Car Accident Doctor 20 Minutes South of the A1A Condominiums

A car accident doctor for Highland Beach is twenty minutes south, just over the Palm Beach County line on US-1. Car Accident Doctors Group, the accident-injury practice of Dr. Carol McNamara-Krauss, DC, is at 3320 N Federal Hwy #107 in Lighthouse Point, between Sample Road and Copans Road. Highland Beach is a three-mile town on A1A between Boca Raton and Delray Beach, and there is no medical office of any kind inside it, so every resident drives somewhere for care.

Residents of Bel Lido Isle, Boca Highland and the oceanfront towers along A1A come to us because the office is in Broward County but the PIP rules are not: Florida's no-fault statute is the same in every county, and the drive down Federal Highway is shorter than the drive to most Palm Beach clinics. Dr. McNamara-Krauss has 30 years in practice. Janelle Deal, our case coordinator, has 30 years in Florida PIP claims. Call (754) 342-6479, answered 24/7. Saturday appointments are by request.

Highland Beach has one road, A1A, with no signals inside town limits, and its crashes come from condominium driveways. Drivers exiting the towers turn across two lanes of through traffic that is moving faster than the posted limit, and the result is side-impact and T-bone crashes on the driver's side. At the south end, the A1A signal at Spanish River Boulevard in Boca Raton is the town's rear-end spot. At the north end, Linton Boulevard in Delray Beach and the bridge over the Intracoastal is the other one. Cyclists ride A1A through Highland Beach in packs on weekend mornings, and the crashes between cars and riders produce knee and leg injuries and shoulder injuries on both sides.

The nearest emergency rooms are Boca Raton Regional Hospital, part of Baptist Health, to the south, and Delray Medical Center, the area trauma center on Linton Boulevard, to the north. Either is about ten minutes from the middle of town and either is the right first stop for a head injury, loss of consciousness, chest pain, fracture or numbness. We screen for head injury and concussion and refer them; we do not treat them here. For the attorney reader, Highland Beach cases are filed in Palm Beach County at the South County Courthouse in Delray Beach. Records from this office arrive as one PDF and include the first-visit orthopedic and neurological testing with range-of-motion measurements, documented the same day, and a treatment note for every visit.

Florida PIP does not change at the county line. It pays 80% of reasonable medical expenses up to $10,000 if initial treatment begins within 14 days of the crash. Without an emergency medical condition (EMC) determination, the benefit is limited to $2,500. An EMC can only be determined by an MD, DO, PA or APRN, not by a chiropractor; this office refers patients out for that determination. Highland Beach has many seasonal residents, and the 14 days keep running after the flight home, so the first exam should happen here before you leave. Chiropractic care is covered under section 627.736. This is general information, not legal advice. Dr. Carol McNamara-Krauss is a Florida-licensed chiropractic physician (DC), license CH5281.

From anywhere on A1A in Highland Beach: drive south into Boca Raton to Spanish River Boulevard and turn west. Cross the Intracoastal and continue to Federal Highway. Turn south on US-1 and stay on it through downtown Boca, past Camino Real, across the Hillsboro Canal into Deerfield Beach, past Hillsboro Boulevard and Sample Road. The 3320 building is on the left in Lighthouse Point, before Copans Road. About twenty minutes.

From the north end near Linton Boulevard, you can also take Linton west to Federal Highway and go south from there; the run down US-1 is a few minutes longer but avoids the Spanish River signal. Suite 107 is on the ground floor with parking in front.