Per Curiam.
Jose Luis Hernandez, a workers compensation claimant, was prescribed certain spinal-injection treatments. His employer authorized the treatment, but insisted that another physician-not Hernandezs treating physician-perform them. The Judge of Compensation Claims sided with the employer, and Hernandez appeals.
Section 440.13(2)(d) allows the employer to transfer the care of an injured employee from the attending health care provider if an independent medical examination determines that the employee is not making appropriate progress in recuperation. Here, the employer did not satisfy the statutes requirements. Instead, the employer refused to allow Hernandezs authorized physician to perform authorized treatments, a refusal amount[ing] to a de facto deauthorization of the doctor. Williams v. Triple J Enters. , 650 So.2d 1114, 1116 (Fla. 1st DCA 1995).
REVERSED and REMANDED for further proceedings.
B.L. Thomas, C.J., and Osterhaus and Winsor, JJ., concur.