California Work Comp Report

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. 

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

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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!

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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.

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!

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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!

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!

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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.

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!

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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.

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 [email protected]!

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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.

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 [email protected]!

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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 one of our biggest series on one of the most complicated topics in work comp, so we encourage anyone with questions to reach out to us!

See the table mentioned on this episode's post on our blog

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 [email protected]!

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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.

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 [email protected]!

Connect with RateFast CEO Dr. John Alchemy on LinkedIn! 

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.

See the table mentioned on this episode's post on our blog

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 [email protected]!

Connect with RateFast CEO Dr. John Alchemy on LinkedIn!