QME Update | 12 CE Credit Hours
Overview:
Learn advanced impairment rating concepts the AA’s want you to know
- Almarez Guzman made simple
- Kite/ Vigil made easy
- Case review/analysis
Included are suggested language, handouts, report examples and others.
Topics Covered:
- Causation- 1 hour
- QME Ethics- 1 hour
- Pain Add-on- 0.5 hour
- Deposition- 1 hour
- Impairment Rating Mistakes- 1 hour
- Benson- 1 hour
- Impairments with ADL Deficits- 1 hour
- Continuous Trauma Post Termination- 1.5 hours
- Carpal Tunnel Rating Done Correctly- 1 hour
- Substantial Medical Evidence- 1 hour
- Using Imaging in Impairment Rating- 1 hour
- Disability Made Easy- 1 hour
Examples:
- When rating CTS, if there is a positive EMG, it is an automatic 5% prior to other calculations
- Carpal instability (frequently missed)
- Tenosynovitis
- LE degenerative disease
- Gait
- Analogize spine to a hernia (loss of lifting capacity)
- Advanced Kite and Vigil Training
Course Credit:
The QME Update course is approved by California Division of Workers' Comp (DWC) for the 12 required hours of QME CEUs every 2 years. Class will be presented in-person and virtual.
This course is also approved for 12 Board of Chiropractic Examiners' hours required for California and Texas. Dual credit requires in-person attendance (in McKinney, Texas).
Those attending the virtual class will be sent login instructions on Friday, January 17.
Date:
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Cost:
QME Credit: $ 449
Dual Credit: $ 548
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AMA Guides 5th Edition With a California Twist
This is the only course of its kind that teaches application of the 5th Guides while also reviewing the applicable case law.
QMEs frequently don’t know the most common (and easiest) ways to rate injuries. All of the parties expect QMEs to know this information, yet it is commonly missed. This course will teach you the application of the Guides in addition to learning appropriate testing to get accurate Impairment ratings.