What Type of Patients Does Kura MD Treat?

Kura MD treats employees injured on the job with non-life threatening injuries.

What Types of Injuries Does Kura MD Not Treat?

• Actively bleeding lacerations.
• Patients with 8/10 pain or greater.
• Patients reporting gross deformity of an extremity.
• Head injury with loss of consciousness, vomiting, weakness, or vision changes.
• Initial lower extremity injury with inability to bear weight.
• Patients with back injury reporting loss of bowel or bladder control, or new onset numbness.
• Patients with significant force in mechanism of injury (fall from >10ft, front or side collision MVA at >45mph, MVA rollover, or similar).
• Patients that for any reason may require immediate imaging.

Can Workers’ Compensation Patients Be Referred to Kura MD if They Have Already Visited a Brick-and-Mortar Medical Facility?

Yes. Common situations where a transfer of care is recommended are:

• Follow-up for MSK injuries (sprains, strains, and nonspecific anatomic pain).
• Post-surgical follow-up.
• Other post-procedural follow-up (laceration repair, splinting/casting), or similar.
• Emergency department follow-up.
• Patients with care longer than 8 weeks (may need evaluation for impairment rating for non-progression or need bio-psycho-social evaluations).
• Transfer of care for a patient known to require an impairment rating.

What are Some Common Issues Using a Brick-and-Mortar Medical Facility That Would Indicate Telehealth as an Option?

• Follow-up from initial care at an Urgent Care or ER and the patient needs to find a primary treating physician.
• The injured worker is dissatisfied with their current care provider.
• Long wait times at the clinic and too much time between appointment availability.
• In-office appointments are problematic due to transportation, distance, or childcare issues.
• Clinic hours are not convenient.