In this episode, Dr. John Alchemy elucidates the process of informing workers’ comp patients about their impairment ratings, and focuses on how to keep communication clear and open with them through their work comp journey.
If you’re a workers’ compensation provider, adjuster, or case manager check out RateFast
Every day, people come up with quite useful ideas. Some of the ideas are genius. The problem is that nobody will ever know that the idea is genius if they never see it!
And simply because one has a great idea, it doesn’t necessarily mean that the idea is eligible for a patent.
To go along with the benefits of having the government recognize the fruits of your labor, there’s a certain… je ne sais quoi about having an official patent for a product that you’ve made. Suffice to say, RateFast is quite pleased that we have patented our product!
Continue reading Work Comp Win: RateFast Receives a Patent!
This month we interview Hamline University undergrad Zach Griebel, who is a recipient of the McCoy Monarch Fund scholarship.
Zach tells us about his experience working with Hamline professors, and how the McCoy Monarch Fund assists Zach’s day-to-day life as a student.
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The Rene and Brian McCoy Cancer Recovery Research Monarch Fund is a philanthropic effort to provide a scholarship for students in STEM who are attending Hamline University.
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We have arrived at the conclusion of our series on Dante’s poem Inferno and Rodin’s sculpture The Gates of Hell where we finally explore the topic of how this relates to workers’ compensation.
Dr. John Alchemy and Cory Oleson explore the metaphor between the injured worker’s experience through a claim that is dragging on, and Dante’s experience going through hell.
It’s not all fire and brimstone, however. There could be a light at the end of the tunnel. To find out how, give this episode a listen!
If you’re a workers’ compensation provider, adjuster, or case manager check out RateFast
This post is based on a five-part podcast series that we did with art historian Paul Costa covering the topic Dante Alighieri, his seminal work Inferno, 1800s French sculptor Auguste Rodin, and his famous piece The Gates of Hell. We encourage you to check it out!
Injured workers who have spent enough time stuck in the workers’ compensation system very well may refer to their experience with the process as hell.
We’re referring to claims that have dragged on for 6 – 10 months and beyond. The harrowing experience of being stuck in the claim can be equal to, and sometimes worse, than the workplace injury itself.
Here we examine just how these work comp claims can be like hell, specifically from the perspective of Dante’s work, Inferno.
Continue reading Workers’ Compensation Hell: Getting Through to the Other Side
Expanding on the idea of 0% WPI in workers’ comp claims from previous episodes, Dr. John Alchemy takes this opportunity to elaborate that 0% WPI doesn’t necessarily mean that everything about the injury is ‘in the clear’.
If you’re a workers’ compensation provider, adjuster, or case manager check out RateFast
Part IV of our podcast series on Dante’s Inferno, and Rodin’s Gates of Hell. Here we behold the gates in the flesh.
In this penultimate episode of our series, we travel with Historian of Italian art and owner of Tuscan Tour Guide, Paul Costa, into the early 20th century to meet Auguste Rodin.
We learn about how Rodin interpreted Dante’s vision to sculpt his depiction of the Gates of Hell as described by Dante Alighieri. We learn some very interesting facts about the time period, and Rodin’s spiritual connection to the author of The Inferno.
If you’re a workers’ compensation provider, adjuster, or case manager check out RateFast
This month we are joined by very special guest, Dr. William Norcross, MD, whose accomplishments include establishing the UCSD PACE Program to help physicians mental health, as well as being the educational mentor of RateFast’s own Dr. John Alchemy, MD!
We speak with William about the mental health of doctors is a crisis all its own, compounded by the crisis of the COVID-19 pandemic. We also discuss ways that you can help your fellow physicians (and other people in general!) and briefly discuss the Ursinus College William A. Norcross MD ’70 Fund
If you’re a workers’ compensation provider, adjuster, or case manager check out RateFast
Continue reading Interview with a Pioneer: William A. Norcross MD
