A workers’ compensation claim may not end when the claim is settled. The injured worker may require future care. The detail that the provider gives in the final impairment report regarding future care is essential in how the future care is viewed and approved by the insurance adjuster. Dr. John Alchemy explains how future care can be effectively and clearly written by the physician.
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Good data integrity means a report that is more likely to stand on its own when scrutinized. What does it mean for your impairment report data to have integrity? Data integrity is a concept we’ve developed at RateFast which represents the quality of the data that was put into the creation of the report, since the outcome of a report is only as good as the data that was provided.
Data integrity is provided with each RateFast report as a means to keep the claim as transparent as possible for stakeholders.
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Dr. John Alchemy discusses one of the most difficult parts of workers’ compensation impairment ratings: Apportionment. When a workers’ compensation injury involves a pre-existing condition on the injured body system, the physician must calculate apportionment to determine how much functional loss was due to the workplace injury, and how much of it is owed to the pre-existing condition. Dr. Alchemy will outline how to navigate through this particularly tough topic for the best outcome for impairment rating.
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Dr. John Alchemy and Professor Bruce Bolon, PhD. of Hamline University, give a presentation on pulmonary function testing as it relates to workers’ compensation. This is a podcast which has been adapted from a video, so there are references to charts and tables which can be seen on the video on RateFast’s YouTube Channel.
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Dr. John Alchemy explains when it is necessary to use mathematical interpolation is necessary in workers’ compensation impairment ratings.
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There are countless activities that we do in a day, but a finite number of Activities of Daily Living (ADLs) recognized by workers’ compensation professionals, in order to gauge the severity of a work comp injury. The ADLs are arguably the most important factor in a worker’s comp impairment report, which is why Dr. John Alchemy is here to give us a quick primer on ADLs and what to look for when speaking with patients about them.
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If you’ve followed our series up until this point, you should have a good grasp on what we call Impairment Rating Literacy. Now it’s time to put that knowledge to work. Once you assess the skill of the author, you need to be able to score the report based off of what they’ve given you. Doctor John Alchemy tells you how to do that in this episode!
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Dr. John Alchemy discusses the big themes of impairment rating and what to look out for when doing impairment reports for workers’ compensation professionals.
Join Dr. John Alchemy in describing Impairment Rating Literacy and its utility in the workers’ compensation system.
If you’re a workers’ compensation provider, adjuster, or case manager check out RateFast
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While reading any impairment report, it’s important to be assessing the skill of the author who wrote it. An author can be very experienced, or they can be guessing entirely. In this episode, Dr. John Alchemy shows us some ways to be able to make this assessment ourselves.
Join Dr. John Alchemy in describing Impairment Rating Literacy and its utility in the workers’ compensation system.
If you’re a workers’ compensation provider, adjuster, or case manager check out RateFast
Questions? Comments? Suggestions for podcast episodes? Reach out to us anytime at caworkcompreport@rate-fast.com!
Think of Impairment Rating Literacy as the precious substance “Spice” from Frank Herbert’s essential science fiction novel, Dune. The one who is in control of Impairment Rating Literacy is the one who is in control. If you’re a workers’ comp professional, it would be most beneficial if you were the one with Impairment Rating Literacy.
Join Dr. John Alchemy in describing Impairment Rating Literacy and its utility in the workers’ compensation system.
If you’re a workers’ compensation provider, adjuster, or case manager check out RateFast
Questions? Comments? Suggestions for podcast episodes? Reach out to us anytime at caworkcompreport@rate-fast.com!
