California Work Comp Report
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.
Episodes
141 episodes
ABIME Certification
Aspiring AMA Guides experts will want to consider getting an ABIME Certification. What is an ABIME Certification? Dr. John Alchemy explains in this episode!Check out the ABIME website here: https://abime.org&...
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Functional Loss Rating - A Scientific and Mathematical Approach Feat. Bruce Bolon
Hamline University Professor of Physics Bruce Bolon joins Dr. John Alchemy to discuss their collaborative studies on the RateFast Functional Loss Rating Method and, as well as a bit of the scientific approach to the development of the method. <...
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Identifying Claims at Risk and How the RateFast MMI Tool Helps in Management for Adjusters, Nurse Case Managers, and Doctors
You wouldn't go into the forest without the proper tools, why would you go into a workers' compensation claim without the proper tools?! Dr. John Alchemy explains how the RateFast MMI tool benefits all stakeholders in workers' compensation clai...
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Understanding ADLs in AMA Guides 5th Edition and Their Relevance to Workplace Assessments
The 34 ADLs (Activities of Daily Living) cover day to day things like brushing one's teeth or getting dressed, but these aren't necessarily the things one does for their job. So how are these ADLs relevant for assessing a workplace injury? In t...
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Accurate Pricing of Injuries and Impairment Ratings with RateFast
Workers' compensation claims can vary wildly in price, and they are often more expensive than they need to be. Listen to our episode where Dr. John Alchemy provides a breakdown of what causes these seemingly arbitrary prices, and what can be do...
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Adjusting Adjusters on AI Impairment Ratings feat. Chris Hall
Old habits die hard, but how important are they to cling to when the alternative is freedom from frustration and cost savings? Dr. John Alchemy speaks with RateFast's Chris Hall about getting adjusters onboard with new technologies in order to ...
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AI Continuous Injury Pricing in Work Comp
Nobody likes paying more than they have to... for anything! That's why it's amazing how much time, energy, and indeed money is wasted for all parties in an inefficient workers' comp system. Dr. John Alchemy is on the podcast today to explain ho...
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Applications of AI in Workers' Compensation
Artificial intelligence is coming at us fast, and it has exciting implications in the world of workers' compensation. In fact, it can fit in snugly to many standard aspects of the workers' compensation framework if done correctly. In this episo...
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Ratefast and Impairment Rating Disruption
We are back with the original podcast episode format with Dr. John Alchemy and Cory Oleson, to discuss the RateFast Functional Loss Rating and how it fits into the RateFast Flash Rating method!For more information on this episode, and o...
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RateFast Functional Loss Rating - Introduction Pt. II
Dr. John Alchemy speaks about the differences between the traditional four corners rating of workers' compensation vs the new RateFast Functional Loss Rating (FLR). For more information on this episode, and other helpful tips about work...
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RateFast Functional Loss Rating - Introduction
RateFast offers an alternative, or perhaps an upgrade, to the traditional 'four corners rating' style of workers' comp impairment calculation with our Functional Loss Rating. Dr. John Alchemy explains this RateFast Feature in this episode.<...
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A New Impairment Rating Method; Sneak Preview of an Upcoming Scientific Paper
In California, the AMA Guides 5th Edition is used to determine impairment rating for workers' compensation. In this video, Dr. John Alchemy examines an upcoming scientific paper that he is participating in, which takes a look at the Guides, and...
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Understanding the RateFast Digital Impairment Rating System and the Process of Claims Settlement
Good workers' compensation reports need valid examination data to increase the likelihood of the report being accepted by the insurance provider so that the claim can be brought to a close. In this video, Dr. John Alchemy gives practical advice...
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Evidence-Based Impairment Rating and Claim Settlement
Workers' compensation reports are supposed to be objective, but that's not always the outcome. There are biases, old habits, and 'back of the napkin math' involved in many workers' comp claims due to the immense amount of work involved. In this...
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Understanding Adjusted Pain Values and MMI
There are many measurements to take in a workers' compensation claim, and many of them are the dimensions of the pain that the injured worker is experiencing. In this episode, Dr. John Alchemy explains these dimensions.For more informat...
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Understanding the Concept of Treatment Burden
Treatment burden is a crucial concept in workers' compensation claims. In this episode Dr. John Alchemy explain how this concept works!For more information on this episode, and other helpful tips about workers' compensation,
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Understanding the RateFast Abstract
Understanding 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 ev...
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Staging Multi Body Part Claims: Sequential impairment Rating
Workers' 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 wi...
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Future Care: Understanding and Discussing the Roadmap of Future Care
A 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 view...
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Data Integrity: Understanding Foundational Clinic Data
Good 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 quali...
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Apportionment: Understanding the Drivers of Pre-Existing Conditions
Dr. 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 calculat...
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Pulmonary Function Testing
Dr. 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 ...
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17:53
Understanding Interpolation
Dr. 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,
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Understanding Activities of Daily Living (ADLs)
There 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...
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Impairment Rating Literacy Pt. IV - Scoring Doctors and Impairment Reports
If 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 r...
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