RateFast Podcast: Impairment Rating Literacy Pt. IV – Scoring Doctors and Impairment Reports

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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!

If you’re a workers’ compensation provider, adjuster, or case manager check out RateFast 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: Impairment Rating Literacy Pt. III – Big Themes

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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 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: Impairment Rating Literacy Pt. II – Assessing the Skill of the Author

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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 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: Impairment Rating Literacy Pt. I – Taking Inventory

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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 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!

Navigating Change – Accountability and Culture Shift in Healthcare Pt. II

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Power can be misused in every industry, and this does not exclude healthcare. In this episode, Dr. John Alchemy is joined again by Phil Walker, Esq. to discuss these intricacies of the business, and how workers comp stands out.

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 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: What is an Impairment Report Pt. I – History and Activities of Daily Living

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Today we embark on a new series, where Dr. John Alchemy explains the nuances and best practices of taking measurements for impairment reports. We are breaking this series down by sections, so today Dr. Alchemy covers taking patient history and activities of daily living (ADL).

If you’re a workers’ compensation provider, adjuster, or case manager check out RateFast 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: Head Injuries Pt. V – AMA Guides Chapter 18: Post Traumatic Headaches & Combining Impairment Ratings

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In this final episode in our series on head injuries in work comp, Dr. John Alchemy covers post traumatic headaches, how to assess them, and then dives into the complicated topic of combining impairment ratings.

This is one of our biggest series on one of the most complicated topics in work comp, so we encourage anyone with questions to reach out to us!

If you’re a workers’ compensation provider, adjuster, or case manager check out RateFast 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: Head Injuries Pt. IV – AMA Guides Chapter 14 Post Traumatic Stress and Depression

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This is the penultimate episode in our series on the AMA Guides 5th edition chapters covering head injuries, in our quest to help doctors understand this complicated type of injury a bit better.

Dr. John Alchemy explains how to recognize these types of injuries in patients, and guide them through better understanding their symptoms.

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 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: Head Injuries Pt. III – AMA Guides Chapters 12: Vision Loss & Chapter 13: Memory Loss

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Today we have a two-part episode to continue our series on head injuries, covering AMA Guides chapter 12: Vision Loss and chapter 13: Memory Loss

Dr. John Alchemy provides insight to these two chapters in the AMA Guides with some useful advice on how to implement the contents of the guides into your own work comp practice.

If you’re a workers’ compensation provider, adjuster, or case manager check out RateFast 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: Head Injuries Pt. II – AMA Guides Chapter 11: Hearing Loss

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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.

If you’re a workers’ compensation provider, adjuster, or case manager check out RateFast 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!