RateFast offers an alternative, or perhaps an upgrade, to the traditional ‘four corners rating’ style of workers’ comp impairment calculation with our Functional Loss Rating. Dr. John Alchemy explains this RateFast Feature in this episode.
Dr. Alchemy is back to answer the question that we answered years ago in our blog post What is a QME? This time, Dr. Alchemy answers it in video format. Ain’t the future great?
Any way you shake it, a QME (Qualified Medical Evaluator) is a physician who joins work comp claims as an impartial party to work comp claims. However, the job description differs from the actual work done by the QME. In this video, Dr. John Alchemy explains what a QME is, and why QMEs are so common in workers’ compensation claims.
If you’re a workers’ compensation provider, adjuster, or case manager check out RateFast Express: the service that writes your impairment reports with you!
In California, the AMA Guides 5th Edition is used to determine impairment rating for workers’ compensation. In this video, Dr. John Alchemy examines an upcoming scientific paper that he is participating in, which takes a look at the Guides, and examines methods for revising the way that they are used.
Workers’ compensation reports are supposed to be objective, but that’s not always the outcome. There are biases, old habits, and ‘back of the napkin math’ involved in many workers’ comp claims due to the immense amount of work involved. In this episode, Dr. John Alchemy makes the case for why evidence-based impairment ratings will give the work comp stakeholder a much more firm leg to stand on in claim settlement.
If you’re a workers’ compensation provider, adjuster, or case manager check out RateFast Express: the service that writes your impairment reports with you!
There are many measurements to take in a workers’ compensation claim, and many of them are the dimensions of the pain that the injured worker is experiencing. In this episode, Dr. John Alchemy explains these dimensions.
If you’re a workers’ compensation provider, adjuster, or case manager check out RateFast Express: the service that writes your impairment reports with you!
Understanding RateFast from a high level will help users communicate their impairment reports to other stakeholders. Dr. John Alchemy, creator and CEO of RateFast, explains how this knowledge can lead to closing work comp claims quicker than ever before.
Workers’ comp injuries can (and often do) contain multiple body parts, adding complexity to the claims. Still, the California workers’ comp system is set up to handle such claims. Dr. John Alchemy explains how to handle these types of claims with regards to impairment ratings and reports. Continue reading Staging Multi Body Part Claims: Sequential impairment Rating
A workers’ compensation claim may not end when the claim is settled. The injured worker may require future care. The detail that the provider gives in the final impairment report regarding future care is essential in how the future care is viewed and approved by the insurance adjuster. Dr. John Alchemy explains how future care can be effectively and clearly written by the physician.
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