Berthold v. Indus. Claim Appeals Office of Colo.

Opinion by JUDGE NAVARRO

¶ 1 In this workers' compensation action, Judy Berthold (claimant) challenges an order of the Industrial Claim Appeals Office (Panel). To resolve claimant's challenge, we must consider the effect of her approved request to begin treatment with a new physician. Specifically, did her treatment with her newly approved physician automatically terminate her first physician's status as an authorized treating physician (ATP)? The answer *812matters because her first physician opined that claimant had reached maximum medical improvement (MMI) after claimant had begun treating with…