Can a Centennial Work Injury Chiropractor Coordinate Care With My Attorney?
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By Butler Family Health Center · Published 2026-11-04 · Last updated 2026-11-04
Yes. A Centennial work injury chiropractor can coordinate care with your attorney, and at Butler Family Health Center that coordination runs through your records: exam findings, visit notes and progress reports, shared with your attorney once you sign a written release. Dr. Butler treats the injury. Your attorney handles the claim.
How it works for you depends on your signed permission, your claim's status and whether the insurer treats the visit as authorized under Colorado's rules. If you were hurt on the job anywhere in Arapahoe County, our work injury chiropractor in Centennial page explains the care itself, and same-day appointments are available.
How a Centennial Work Injury Chiropractor Works With Your Attorney
A Centennial work injury chiropractor works with your attorney mostly on paper. Your attorney needs a medical record that ties your symptoms to the work incident, and the chiropractor builds that record at every visit while treating you.
- The chiropractor examines you, records when and how the injury happened, measures what you can do, treats you and tracks your progress.
- Your attorney gives legal advice, deals with the insurer, watches deadlines and requests records.
- You give both of them the same account, keep your appointments and sign the release.
Picture an office worker in the Denver Tech Center with neck strain from long desk days, or someone at a Dove Valley business who hurt their back lifting. Both need the same thing from the chart: dated findings that match what they reported to their employer.
Records and Reports Your Attorney Can Request
With your written permission, your attorney's office can request:
- Intake forms with your account of the injury
- Exam findings and dated visit notes
- Functional assessments, such as range of motion and sitting or lifting tolerance
- Progress reports that show how you respond over time
- Referrals, if your exam points to imaging or a medical doctor
Where the Chiropractor's Role Stops
A chiropractor's role is care and records, not legal advice. Questions about whether to settle, what your claim is worth or how to answer the insurer belong with your attorney. Keeping them there means your chart stays a medical record.
Signing a Release Before Your Records Go to Your Lawyer
In most cases you sign a release before a chiropractor sends your records to your lawyer. Under the federal privacy rule, a provider generally may not disclose protected health information without a valid authorization, as set out in 45 CFR 164.508.
A valid authorization must include an expiration date or expiration event, and it must tell you that you can revoke it. Before you sign, check that the form names your attorney's office, lists the records to send and shows when it ends. Keep a copy and give one to your attorney.
The same form applies to school staff in the Cherry Creek or Littleton Public Schools districts and to someone who lives in Englewood and works in Centennial.
Taking Back Your Permission Later
You can revoke your permission at any time, in writing. Send the revocation to the office that holds your records and tell your attorney the same day.
Who Chooses Your Doctor After a Colorado Work Injury
In a Colorado workers' compensation claim, your employer or its insurer usually starts the choice of doctor. Under Colorado's workers' compensation Rule 8, the employer or insurer must give you a written list of designated providers within seven business days of notice of your injury. The required number depends on how many willing providers practice within 30 miles: one when there are three or fewer, two for four to eight, and four for nine or more.
If your employer never gives you a list that meets the rule, you may choose an authorized treating physician or chiropractor. Colorado law also has a written request process for asking the insurer to approve a personal physician or chiropractor. These rules apply the same way to an injury at a business near Centennial Airport, which sits on unincorporated Arapahoe County land, as to one at an Inverness office park.
| Your situation | What it usually means | Next step |
|---|---|---|
| You received a provider list | Care runs through the list | Ask your attorney how chiropractic care fits it |
| No list after seven business days | You may choose a chiropractor | Tell your attorney, then call us |
| Your claim is disputed | Coverage is not settled yet | Follow your attorney's advice |
| A true emergency | Any facility able to treat you | Go to the ER first |
If you never got a list, then tell your attorney and book a same-day visit with Butler Family Health Center, so the injury is examined and documented while the paperwork catches up. If your claim is disputed, then an exam still puts dated findings in your chart. Ask about payment options when you call.
Changing Doctors and the 2028 Law
Within 90 days of the injury and before maximum medical improvement, you can request a one-time change of physician by filing the division's form. The insurer or employer then has seven business days to object in writing. Your prior physician must send your records to the new one within seven calendar days of a request.
A 2025 state law, HB25-1300, is set to change how workers choose a treating doctor for claims filed on or after January 1, 2028. It does not apply to a claim filed today.
Starting Care at Butler Family Health Center When You Already Have an Attorney
Starting care at Butler Family Health Center with an attorney already involved takes a few minutes of preparation:
- Call or text (303) 741-2444 and say it is a work injury with an attorney involved. Same-day appointments and walk-ins are available. Telling the office early lets it note the workers' compensation claim and handle the release before records are requested.
- Bring the injury date and place, your claim number, any provider list or insurer letters and your attorney's contact details.
- Ask your attorney whether the visit fits your claim's authorization, since that depends on the claim and the insurer.
- Sign the records release before anything is sent to your attorney.
- Describe the injury the same way you described it to your employer.
- Keep every appointment. Gaps in care give an adjuster room to question the injury. If you must cancel, reschedule right away and tell us why. Steady attendance also lets Dr. Butler measure your progress and adjust care based on real findings.
The office in Peakview Center on South Quebec Street serves Southglenn and Castlewood, both part of Centennial since 2001, along with neighborhoods near Arapahoe Road (Colorado 88) and Colorado 83.
When to Go to the ER First
Go to an emergency room first if the injury brings sudden severe weakness, loss of bowel or bladder control, numbness in the groin, chest pain, or a head injury with confusion. Colorado's rule allows emergency care at any facility able to provide it, and the list rules apply once the emergency ends. After emergency care, book your chiropractic exam soon, so your symptoms go on record close to the date of the incident.
Why Injured Workers Choose Butler Family Health Center
Butler Family Health Center accepts workers' compensation, personal injury, auto accident and slip and fall cases. Dr. Christopher Butler, D.C., has been a chiropractor since 1996, and the practice holds 4.9 stars on Google from more than 70 reviews. One patient wrote: "From the very beginning, I felt listened to, cared for, and never rushed."
- Same-day appointments and walk-ins, so care and documentation start quickly
- Adjustments plus shockwave, Class IV laser and spinal decompression when your exam calls for them
- Most insurance accepted, plus cash plans and HSA debit cards
- Onsite parking at no charge and a wheelchair accessible entrance
The practice suits workers on either side of Interstate 25, from the office buildings of Greenwood Village to homes in Cherry Hills Village and Highlands Ranch, who want treatment started now and a clear record for their attorney.
The Bottom Line
A Centennial work injury chiropractor can coordinate with your attorney through records you authorize in writing. Dr. Butler examines, treats and documents. Your attorney handles the legal side, and Colorado's provider list rules decide how the visits fit your claim. To start care with a work injury chiropractor in Centennial, call or text Butler Family Health Center at (303) 741-2444 and ask for a same-day appointment.