Head injuries are one of the hardest types of injuries to rate in workers’ compensation. This isn’t surprising, as the head is quite a complicated piece of machinery. While we wait for neuroscientists to tell us exactly how the brain works, we have to make do with the tools we have in order to figure out how a workplace injury is affecting the life of the injured worker.
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We continue our series on head injuries in workers’ compensation, where we cover chapter 11 of the AMA Guides 5th edition, which outlines hearing loss.
Dr. John Alchemy gives us some useful information on recognizing hearing loss, and effectively gathering information from the patient so that it can ultimately be rated.
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This is episode one in our series regarding rating head injuries in workers’ compensation. Dr. John Alchemy tells us a little bit about rating this body part, and why the head in particular is so much more difficult to rate than any other body part in workers’ compensation.
This series will cover the chapters in the AMA Guides 5th ed. which discuss head injuries, and we will explore each of them in depth with their own episode on our way to a better understanding. Along the way, Dr. Alchemy will offer helpful advice about rating work comp head injuries.
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!
This week we give a rundown of the ways that RateFast Express can be helpful to the workload of workers’ comp Nurse Case Managers. We discuss things such as the ways that RateFast Express speeds up claims, as well as how to sign up for and start using RateFast Express today!
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This article was written by RateFast founder and CEO Dr. John Alchemy, MD, QME
In the world of occupational medicine, there is a concept known as Maximal Medical Improvement (MMI). This refers to the point at which a patient’s condition recovery has reached its peak and is unlikely to improve any further. It is an important milestone in the treatment process, as it signifies that all available medical interventions have been exhausted and the patient’s condition has stabilized. Upon reaching MMI, the primary treating doctor will need to order the RateFast PR-4 report to summarize the injury for settlement purposes.
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Today we continue our series of the best ways for workers’ compensation healthcare providers to take rateable histories on different body parts with the shoulder!
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Today we embark on a series of the best ways for workers’ compensation healthcare providers to take rateable histories on different body parts. Our first topic is on lower back pain.
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We’ve outdone ourselves again with the RateFast Flash Rating! Now RateFast users have access to the the fastest impairment reports (and thus, the fastest closed claims) in the biz!
We talk with Dr. John Alchemy about what the RateFast Flash Rating is and what it means for workers’ compensation practices. Out with the old and in with the new!
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We’ll tell you this, if workers comp physicians loved writing impairment reports, there would be a lot less problems in the California workers’ comp system. Maybe.
Join us as we explore the reasons that doctors say no to reports, even if it’s their legal duty to do so.
If you’re a workers’ compensation provider, adjuster, or case manager check out RateFast
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We’re back with part II of our series in which Dr. Alchemy discusses the politics of workers’ compensation.
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!
