California Work Comp Report

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.

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! 

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. Alchemy will offer helpful advice about rating work comp head injuries.

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! 

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.

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

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 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 [email protected]!

Connect with RateFast CEO Dr. John Alchemy on LinkedIn! 

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!

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! 

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.

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! 

We're back with part II of our series in which Dr. Alchemy discusses the politics of workers' compensation. 

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! 

When referring to impairment rating between stakeholders, the word "politics" comes to mind. This week we discuss with Dr. John Alchemy why that's the case.

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! 

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:

• What is a workers' comp injury?
• What is a Doctor's First Report of Injury or Illness (DFR)?
• What is a Primary Treating Physician's Progress Report (PR-2)?
• What is a Request for Authorization (RFA) and Utilization Review (UR)?

The videos from which these clips are taken can be found on our YouTube channel!

Here's a convenient link to the playlist.

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!