The Art and Science of Maximal Medical Improvement by RateFast Express

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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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RateFast Podcast: Taking Rateable Histories 1 – Lower Back Pain

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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.

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 with you!

Questions? Comments? Suggestions for podcast episodes? Reach out to us anytime at caworkcompreport@rate-fast.com!

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RateFast Podcast: 5 Reasons Doctors Hate Writing Work Comp Reports

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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 Express: the service that writes your impairment reports with you!

Questions? Comments? Suggestions for podcast episodes? Reach out to us anytime at caworkcompreport@rate-fast.com!

Connect with RateFast CEO Dr. John Alchemy on LinkedIn! 

The Politics of Impairment Rating Pt. II

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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 Express: the service that writes your impairment reports with you!

Questions? Comments? Suggestions for podcast episodes? Reach out to us anytime at caworkcompreport@rate-fast.com!

Connect with RateFast CEO Dr. John Alchemy on LinkedIn! 

RateFast Podcast: The Politics of Impairment Rating Pt. I

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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 with you!

Questions? Comments? Suggestions for podcast episodes? Reach out to us anytime at caworkcompreport@rate-fast.com!

Connect with RateFast CEO Dr. John Alchemy on LinkedIn! 

RateFast Podcast: Work Comp Basics – Work Comp Injury, DFA, PR-2, and RFA/UR

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Dr. John Alchemy gives some quick clips about the basics of California work comp terms that apply to some degree in all states. These explanations are:

The videos from which these clips are taken can be found on our YouTube channel!
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Reminder: We Have an Interactive Map of the Work Comp Rules in the United States!

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Click here to go to our US Map of Workers’ Compensation!

Have you ever wondered what version of the AMA guides are used in South Dakota? How many states use a state specific ruleset for determining impairment? What is the oldest version of the AMA Guides in use?

Whether you need a question answered for your workers’ comp practice, or you’re just plain curious, we have a map for you!

The RateFast US Map of Impairment Rules

back in 2018 we put this map together to give any party in a work comp claim access to their state’s rule set, as well as some resources that will help them smooth the work comp process.

5 years later, we are still maintaining that US map, and want to make sure that you know that it’s there!

Updates

We have recently updated the map with a helpful key, in order to more clearly read the map and find your state’s ruleset.

It is also important that we make sure that the map is always up to date, so we make an effort to regularly maintain our map page.

Conclusion

Sometimes work comp providers operate in a different state than their patient’s injury. Adjusters and other parties often work across state lines. There are many situations where one might need a US map of workers’ comp state rules, and we’re happy to provide it!

RateFast Podcast: Workplace Harassment – A Page from Machiavelli’s Book feat. Paul Costa and John Lavietes

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On this first episode in our four part series, Dr. John Alchemy speaks with returning guest, historian Paul Costa and professional copywriter John Lavietes about the subtle dynamics of workplace harassment, how it can be spotted, and what to do about it if it’s happening to others, or yourself.

Here is a link to Paul’s site, and here is a link to John’s LinkedIn.

If you’re a workers’ compensation provider, adjuster, or case manager check out RateFast Express: the service that writes your impairment reports with you!

 

RateFast Podcast: Interview with Dan Anders of Tower MSA Pt. II

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In this final episode in our series with Dan Anders, Chief Compliance Officer of Tower MSA, we talk about what MSAs (Medicare Set Asides) are in general, and how they are applied in workers’ compensation. Mr. Anders also has his own podcast called Set Aside Some Time where he delves even further into the world of MSAs.

If you’re a workers’ compensation provider, adjuster, or case manager check out RateFast Express: the service that writes your impairment reports with you!