Course Outline

• Medical Legal Fee Schedule Continuing Education
• About the New Fee Medical-Legal Fee Schedule.
• Recommended language for your reports.
• Medical records that were not available to the physician?
• List of Modifiers.
• Title 8. Industrial Relations Division 1. Department of Industrial Relations Chapter 4.5. Division of Workers’ Compensation Subchapter 1. Administrative Director – Administrative Rules Article 5.6. Medical-Legal Expenses and Comprehensive Medical-Legal Evaluations
• § 9795. Reasonable Levels of Fees for Medical-Legal Expenses, Follow-up, Supplemental and Comprehensive Medical-Legal Evaluations, and Medical-Legal Testimony.
• MEDICAL-LEGAL FEE SCHEDULE- APRIL 20, 2021 Q&A MEETING TRANSCRIPT
• Medical-legal fee test

Course Outline

Pursuant to the California Code of Regulations, Title 8 §11.5, prior to appointment as a new QME, all physicians must complete at least 12 hours of approved instruction on disability evaluation report writing. This Online 12-hr Report Writing Course is pending DWC approval.

• The Qualified Medical Evaluator’s Role
• Elements of the Medical-Legal Report
• The Language of Reports
• Mechanics of Report Writing
• Time-Frame Guidelines
• Medical Legal Fee Schedule
• Complexity Factors
• Report Example
• Submission and Critique of Written Medical/legal Report.