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Dr. John Alchemy discusses one of the most difficult parts of workers' compensation impairment ratings: Apportionment. When a workers' compensation injury involves a pre-existing condition on the inj…

Dr. John Alchemy and Professor Bruce Bolon, PhD. of Hamline University, give a presentation on pulmonary function testing as it relates to workers' compensation. This is a podcast which has been adap…

Dr. John Alchemy explains when it is necessary to use mathematical interpolation is necessary in workers' compensation impairment ratings.

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There are countless activities that we do in a day, but a finite number of Activities of Daily Living (ADLs) recognized by workers' compensation professionals, in order to gauge the severity of a wor…

If you've followed our series up until this point, you should have a good grasp on what we call Impairment Rating Literacy. Now it's time to put that knowledge to work. Once you assess the skill of t…

Dr. John Alchemy discusses the big themes of impairment rating and what to look out for when doing impairment reports for workers' compensation professionals.

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While reading any impairment report, it's important to be assessing the skill of the author who wrote it. An author can be very experienced, or they can be guessing entirely. In this episode, Dr. Joh…

Think of Impairment Rating Literacy as the precious substance "Spice" from Frank Herbert's essential science fiction novel, Dune. The one who is in control of Impairment Rating Literacy is the one wh…

For this final installment in our series, Mr. Phil Walker Esq. and Dr. John Alchemy caps off this series with the type of things that win cases in his experience. 

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Power can be misused in every industry, and this does not exclude healthcare. In this episode, Dr. John Alchemy is joined again by Phil Walker, Esq. to discuss these intricacies of the business, and …

We are joined again by returning champion, work comp attorney Phil Walker, to discuss the sensitive topic of workplace abuse in the healthcare setting.

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For this final episode in our series, we discuss the AMA Guides four-corners rating and compare that to the California Almaraz-Guzman ruling.

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Your patient may need diagnostic testing from a specialist. In this installment of our series, Dr. John Alchemy discusses when diagnostic testing is necessary in work comp claims, and useful tips for…

Dr. John Alchemy is back to tell us about the examination portion of a workers' comp impairment rating, and provide us with some useful tips to take into account during this crucial step in the proce…

Today we embark on a new series, where Dr. John Alchemy explains the nuances and best practices of taking measurements for impairment reports. We are breaking this series down by sections, so today D…

In this final episode in our series on head injuries in work comp, Dr. John Alchemy covers post traumatic headaches, how to assess them, and then dives into the complicated topic of combining impairm…

This is the penultimate episode in our series on the AMA Guides 5th edition chapters covering head injuries, in our quest to help doctors understand this complicated type of injury a bit better.

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Today we have a two-part episode to continue our series on head injuries, covering AMA Guides chapter 12: Vision Loss and chapter 13: Memory Loss

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We continue our series on head injuries in workers' compensation, where we cover chapter 11 of the AMA Guides 5th edition, which outlines hearing loss.

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This is episode one in our series regarding rating head injuries in workers' compensation. Dr. John Alchemy tells us a little bit about rating this body part, and why the head in particular is so muc…