QME EXAM COMPLETE WITH 164 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS |ALREADY
GRADED A+
1. What do you need before the evaluation - (ANSWER)cover letter and medical
records
2. Ex parte communication? - (ANSWER)8 CCR 35 and 8 CCR 9793
_&
@
3. Appointment notificaiton form 110 must be sent from you to the parties *+
#
within_______ of setting the appointment. - (ANSWER)5 days _%
$
^&
%
4. Mandatory requirements of your report? 35.5 - (ANSWER)must state date of the*() ^
examination and the street address where examination was performed &
*
5. What is permanent and stationary status? - (ANSWER)employee reached maximal (
medical improvement, condition is well stabilized and unlikely to change o
substantially in the next year with or without treatment (
*
6. Future Medical Care - (ANSWER)treatment which is anticipated at some time in the &
future and is reasonably required to cure or relieve the employee from the effects of ^
the injury %
$
7. Components of a complete report? - (ANSWER)1 date of examination
8. 2 history of injury
9. 3 patients complaints
10. 4 a listing of all information received
11. 5 the patients medical history
12. 6 findings on examination
13. 7 diagnosis
14. 8 opinion as to the nature, extent and duration of disability and work limitations if
any
15. 9 cause of disability
16. 10 treatment indicated
17. 11 opinion on permanent disability has resulted from injury and whether it is
stationary
18. 12 Apportionment of disability
19. 13 percent of the total causation resulting from actual events of employment if the
injury is alleged to be a psychiatric injury
20. 14 reasons for the opinion
21. 15 signature of the physician
, QME EXAM COMPLETE WITH 164 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS |ALREADY
GRADED A+
22. Substantial medical evidence - (ANSWER)evidence is reasonable, credible and of
solid value. Evidence must have convincing force and probability of the truth
involving the sufficient analysis of factual material
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@
23. NOT substantial medical evidence - (ANSWER)reports that are erroneous, based *+ on
#
_%
speculation or conjecture, or based upon on an inadequate history of examination $
^&
%
*()and
24. Responsibilities of physician signing report - (ANSWER)complete history, review ^
summarize legal medical records, write conclusion of the report. Initial outline of &
pts history of summarizing prior medical records can be done by someone else, but *
doc must review outline and entire medical record. Also state date, location of (
evaluation and declaration under penalty of perjury o
(
25. When do you need to put impairment rating? - (ANSWER)whenever the injured *
worker has not reached maximal medical improvement &
^
26. How do you do impairment rating? - (ANSWER)AMA guide %
$
27. Apportionment analysis requirements? - (ANSWER)causation of permanent
disability, give % of apportionment and HOW and WHY you came to that number
and why its medically probable
28. What if you cant do apportionment analysis? - (ANSWER)state that this is out of your
scope of practice in your apportionment analysis
29. What are basics that you need to convey to court that you know how to properly
apportion? - (ANSWER)medical opinion must show familiarity with the concepts of
apportionment and describe in detail the exact nature of the apportionable
disability
30. What do you need to base reasonable medical probability on? - (ANSWER)history
and examination and pertinent facts and show reasoning under correct legal
principles
31. Key components of QME report - (ANSWER)show that you know how to prepare for
an evaluation
GRADED A+
1. What do you need before the evaluation - (ANSWER)cover letter and medical
records
2. Ex parte communication? - (ANSWER)8 CCR 35 and 8 CCR 9793
_&
@
3. Appointment notificaiton form 110 must be sent from you to the parties *+
#
within_______ of setting the appointment. - (ANSWER)5 days _%
$
^&
%
4. Mandatory requirements of your report? 35.5 - (ANSWER)must state date of the*() ^
examination and the street address where examination was performed &
*
5. What is permanent and stationary status? - (ANSWER)employee reached maximal (
medical improvement, condition is well stabilized and unlikely to change o
substantially in the next year with or without treatment (
*
6. Future Medical Care - (ANSWER)treatment which is anticipated at some time in the &
future and is reasonably required to cure or relieve the employee from the effects of ^
the injury %
$
7. Components of a complete report? - (ANSWER)1 date of examination
8. 2 history of injury
9. 3 patients complaints
10. 4 a listing of all information received
11. 5 the patients medical history
12. 6 findings on examination
13. 7 diagnosis
14. 8 opinion as to the nature, extent and duration of disability and work limitations if
any
15. 9 cause of disability
16. 10 treatment indicated
17. 11 opinion on permanent disability has resulted from injury and whether it is
stationary
18. 12 Apportionment of disability
19. 13 percent of the total causation resulting from actual events of employment if the
injury is alleged to be a psychiatric injury
20. 14 reasons for the opinion
21. 15 signature of the physician
, QME EXAM COMPLETE WITH 164 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS |ALREADY
GRADED A+
22. Substantial medical evidence - (ANSWER)evidence is reasonable, credible and of
solid value. Evidence must have convincing force and probability of the truth
involving the sufficient analysis of factual material
_&
@
23. NOT substantial medical evidence - (ANSWER)reports that are erroneous, based *+ on
#
_%
speculation or conjecture, or based upon on an inadequate history of examination $
^&
%
*()and
24. Responsibilities of physician signing report - (ANSWER)complete history, review ^
summarize legal medical records, write conclusion of the report. Initial outline of &
pts history of summarizing prior medical records can be done by someone else, but *
doc must review outline and entire medical record. Also state date, location of (
evaluation and declaration under penalty of perjury o
(
25. When do you need to put impairment rating? - (ANSWER)whenever the injured *
worker has not reached maximal medical improvement &
^
26. How do you do impairment rating? - (ANSWER)AMA guide %
$
27. Apportionment analysis requirements? - (ANSWER)causation of permanent
disability, give % of apportionment and HOW and WHY you came to that number
and why its medically probable
28. What if you cant do apportionment analysis? - (ANSWER)state that this is out of your
scope of practice in your apportionment analysis
29. What are basics that you need to convey to court that you know how to properly
apportion? - (ANSWER)medical opinion must show familiarity with the concepts of
apportionment and describe in detail the exact nature of the apportionable
disability
30. What do you need to base reasonable medical probability on? - (ANSWER)history
and examination and pertinent facts and show reasoning under correct legal
principles
31. Key components of QME report - (ANSWER)show that you know how to prepare for
an evaluation
