Well, in the thorough practice of personal injury law it is quite common to see those individuals who have been injured in a car accident and do not have health insurance in order to pay for their medical expenses. 

In order to assist those people who don’t even have a suitable health insurance, some medical professionals will treat a patient by providing them with doctor on lien basis. Moreover, a medical lien can extend the amount of time allowed for payment of medical bills incurred due to an accident.

In addition to this, doctors on lien or simply a medical lien is a formal written agreement between a patient and doctor. This is where a doctor agrees to perform necessary medical treatments in return for a promise on the part of the injured patient to pay the bill once their personal injury claim is resolved. Moreover, it is also crucial to note that few doctors will agree to perform services on a lien basis unless the patient has retained an attorney.

The attorney retention is a critical factor with medical liens, as the attorney will be the signatory to the lien agreement. Moreover, the lawyer will will act in a fiduciary capacity, or position of trust, to the medical lien doctor and protect his right to payment. A common misconception of the lien agreement is that the doctor's payment is contingent on the outcome of the case.

Well it is quite common for the lawyers to actually perform legal services on a fee contingent basis. The doctors don’t perform medical care dependent on the outcome of the personal injury case. The doctors on lien is simply the doctor's agreement to await payment until the accident or injury case comes to an end. At such time the payment for medical services becomes due.

The important thing that should be noted is that not all doctors are on liens basis and not all doctors who accept liens will do so in every case. Many times, a personal injury attorney will have developed relationships with doctors in many medical specialties who will render medical care to injured clients on a lien basis. The medical lien is a valuable tool to enable victims of accidents who otherwise do not have access to medical care to receive treatment for their injuries. The first thing after the accident is to get to a personal injury chiropractic care as soon as possible. Not only it will benefit you physically but also with your compensation case too. 

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