Sinopsis
The California Work Comp Report is a podcast for California workers' compensation professionals and injured workers. In a series of interviews with Dr. John Alchemy, physicians, QMEs, and other industry experts, all aspects of California workers' compensation are demystified. The series also covers current events related to workers compensation.
Episodios
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Head Injuries Pt. IV - AMA Guides Chapter 14 Post Traumatic Stress and Depression
21/08/2023 Duración: 10minThis 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 caworkcompreport@rate-fast.com!Connect with RateFast CEO Dr. John Alchemy on LinkedIn!
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Head Injuries Pt. III - AMA Guides Chapters 12: Vision Loss & Chapter 13: Memory Loss
14/08/2023 Duración: 16minToday we have a two-part episode to continue our series on head injuries, covering AMA Guides chapter 12: Vision Loss and chapter 13: Memory LossDr. 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. 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!
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Head Injuries Pt. II - AMA Guides Chapter 11: Hearing Loss
31/07/2023 Duración: 10minWe 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 caworkcompreport@rate-fast.com!Connect with RateFast CEO Dr. John Alchemy on LinkedIn!
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Head Injuries Pt. I - Overview
24/07/2023 Duración: 20minThis 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 caworkcompreport@rate-fast.com!Connect with RateFast CEO Dr. John Alchemy on LinkedIn!
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A Nurse Case Manager's Guide to RateFast Express
11/07/2023 Duración: 18minThis 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 caworkcompreport@rate-fast.com!Connect with RateFast CEO Dr. John Alchemy on LinkedIn!
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Taking Rateable Histories 2: Shoulder
03/07/2023 Duración: 07minToday 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 caworkcompreport@rate-fast.com!Connect with RateFast CEO Dr. John Alchemy on LinkedIn!
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Taking Rateable Histories 1: Lower Back Pain
26/06/2023 Duración: 10minToday 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 caworkcompreport@rate-fast.com!Connect with RateFast CEO Dr. John Alchemy on LinkedIn!
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The RateFast Flash Rating
19/06/2023 Duración: 20minWe'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 caworkcompreport@rate-fast.com!Connect with RateFast CEO Dr. John Alchemy on LinkedIn!
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5 Reasons Doctors Hate Writing Work Comp Reports
13/06/2023 Duración: 17minWe'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 caworkcompreport@rate-fast.com!Connect with RateFast CEO Dr. John Alchemy on LinkedIn!
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The Politics of Impairment Rating Pt. II
08/06/2023 Duración: 13minWe'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 caworkcompreport@rate-fast.com!Connect with RateFast CEO Dr. John Alchemy on LinkedIn!
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The Politics of Impairment Rating Pt. I
30/05/2023 Duración: 14minWhen 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 caworkcompreport@rate-fast.com!Connect with RateFast CEO Dr. John Alchemy on LinkedIn!
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Work Comp Basics: Work Comp Injury, DFA, PR-2, and RFA/UR
22/05/2023 Duración: 09minDr. 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 caworkcompreport@rate-fast.com!Connect with RateFast CEO Dr. John Alchemy on LinkedIn!
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Putting Down Roots in STEM feat. Bruce Bolon
02/05/2023 Duración: 18minWe continue our dive into the Hamline STEM Start program from Hamline University for high school students entering the world of STEM, by interviewing professor Bruce Bolon of Hamline University, one of the spearheads of the program. Bruce gives some illuminating information about struggles students have in the field, and ways that they can be the best STEM students they can be! 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!
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Hamline STEM Start Fundamentals Pt. II of II
21/04/2023 Duración: 15minThis week we're back with Dr. John Alchemy to wrap up the first part of our discussion on the Hamline STEM Start program at Hamline University!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!
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Hamline STEM Start Fundamentals Pt. I of II
17/04/2023 Duración: 16minThis week we're joined by Dr. John Alchemy to discuss the Hamline STEM Start program at Hamline University! 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!
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2023 APS RateFast Presentation Announcement
14/04/2023 Duración: 14minIn this episode, we discuss RateFast associate, Hamline University professor Jerry Artz giving a presentation using our software, titled Shoulder Integrity Evaluation of Whole Person Impairment Rating Specialists.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!Connect with RateFast CEO Dr. John Alchemy on LinkedIn!
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The Work Comp College Commencement Pt. III of III feat. Bob Wilson
10/04/2023 Duración: 15minFor the final entry in our series, we are joined by Bob Wilson, president of Work Comp College, an institution aimed at the education of workers' compensation professionals. In this episode, we discuss the purpose of work comp college, and what attendees can hope to learn there!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!Connect with RateFast CEO Dr. John Alchemy on LinkedIn!
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The Work Comp College Campus Pt. II of III feat. Bob Wilson
03/04/2023 Duración: 12minFor this second in a three part series, we are joined by Bob Wilson, president of Work Comp College, an institution aimed at the education of workers' compensation professionals. In this episode, we discuss the purpose of work comp college, and what attendees can hope to learn there!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!Connect with RateFast CEO Dr. John Alchemy on LinkedIn!
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The Work Comp College Curriculum Pt. I of III feat. Bob Wilson
28/03/2023 Duración: 13minFor this first of a three part series, we are joined by Bob Wilson, president of Work Comp College, an institution aimed at the education of workers' compensation professionals. In this episode, we discuss the purpose of work comp college, and what attendees can hope to learn there! 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!Connect with RateFast CEO Dr. John Alchemy on LinkedIn!
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Workplace Harassment Pt. IV of IV: A Wretched Chain of Command feat. Paul Costa and John Lavietes
20/03/2023 Duración: 16minThis is the fourth and final episode in our four part series, where Dr. John Alchemy speaks with returning guest, historian Paul Costa and professional copywriter John Lavietes about the subtle dynamics of workplace harassment, how it can be spotted, and what to do about it if it's happening to others, or yourself.Here is a link to Paul's site, and here is a link to John's LinkedIn.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!