QME EXAM NEWEST 2024 ACTUAL
EXAM COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS
(VERIFIED ANSWERS) |ALREADY
GRADED A+
, Holds authority to appoint physicians as QME evaluators - CORRECT ANSWERS-
Administrative Director (AD) (LC 139.2)
Term of appointment as QME evaluator - CORRECT ANSWERS-2 years (LC 139.2)
3 requirements when seeking appointment as QME - CORRECT ANSWERS-(1) Pass
the QME competency exam;
(2) Complete a 12-hour course in disability eval report writing;
(3) Devote at least 1/3rd of total practice time to providing direct medical treatment (or
have served as a AME on 8+ occasions in past 12 mos prior to application)
2 reasons for termination/suspension of a QME w/o a hearing - CORRECT ANSWERS-
(1) Licensing board suspends/revokes/terminates license to practice
(2) Failure to pay required fee (upon appointment and yearly thereafter)
6 reasons for discipline (suspension/termination) of QMEs after a hearing - CORRECT
ANSWERS-(1) Violation of material statutory or administrative duty;
(2) Failure to follow medical procedures or qualifications;
(3) Failure to comply with the timeframe standards;
(4) Failure to meet licensing/certification requirements;
(5) Preparation of medical-legal evaluations that fail to meet the minimum standards for
those reports as established by the administrative director or the appeals board;
(6) Making material misrepresentations or false statements in an application for
appointment or reappointment as a qualified medical evaluator.
3 types of substantive medical disputes resolved by QMEs - CORRECT ANSWERS-(1)
Compensability of the claim;
(2) Permanent disability;
(3) "Catch-all" (temporary disability, work restrictions, new and further disabilities after
permanent disability (detereoration of original injury), compensability of new body part
added to claim)
Definition of *injury* in compensability claims - CORRECT ANSWERS-(1) An injury or
disease arising out of employment;
(2) A *derivative* injury caused by treatment of an injury arising out of employment;
(3) Any reaction to or side effect from preventative health care the employer provides to
health care workers
*Specific injury* - CORRECT ANSWERS-Occurs as the result of a single incident or
exposure
*Cumulative injury* - CORRECT ANSWERS-Results from repetitive trauma (mental or
physical) over a period of time
2 requirements for a condition to be considered an injury - CORRECT ANSWERS-(1)
Cause disability; or
EXAM COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS
(VERIFIED ANSWERS) |ALREADY
GRADED A+
, Holds authority to appoint physicians as QME evaluators - CORRECT ANSWERS-
Administrative Director (AD) (LC 139.2)
Term of appointment as QME evaluator - CORRECT ANSWERS-2 years (LC 139.2)
3 requirements when seeking appointment as QME - CORRECT ANSWERS-(1) Pass
the QME competency exam;
(2) Complete a 12-hour course in disability eval report writing;
(3) Devote at least 1/3rd of total practice time to providing direct medical treatment (or
have served as a AME on 8+ occasions in past 12 mos prior to application)
2 reasons for termination/suspension of a QME w/o a hearing - CORRECT ANSWERS-
(1) Licensing board suspends/revokes/terminates license to practice
(2) Failure to pay required fee (upon appointment and yearly thereafter)
6 reasons for discipline (suspension/termination) of QMEs after a hearing - CORRECT
ANSWERS-(1) Violation of material statutory or administrative duty;
(2) Failure to follow medical procedures or qualifications;
(3) Failure to comply with the timeframe standards;
(4) Failure to meet licensing/certification requirements;
(5) Preparation of medical-legal evaluations that fail to meet the minimum standards for
those reports as established by the administrative director or the appeals board;
(6) Making material misrepresentations or false statements in an application for
appointment or reappointment as a qualified medical evaluator.
3 types of substantive medical disputes resolved by QMEs - CORRECT ANSWERS-(1)
Compensability of the claim;
(2) Permanent disability;
(3) "Catch-all" (temporary disability, work restrictions, new and further disabilities after
permanent disability (detereoration of original injury), compensability of new body part
added to claim)
Definition of *injury* in compensability claims - CORRECT ANSWERS-(1) An injury or
disease arising out of employment;
(2) A *derivative* injury caused by treatment of an injury arising out of employment;
(3) Any reaction to or side effect from preventative health care the employer provides to
health care workers
*Specific injury* - CORRECT ANSWERS-Occurs as the result of a single incident or
exposure
*Cumulative injury* - CORRECT ANSWERS-Results from repetitive trauma (mental or
physical) over a period of time
2 requirements for a condition to be considered an injury - CORRECT ANSWERS-(1)
Cause disability; or
