RateFast Podcast: Understanding Activities of Daily Living (ADLs)

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There are countless activities that we do in a day, but a finite number of Activities of Daily Living (ADLs) recognized by workers’ compensation professionals, in order to gauge the severity of a work comp injury. The ADLs are arguably the most important factor in a worker’s comp impairment report, which is why Dr. John Alchemy is here to give us a quick primer on ADLs and what to look for when speaking with patients about them.

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: 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 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: 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 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: 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 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: 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 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!

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

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For this final installment in our series, Mr. Phil Walker Esq. and Dr. John Alchemy caps off this series with the type of things that win cases in his experience.

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! 

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 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: Navigating Change – Accountability and Culture Shift in Healthcare Pt. I

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We are joined again by returning champion, work comp attorney Phil Walker, to discuss the sensitive topic of workplace abuse in the healthcare setting.

Dr. John Alchemy and Mr. Walker discuss the change of the healthcare industry over the years and how workplace abuse has seeped into the cracks that have developed over time.

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: What is an Impairment Rating Pt. IV: Four Corners Rating vs. Almaraz Guzman

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For this final episode in our series, we discuss the AMA Guides four-corners rating and compare that to the California Almaraz-Guzman ruling.

This is one of the more complicated topics in California Workers’ Compensation, which is why Dr. John Alchemy is here to clear it up for us!

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: What is an Impairment Rating Pt. III – Diagnostic Testing

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Your patient may need diagnostic testing from a specialist. In this installment of our series, Dr. John Alchemy discusses when diagnostic testing is necessary in work comp claims, and useful tips for the process.

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!