RateFast Podcast: Telemedicine is a Win

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!

Patients spend a large amount of their visit at the doctor’s office not being seen by the doctor, but rather sitting in a waiting room or even trying to find a parking spot outside the office to begin with. Or maybe they planned an appointment weeks or even months in advance, but the doctor has to reschedule.
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RateFast Podcast: Zero-Percent Impairment

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!

Doctors in workers’ compensation must issue impairment ratings for their patients when they sustain an injury at work. These ratings must be consistent with the AMA guidelines. The impairment rating percentage ranges from 0 to 100, and the number describes the patient’s range of motion and activities that they’re able to perform after becoming injured.
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RateFast Podcast: When Surveillance is Necessary

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!

Workers’ compensation helps out employees who sustain an injury while working at their job. Unfortunately, some may try to take advantage of it and lie about their injury. This is just one example of a type of case where a court or stakeholder orders a sub rosa, meaning that an investigator will come out and perform surveillance on the person in question.
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RateFast Podcast: RFA’s and Utilization Review

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!

In the work comp world, it is important for doctors to fill out accurate reports and justify the reasons they need different equipment or treatments for their patients. For example, if a durable medical equipment is being requested, it’s important to include information such as the number of equipment pieces needed.
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RateFast Podcast: Thriving as a Work Comp Medical Provider

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!

In this episode, Dr. John Alchemy gives a slideshow presentation to an audience. He talks about various subjects and how they relate to money, including classical art and new car technology, as well as running a medical practice.
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RateFast Podcast: Attorneys in Work Comp Pt. III: The AMA Guides

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!

The AMA Guides are the most commonly-used and influential workers’ compensation impairment calculation system in the United States, as well as in many other countries. In fact, they are the law when it comes to workers’ comp cases in California. Therefore, it is very important for anyone working in the workers’ comp field to have a copy on hand.
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RateFast Podcast: Understanding Depositions

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!

In workers’ comp cases, a doctor will often need to give a deposition to a lawyer. This is not to question the doctor’s capabilities, but rather to get their testimony. In most cases, courts actually prefer a doctor’s deposition to a live testimony.
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RateFast Podcast: Workers’ Compensation in the Digital World

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!

Workers’ compensation doctors have to fill out a large amount of paperwork involving patient data and measurements. If filled out incorrectly, a claims adjuster will send the claim back for the doctor to fix. This is a waste of everybody’s time.
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COVID-19 Specific Work Comp Impairment Ratings with RateFast Express

According to the Calfornia Workers’ Compensation Institute, In December of 2020, 52% of all California workers’ compensation claims were COVID-19 related.

A year into the pandemic, the symptoms and after effects of COVID-19 should be familiarto just about every physician whether they are in workers’ comp or not. Yet as with just about every other medical issue, provisions for workers’ compensation lags behind the rest of the field with regardto protocol. That’s why RateFast Express has once again stepped in to lend a hand to workers’ comp professionals.

RateFast Express now offers COVID-19 specific impairment ratings!

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On a Scale from 1 to 10 – Measuring Subjective Pain

In workers’ compensation, it’s absolutely crucial to correctly detail the workers’ subjective residuals of their injury. This is because measuring objective factors like a limited range of motion are less tangible than concepts like pain, and aren’t always an accurate account of the extent that the injury affects the patient’s day-to-day life.
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