What Is Maximum Medical Improvement? A Workers Compensation Lawyer Explains
When you get hurt at work, so much energy goes into the immediate fire drill: doctor visits, physical therapy, lost paychecks, maybe pressure from a supervisor who needs coverage on the next shift. Then the letters start arriving. Adjusters call. You hear new terms that sound clinical and final. Maximum Medical Improvement, or MMI, is one of those terms. It is short, but it shapes the rest of your case. If you understand what it means and how it is used, you make better cho