RateFast Podcast: A Nurse Case Manager’s Guide to RateFast Express

This week we give a rundown of the ways that RateFast Express can be helpful to the workload of workers’ comp Nurse Case Managers. We discuss things such as the ways that RateFast Express speeds up claims, as well as how to sign up for and start using RateFast Express today!

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 Art and Science of Maximal Medical Improvement by RateFast Express

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 2 – Shoulder

Today we continue our series of the best ways for workers’ compensation healthcare providers to take rateable histories on different body parts with the shoulder!

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: Taking Rateable Histories 1 – Lower Back Pain

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!

Connect with RateFast CEO Dr. John Alchemy on LinkedIn! 

RateFast Podcast: The RateFast Flash Rating

We’ve outdone ourselves again with the RateFast Flash Rating! Now RateFast users have access to the the fastest impairment reports (and thus, the fastest closed claims) in the biz!

We talk with Dr. John Alchemy about what the RateFast Flash Rating is and what it means for workers’ compensation practices. Out with the old and in with the new!

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: 5 Reasons Doctors Hate Writing Work Comp Reports

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

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

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

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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RateFast Podcast: Putting Down Roots in STEM feat. Bruce Bolon

We continue our dive into the Hamline STEM Start program from Hamline University for high school students entering the world of STEM, by interviewing professor Bruce Bolon of Hamline University, one of the spearheads of the program. Bruce gives some illuminating information about struggles students have in the field, and ways that they can be the best STEM students they can be!

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!