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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Understanding the RateFast Abstract
23/01/2024 Duración: 08minUnderstanding RateFast from a high level will help users communicate their impairment reports to other stakeholders. Dr. John Alchemy, creator and CEO of RateFast, explains how this knowledge can lead to closing work comp claims quicker than ever before. For more information on this episode, and other helpful tips about workers' compensation, visit the RateFast Blog. Visit our YouTube channel to see this video and more!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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Staging Multi Body Part Claims: Sequential impairment Rating
08/01/2024 Duración: 14minWorkers' comp injuries can (and often do) contain multiple body parts, adding complexity to the claims. Still, the California workers' comp system is set up to handle such claims. Dr. John Alchemy explains how to handle these types of claims with regards to impairment ratings and reports. For more information on this episode, and other helpful tips about workers' compensation, visit the RateFast Blog. Visit our YouTube channel to see this video and more!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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Future Care: Understanding and Discussing the Roadmap of Future Care
03/01/2024 Duración: 13minA workers' compensation claim may not end when the claim is settled. The injured worker may require future care. The detail that the provider gives in the final impairment report regarding future care is essential in how the future care is viewed and approved by the insurance adjuster. Dr. John Alchemy explains how future care can be effectively and clearly written by the physician.Data integrity is provided with each RateFast report as a means to keep the claim as transparent as possible for stakeholders.For more information on this episode, and other helpful tips about workers' compensation, visit the RateFast Blog. Visit our YouTube channel to see this video and more!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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Data Integrity: Understanding Foundational Clinic Data
26/12/2023 Duración: 16minGood data integrity means a report that is more likely to stand on its own when scrutinized. What does it mean for your impairment report data to have integrity? Data integrity is a concept we've developed at RateFast which represents the quality of the data that was put into the creation of the report, since the outcome of a report is only as good as the data that was provided. Data integrity is provided with each RateFast report as a means to keep the claim as transparent as possible for stakeholders. For more information on this episode, and other helpful tips about workers' compensation, visit the RateFast Blog. Visit our YouTube channel to see this video and more!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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Apportionment: Understanding the Drivers of Pre-Existing Conditions
18/12/2023 Duración: 14minDr. John Alchemy discusses one of the most difficult parts of workers' compensation impairment ratings: Apportionment. When a workers' compensation injury involves a pre-existing condition on the injured body system, the physician must calculate apportionment to determine how much functional loss was due to the workplace injury, and how much of it is owed to the pre-existing condition. Dr. Alchemy will outline how to navigate through this particularly tough topic for the best outcome for impairment rating. For more information on this episode, and other helpful tips about workers' compensation, visit the RateFast Blog. Visit our YouTube channel to see this video and more!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 Linke
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Pulmonary Function Testing
12/12/2023 Duración: 17minDr. John Alchemy and Professor Bruce Bolon, PhD. of Hamline University, give a presentation on pulmonary function testing as it relates to workers' compensation. This is a podcast which has been adapted from a video, so there are references to charts and tables which can be seen on the video on RateFast's YouTube Channel. 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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Understanding Interpolation
30/11/2023 Duración: 08minDr. John Alchemy explains when it is necessary to use mathematical interpolation is necessary in workers' compensation impairment ratings.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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Understanding Activities of Daily Living (ADLs)
27/11/2023 Duración: 08minThere are countless activities that we do in a day, but a finite number of Activities of Daily Living (ADLs) recognized by workers' compensation professionals, in order to gauge the severity of a work comp injury. The ADLs are arguably the most important factor in a worker's comp impairment report, which is why Dr. John Alchemy is here to give us a quick primer on ADLs and what to look for when speaking with patients about them. 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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Impairment Rating Literacy Pt. IV - Scoring Doctors and Impairment Reports
13/11/2023 Duración: 09minIf you've followed our series up until this point, you should have a good grasp on what we call Impairment Rating Literacy. Now it's time to put that knowledge to work. Once you assess the skill of the author, you need to be able to score the report based off of what they've given you. Doctor John Alchemy tells you how to do that in this episode! 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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Impairment Rating Literacy Pt. III - Big Themes
06/11/2023 Duración: 12minDr. John Alchemy discusses the big themes of impairment rating and what to look out for when doing impairment reports for workers' compensation professionals. Join Dr. John Alchemy in describing Impairment Rating Literacy and its utility in the workers' compensation system.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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Impairment Rating Literacy Pt. II - Assessing the Skill of the Author
30/10/2023 Duración: 15minWhile reading any impairment report, it's important to be assessing the skill of the author who wrote it. An author can be very experienced, or they can be guessing entirely. In this episode, Dr. John Alchemy shows us some ways to be able to make this assessment ourselves. Join Dr. John Alchemy in describing Impairment Rating Literacy and its utility in the workers' compensation system.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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Impairment Rating Literacy Pt. I - Taking Inventory
24/10/2023 Duración: 18minThink of Impairment Rating Literacy as the precious substance "Spice" from Frank Herbert's essential science fiction novel, Dune. The one who is in control of Impairment Rating Literacy is the one who is in control. If you're a workers' comp professional, it would be most beneficial if you were the one with Impairment Rating Literacy. Join Dr. John Alchemy in describing Impairment Rating Literacy and its utility in the workers' compensation system. 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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RateFast Podcast: Navigating Change - Accountability and Culture Shift in Healthcare Pt. III
16/10/2023 Duración: 16minFor 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.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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Navigating Change - Accountability and Culture Shift in Healthcare Pt. II
09/10/2023 Duración: 16minPower 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!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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Navigating Change - Accountability and Culture Shift in Healthcare
03/10/2023 Duración: 16minWe 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!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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What is an Impairment Rating Pt. IV: Four Corners Rating vs. Almaraz Guzman
25/09/2023 Duración: 09minFor 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!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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What is an Impairment Rating Pt. III: Diagnostic Testing
18/09/2023 Duración: 06minYour 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!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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What is an Impairment Rating Pt. II - Physical Examination
13/09/2023 Duración: 15minDr. 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 caworkcompreport@rate-fast.com!Connect with RateFast CEO Dr. John Alchemy on LinkedIn!
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What is an Impairment Report Pt. I - History and Activities of Daily Living
04/09/2023 Duración: 07minToday 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 caworkcompreport@rate-fast.com!Connect with RateFast CEO Dr. John Alchemy on LinkedIn!
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Head Injuries Pt. V - AMA Guides Chapter 18: Post Traumatic Headaches & Combining Impairment Ratings
28/08/2023 Duración: 17minIn 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 caworkcompreport@rate-fast.com!Connect with RateFast CEO Dr. John Alchemy on LinkedIn!