California Work Comp Report

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! For more information on this episode, and other helpful tips about workers' compensation, visit the RateFast Blog...

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. For more information on this episode, and other helpful tips about workers' compensation, visit the RateFast Blog...

Dr. John Alchemy is back to tell us about the examination portion of a workers' comp impairment rating, and provide us with some useful tips to take into account during this crucial step in the process. For more information on this episode, and other helpful tips about workers' compensation, visit the RateFast Blog...

Today we embark on a new series, where Dr. John Alchemy explains the nuances and best practices of taking measurements for impairment reports. We are breaking this series down by sections, so today Dr. Alchemy covers taking patient history and activities of daily living (ADL). For more information on this episode, and other helpful tips about workers' compensation, visit the RateFast Blog...

In this final episode in our series on head injuries in work comp, Dr. John Alchemy covers post traumatic headaches, how to assess them, and then dives into the complicated topic of combining impairment ratings...

This is the penultimate episode in our series on the AMA Guides 5th edition chapters covering head injuries, in our quest to help doctors understand this complicated type of injury a bit better. Dr. John Alchemy explains how to recognize these types of injuries in patients, and guide them through better understanding their symptoms. For more information on this episode, and other helpful tips about workers' compensation, visit the RateFast Blog...

Today we have a two-part episode to continue our series on head injuries, covering AMA Guides chapter 12: Vision Loss and chapter 13: Memory Loss Dr. John Alchemy provides insight to these two chapters in the AMA Guides with some useful advice on how to implement the contents of the guides into your own work comp practice...

We continue our series on head injuries in workers' compensation, where we cover chapter 11 of the AMA Guides 5th edition, which outlines hearing loss. Dr. John Alchemy gives us some useful information on recognizing hearing loss, and effectively gathering information from the patient so that it can ultimately be rated. For more information on this episode, and other helpful tips about workers' compensation, visit the RateFast Blog...

This is episode one in our series regarding rating head injuries in workers' compensation. Dr. John Alchemy tells us a little bit about rating this body part, and why the head in particular is so much more difficult to rate than any other body part in workers' compensation. This series will cover the chapters in the AMA Guides 5th ed. which discuss head injuries, and we will explore each of them in depth with their own episode on our way to a better understanding. Along the way, Dr...

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! For more information on this episode, and other helpful tips about workers' compensation, visit the RateFast Blog...