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Can an employer make me go out of town for treatment? 

The Iowa Supreme Court has stated: 

Iowa Code section 85.27 (2001) provides that “the employer is obliged to furnish reasonable services and supplies to treat an injured employee, and has the right to choose the care. The treatment must be offered promptly and be reasonably suited to treat the injury without undue inconvenience to the employee.” The authorized treating physician in this case was in Des Moines.

John Doe lived more than a hundred miles away in Trenton, Missouri.

The employer did offer John Doe the option of visiting Dr. Smith, in Columbia, Missouri; Columbia is three hours away from his, according to John Doe. Even if the employer did still have the right to control treatment, neither of these options appears to offer John Doe treatment “without undue inconvenience.”