What is an I&A (Information and Assistance) Officer?

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In California, an I&A (Information and Assistance) officer is a representative from the Department of Industrial Relations whose job it is to provide information and assistance about workers’ compensation in California.

Each state has its own workers’ compensation system, which is made up of government offices, insurance companies, law offices, doctors offices and hospitals, workplaces, and workers. While there is easily accessible information about workers’ comp on the DIR website, it can be very helpful to speak with someone who can point you in the right direction.
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RateFast Podcast: Interview with Patent Attorney Tom Haverstock

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Dr. John Alchemy meets with California patent attorney Tom Haverstock to discuss patent law, the process of submitting and receiving a patent, and much more!

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RateFast Podcast: Workers’ Compensation Impairment Reports as a Safari

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When working as a conservator of nature, it’s important to address the delicate balance that allows us to observe a living thing without detrimentally affecting the way it moves in its environment.

This is the way that Dr. John Alchemy invites us to think about workers’ compensation data as it lives within the context of the work comp impairment report. Which data needs to be watched closely? What can we learn from it? Where do we need to intervene and rehabilitate data to ensure the health of the report at large?

We answer all these questions and more in this month’s episode!

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Informing Patients About their PR-4 Impairment Reports

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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.

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Work Comp Win: RateFast Receives a Patent!

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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!
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RateFast Podcast: The McCoy Monarch Fund with Zach Griebel

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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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RateFast Podcast: The Gates of Hell Pt. V – Hell and Workers’ Compensation

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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 Express: the service that writes your impairment reports for you!