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Oklahoma Supreme Court: More than one doctor change in comp OK - Business Insurance Skip to content Register for free Search Search Log In Risk Management Cyber Risks Pricing Trends Mergers & Acquisitions Technology Sponsored Content WSIA RISKWORLD Workers Comp & Safety Workers Comp Cost Control Pain Management Workplace Safety International EMEA Asia-Pacific Latin America People Events BI Intelligence Top 100 Agents & Brokers Best Places to Work 2025 Lists Directories Insurance Pricing BI Stock Index Magazine Current Issue Past Issues Women to Watch ALL INsurance Resources Risk Perspectives Sponsored Content Webinars White Papers Risk Management Cyber Risks Pricing Trends Mergers & Acquisitions Technology Sponsored Content WSIA RISKWORLD Workers Comp & Safety Workers Comp Cost Control Pain Management Workplace Safety International EMEA Asia-Pacific Latin America People Events BI Intelligence Top 100 Agents & Brokers Best Places to Work 2025 Lists Directories Insurance Pricing BI Stock Index Magazine Current Issue Past Issues Women to Watch ALL INsurance Resources Risk Perspectives Sponsored Content Webinars White Papers Risk Management Cyber Risks Pricing Trends Mergers & Acquisitions Technology Sponsored Content WSIA RISKWORLD Workers Comp & Safety Workers Comp Cost Control Pain Management Workplace Safety International EMEA Asia-Pacific Latin America People Events BI Intelligence Top 100 Agents & Brokers Best Places to Work 2025 Lists Directories Insurance Pricing BI Stock Index Magazine Current Issue Past Issues Women to Watch ALL INsurance Resources Risk Perspectives Sponsored Content Webinars White Papers Risk Management Cyber Risks Pricing Trends Mergers & Acquisitions Technology Sponsored Content WSIA RISKWORLD Workers Comp & Safety Workers Comp Cost Control Pain Management Workplace Safety International EMEA Asia-Pacific Latin America People Events BI Intelligence Top 100 Agents & Brokers Best Places to Work 2025 Lists Directories Insurance Pricing BI Stock Index Magazine Current Issue Past Issues Women to Watch ALL INsurance Resources Risk Perspectives Sponsored Content Webinars White Papers Oklahoma Supreme Court: More than one doctor change in comp OK by Work Comp Central Workers Comp , Workers Comp Coverage Feb 9, 2026 The Oklahoma Supreme Court ruled that state workers compensation law does not bar a worker from receiving more than one change of treating physician per claim. Monica Moreno Goodwin suffered injuries in 2017 while working for Saint Anthony South Behavioral Health. Saint Anthony accepted workers comp liability for injuries to Ms. Goodwin’s neck and shoulder and later contested an injury to her right arm, according to Saint Anthony South Behavioral Health v. Goodwin. An administrative law judge appointed an independent medical examiner to determine the cause of Ms. Goodwin’s right arm complaints. Based on that doctor’s report and deposition testimony, according to the ruling, the judge found that Ms. Goodwin had sustained a “consequential” injury to her right arm as a result of her original right shoulder injury. Saint Anthony was ordered to provide reasonable and necessary medical treatment to Ms. Goodwin by a physician of its choosing. Its chosen physician opined that Ms. Goodwin’s arm needed no treatment. He said she was at maximum medical improvement as of November 2021. In April 2022, Ms. Goodwin sought to enforce the judge’s order to provide medical treatment for her right arm, and she applied for a change of treating physician. The judge found she was entitled to a change. The Workers’ Compensation Commission affirmed, but the Court of Civil Appeals reversed, ruling that a worker is entitled to only one change of physician per case. In its 6-2 decision last week, the Oklahoma Supreme Court said state law provides that the commission, upon application of an employee, “shall order one change of treating physician.” That language means “it is mandatory the (administrative law judge) grant a claimant’s first application for change of treating physician,” the court said. The law does not address subsequent applications for change of treating physician, and it “does not limit the number of applications that may be filed, the number of changes that may be ordered per claim, or the number of changes per injured body part,” the court wrote. “Nor does the statute require the ALJ to order one change per body part.” WorkCompCentral is a sister publication of Business Insurance. More stories here. 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