What are QME/AME/IME

What are QME/AME/IME

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If you’ve never filed a Workers’ Compensation claim before, the buzz words, rules and regulations can be difficult to understand. Even for someone who is an expert. But we are going to make things more understandable so you know what your options are and which choices are available to you under what circumstances.

Medical evaluation agreed to by all…

After your injury has been evaluated by a medical professional, and you and your company’s insurance administrator agree with the prescribed treatment, there is nothing more to do—except follow your doctor‘s instructions. All the Workers’ Compensation filings are taken care of by your company‘s insurance administrator.

Medical evaluation not agreed to by all…

There are a few options available for getting a “second” opinion. First you must use a QME for the evaluation. Here are all your options: QME-AME-IME.

What is a QME?

That‘s short for Qualified Medical Evaluation. A QME-designated doctor has met all the educational and licensing requirements by the state’s Department Workers’ Compensation. To be state certified doctors, (click inside box for more)…

What is a QME Panel

You, your attorney and claims administrator will be presented with a randomly generated list of three qualified QME doctors in the specialty you require. This list is generated by the DWC Medical Unit from the database of its Workers’ (click inside box for more)…

What is AME

If you, your attorney and claims administrator don’t want to go through the state system for creating a QME Panel you can agree on a single physician to conduct the evaluation. This doctor is called an Agreed Medical Evaluator (AME). The AME (click inside box for more)…

What is IME

An Independent Medical Evaluation (IME) may be conducted to determine the cause, extent and medical treatment of a work-related or other injury where liability is at issue; whether an individual has reached maximum benefit from treatment; (click inside box for more)…