STEP BY STEP QME EXAMINATION PROCESS
Throughout the whole process our professional office staff will be assisting our doctors each step of the way.
PDE'S ROLE
- PDE registers with the Division of Workers compensation QME locations chosen by physician.
- All fees associated with registration with DWC are covered by PDE.
- Physician is selected by attorneys or injured workers from a QME panel.
- PDE receives requests from attorneys or injured workers in unrepresented cases, to set up QME appointment.
- PDE handles everything pertaining to those appointments.
- PDE is processing and finalizing QME process including but not limited to:
- Scheduling appointments commonly 45-60 days in advance according to doctor’s availability.
- Serving appointment notices to all the parties.
- Processing and summarizing medical and nonmedical records.
- Providing trained and highly experienced medical assistant at QME locations.
- Providing concierge services for all the communications between the physician and PDE.
- Performing appropriate testing ordered by the physician.
- Providing physicians with professional transcription services.
- Proofreading and prepping dictated and typed by physicians initial drafts and final reports.
- Serving final copies of the report and billing via certified mail to appropriate parties involved in the case.
- Processing supplemental reports requests and assisting physicians with supplemental reports completion.
- Providing new physicians with mock depositions with Dr. Sherman to familiarize physicians with commonly asked questions by attorneys and the process of deposition itself.
PHYSICIAN'S ROLE
- On the day of the appointment physician arrives to the location where he/she would be assisted by trained and highly experienced medical assistant.
- Medical assistant would be greeting and assisting arriving injured worker.
- Physician performs QME examination at the location.
- Medical assistant handles all communications with injured workers at the location.
- After evaluation physician dictates the report using provided by PDE recorder or phone dictation services. Physician may opt to type the report.
- Within 24 hours report gets transcribed ad received by PDE.
- Initial draft is sent to the preparation services or directly to the physician depending on personal preferences of the physician.
- Doctor reviews the draft, makes edits and sends the report back to PDE for final processing.
- Report is being prepped again, proofread.
- The final and approved by the physician report would be mailed out to all the parties involved in the case.
- Its physician’s responsibility to complete the final report within 30 days according to DWC regulations in regards to QME evaluations.
USUAL TIMEFRAME FOR THE REPORTS TO GET PAID IS AROUND 60 DAYS. COLLECTION RATE IS 95- 98%.
JOIN THE QME TEAM
Please contact us at (818) 616-4154 or (310) 433-2899 to learn more about joining our team.