We move fast because delay costs you
Injured workers and accident patients get priority scheduling, usually within the same week. Nerve injuries change over time. An EMG done at the right moment tells us whether a nerve is recovering or getting worse, and a gap in treatment is something a carrier will use to argue you were not really hurt.
The paperwork is part of the treatment
We write the reports your claim actually needs: the initial evaluation with a clear causal opinion, the diagnostic findings, work status and restrictions, and return to work and permanency evaluations. Reports go to your employer, the carrier, the case manager and your attorney as needed, and you can have a copy of anything in your chart.
Injuries we treat
Back and spine injuries including disc herniations and spinal stenosis. Neck pain and whiplash. Sciatica and radiculopathy, meaning a pinched nerve causing pain, numbness or weakness down an arm or leg. Shoulder, knee and hip injuries from a single trauma or from repetitive work. Peripheral nerve damage. Muscle strains and sprains from overexertion. Complex regional pain syndrome. Pain that persists after surgery.
First responders and municipal workers
Firefighters, police officers, EMTs and paramedics, and city, county and state employees carry injuries the rest of the workforce does not: repeated heavy lifting under bad conditions, physical altercations, hours in a vehicle or in gear. We treat these patients regularly and understand the fitness for duty questions your department will ask before you go back.
Slip, fall and other personal injury cases
A wet floor, broken pavement, an unlit stairwell. If someone else's negligence put you in pain, we evaluate you, treat you, and document the injury properly for the third party claim. We work directly with personal injury attorneys and provide the records and narrative reports the case requires.
For counsel
What your attorney gets from us.
Where
Three offices across north and central New Jersey.
Questions
Injury claims, answered.
Do I pay anything for a workers' comp visit?
No. On an authorized workers' compensation claim your employer's insurance carrier pays for the treatment. There is no copay, no deductible and no bill sent to you afterward.
My employer told me I have to see their doctor. Do I?
In New Jersey the employer or its carrier directs authorized treatment, but you are allowed to request a different provider, and carriers regularly approve the request. Tell your employer in writing that you want to be treated by Dr. Sheikh and ask the carrier to authorize it. Call us and we will help you make that request.
Who pays if I was hurt in a car accident?
Your own auto policy pays first. New Jersey is a no fault state, so personal injury protection covers your medical treatment regardless of who caused the crash. If you were working at the time, workers' compensation is usually the payer instead. Bring your auto insurance card and the police report number.
How soon can I be seen after an accident?
Usually within the same week, and sooner when the injury needs it. Call (888) 233-3415 and say it is an injury case so the front desk routes it correctly.
Do I need a lawyer to be treated here?
No. We treat injured patients whether or not they have an attorney. If you do have one, give us the name and we will send records and reports to that office.
What do I bring to the first injury visit?
Photo ID, your insurance card, the claim number and adjuster's name if you have them, the police report or the incident report from work, any imaging or reports you already have, and a list of your medications. If you do not have the claim number yet, come anyway.
Will you write me out of work?
We give an honest work status after examining you. That may be full duty, modified duty with specific restrictions, or out of work for a defined period. We put the restrictions in writing so your employer and the carrier both have them, and we revisit the status at each visit.
The carrier denied the authorization. What now?
Call us. Denials are often about a missing form, an incorrect claim number or a report that never arrived, and those are fixable from our end. If the denial is substantive, our documentation is what your attorney will use to challenge it.
I waited a few months before getting treatment. Is it too late?
No. A gap makes the claim harder to defend, but it does not close the door. Come in, get an accurate diagnosis, and we will document the history as it actually happened.
Do you do independent medical examinations?
Call the office to ask. Our primary role in these cases is treating physician, and we keep that role distinct from an examination performed for a carrier or a defense firm.
Get seen this week, before the gap becomes the argument.
Call and say it is an injury case. Clifton, Jersey City and Edison, with reports sent where they need to go.