When everybody has a stake in the claim, the best possible conclusion that all parties can come to is the truth. For this you need an objective party, and RateFast is that party. This month, Dr. John Alchemy explains vertical impairment rating in RateFast reports.
If you’re a workers’ compensation provider, adjuster, or case manager check out RateFast Express: the service that writes your impairment reports for you!
Hector Castellanos, a full-time driver for rideshare giants Uber and Lyft, was injured in the course of work when he was struck by another car “I was hit by another driver while I was working, ended up needing the surgery and months of physical therapy, and I had to stop working for about a year,”
This issue was taken to court after Castellanos alleged that he had been promised a pay raise and increased healthcare by the company, a promise that had not been fulfilled.
Continue reading Workers’ Comp: the Central Issue in California’s Battle over Prop 22
Dr. John Alchemy answers questions submitted by Nurse Case Managers regarding ways of discussing common work comp questions with their patients.
If you’re a workers’ compensation provider, adjuster, or case manager check out RateFast Express: the service that writes your impairment reports for you!
In the months following the initial vaccine distribution early this year, it started to feel as though COVID-19 was soon to be a distant memory, a thing of the past. People began going outside, mask mandates were lifted, friends and families reunited. Much joy was had.
Of course, as we know having lived the past few months, this didn’t last very long.
Continue reading Summer 2021 COVID-19 Report
We’re in the age of data! Data helps us improve things in our day to day life, as well as track the progress of our ventures. Data analytics could be incredibly helpful to workers’ compensation as a whole, we know because we’ve seen it. Dr. John Alchemy expands on RateFast data analytics and how it helps close workers’ compensation claims.
For more information on this episode, and other helpful tips about workers’ compensation, visit the RateFast Blog.
If you’re a workers’ compensation provider, adjuster, or case manager check out RateFast Express: the service that writes your impairment reports for you!
Dear reader, look into our crystal ball. It shows you the future of California workers’ compensation. All who gaze into it see something different. Some see a workers comp system running with the clarity and ease of a mountain stream. Others simply scream and run away.
In this post we will examine workers’ compensation as it is today, and see if we can use this insight to make a few educated guesses of what the future holds.
Continue reading Factors to Consider Regarding the Future of California Workers’ Compensation
Gotcha. There is none.
When people have become accustomed to working in a poorly functioning system, they are naturally suspicious when something comes along which seems to have solved the problems which everyone has come to accept. In fact the skepticism often comes along with an unwillingness to change out of habit, a dangerous cycle.
Continue reading RateFast Express is Free… Here’s the Catch
If you’re a workers’ compensation provider, adjuster, or case manager check out RateFast Express: the service that writes your impairment reports for you!
Given the number of factors that can contribute to a workers’ comp claim being disputed, it almost seems like a miracle when a claim is *not* disputed.
Continue reading Data Confidence: Being on the ‘Same Page’ About Your Impairment Reports
This article is a transcription of an episode of the RateFast podcast, which you can listen to by searching “RateFast” in iTunes or the iOS podcast store.
If you’re a workers’ compensation provider, adjuster, or case manager check out RateFast Express: the service that writes your impairment reports for you!
Do you feel secure about your job? What if you heard that a robot was about to take over the occupation that you’ve had for the last 10 years? How would you react then?
Continue reading RateFast Podcast: Automation in Workers’ Compensation
