QME Report – Tukko Med

HOW TO IMPROVE ON QUALITY OF HEALTHCARE

May 7, 2020

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…..More and more Americans each year are gaining awareness on the need for improvement in the quality of healthcare they are receiving, as rising costs and an increased visibility of medical errors heighten the risk of patients receiving expensive, but ineffective, treatment. Prices are already too high as it is – so not being able…

AUDITOR FINDS DWC FAILED TO ADEQUATELY ADMINISTER QME PROCESS

Apr 27, 2020

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…..According to the much anticipated report of Auditor Elaine Howle on the Division of Workers’ Compensation’s (DWC) mishandling of the California Workers’ Compensation system, the DWC failed, in several different ways, to entice and maintain a healthy number of qualified medical evaluators (QME’s) needed in order to analyze comp claims – thereby impairing workers’ ability…

TIPS FOR YOUNG DOCTORS

Apr 13, 2020

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…..Starting a career in the medical profession is not, and has never been, an easy task – and this is especially true for doctors. It is a high pressure career where the best of intentions can end in litigation, and one mistake can be the difference between life and death. Couple this with having to…

CALIFORNIA ASSEMBLYWOMAN REQUESTS AUDIT OF DWC AMIDST ALLEGATIONS OF “UNDERGROUND RULEMAKING”

Apr 2, 2020

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A lawmaker in California is requesting an audit of the Department of Industrial Relations’ (DIR) after recent events uncovered suspicious activities that may be the cause of problems in the state’s Workers’ Compensation program. Blanca Rubio, Assemblywoman of the 48th District, suggested that the DIR’s Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) be investigated for their failure…

CALIFORNIA WORKERS’ COMPENSATION: IN SEARCH OF ANSWERS

Mar 31, 2020

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Problems have been persistent in California Workers’ Compensation over the past several years – everything from capping schemes to extended service delays have posed challenges to a program designed to assist citizens in scheduling and receiving treatment for injuries sustained in the workplace. But when the agency charged with regulating the industry is being questioned,…

CHALLENGES FOR ASPIRING QME’S

Mar 30, 2020

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Problems in the California Workers’ Compensation industry over the last several years have made life for QME’s more difficult than it ought to be. In a time where the demand for evaluation services has never been higher, the amount of physicians performing evaluations has been alarmingly inadequate – resulting in QME service delays and making…

THE RISE OF VIRTUAL CARE

Mar 21, 2020

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A study done in 2017 by Parks Associates, an internationally recognized market research and consultancy initiative, found that 60% of households that have access to broadband internet in the United States have shown an interest in availing of virtual care, either over the phone or online. This highlights the growing reliance of humans on modern…