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Thread Title: how long have you been waiting for a panel QME?
Created On Monday October 04, 2004 10:02 PM

InjuredJD
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Monday October 04, 2004 10:02 PM

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Have you waited long for a panel QME assignment from the Executive Medical Director of the Industrial Medical Council (Medical Unit)???? How long have you waited?

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Tuesday October 05, 2004 11:27 PM

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Pre 899 they had to have the panel selection mailed to you w/i 10 (?) days, i believe. I do not believe that has changed. Anyone heard anything to the contrary?

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Tuesday October 05, 2004 11:34 PM

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I think it was 15 business days. It seems IMC is taking way more than 15 business days to assign the panel. I just wanna check to see if anyone else has had the same experience or it was just me.

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Wednesday October 06, 2004 7:24 AM

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they dont assign a panel ,tjey give you a list of 3 doctors to choose from

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Thanks for the info!

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Wednesday October 06, 2004 11:52 AM

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that is a panel -- the list of 3 doctors

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Monday November 01, 2004 9:46 PM

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Hey hey now, yo can get in as little as 5-10 days. I got mine in under 2 weeks. & as I said to others you can just about pick your own QME Dr. if you got one in mind if you know how to. They tell the claims examiners how the dr. is picked, so all you have to do is work inside the system.. Goo luck & let us know whoem the Dr. is & get your DEU prior to 1-1-05.

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Monday November 01, 2004 11:25 PM

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Don't you think that the injured worker is at a disadvantage if they know nothing of the doctors on that list? Of course they can call the doctors offices and ask questions. But...will that give them the correct answer? See the "inside" information belongs to the professionals. The average injured worker is playing Russian Roulette in picking a doctor. I think this is a good idea which may not work. It all depends on the resourses that the injured worker has in being able to find out who they should, or should not pick. Even I, who has some experience, would be lost. Of course all the doctors offices given on the list would sound so inviting. They stand to profit. Such muddy waters the injured worker still wades in.

I am not sure the system is at all for the injured worker. There are way too many thumbs in the soup. So that leads to the next question and dilemma; the injured worker is "blind" in picking the applicant attorney as well. This too is Russian Roulette. And, now the poor injured worker is "stuck" with that attorney until there is some remedy. The remedy of then going pro per is not really a good move either once a case gets into too thick. So...I guess its pick your poison and hope you don't pick the wrong "professional." I picked "my applicant attorney" form a provider who referred me. Now I know that the two were working together. The referral was due to favors on both sides. I was just some meat thrown to the wolves. I am hoping to remedy this. Until then, I am being ripped apart by the wolves that are feeding, while the shepard is not watching the flock.

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I think the injured worker has a slight advantage with Panel QME process because there is the option to choose a phsyician rather than being sent directly to one who is strictly defense or applicant. A good key to choosing a Panel QME physician is to call the physician's office and ask questions. It's important that you choose a doc who is well versed specifically in the body part you ar seeking examination of. For example, you should choose an upper extremity specialist if you have a shoulder injury, and a back/neck specialist for spine injuries. Most physician's offices have staff who are willing to answer your questions, and will do so truthfully. Some offices will even help you choose a physician from your list of three provided to you if they feel their doc may not suit your need.

On the same side of that, your adjuster can be of great benefit when choosing a Panel QME doc too. If you have a good relationship with your adjuster, don't be afraid to ask his/her opinoin. Often they have worked with all the docs on this list you were provided and can give you information in addition what you may obtain from the physician's office.

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Wednesday March 16, 2005 6:44 AM

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Hi.
When you receive the panel of 3 names, ask your treating physician which may be an appropriate choice with your particular problem, such as knee, shoulder, etc.

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Wednesday March 16, 2005 8:17 AM

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I would also check the state licensing board for disciplinary actions on each of the doctors. I have been scheduled for QMEs with doctors who have had their licenses suspended or terminated in other states or were currently under investigation here in California. This information frequently will enable you to have a physician dropped or replaced on a panel.

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hey everyone,,,, This is what the Claims examiners know of how the State QME is picked. Get ready now.....
It's all done by the zip code you put on the form you send into the IMC.... If you want Dr. Roback for example whom in my opinion writes a great applicant report. You have to use a address you have that is very very, as they siad in the Navspecwarefarectr "danger close". This way it will ensure that you get Dr. Roback on your QME panel of 3. Then you just schedule your appt. with that good Dr.

Since the industry has gone to the Republican Right wing. I wish I could help more people & at least make a little to support myself in doing so.

As a fyi dr. Roback resigned his practice in W/C in 7-04. He now resides in the Great State of Insurance Companies that made him millions.

This is how I got my "bestest" QME report & as the WCJ will have to follow it as it is the value of the AME. Just make sure the Dr. reviewes all the medical reports.

Good Luck

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I was recently ordered to PQME, Gees, been in the darn Rock tumbler for ages, but I guess I have to keep tumbling with the rocks.
As an unrepresented IW, I followed the rules set forth.
You have to give your Zip Code where you live, and pick a specialty.
The nice thing is, as an unrepresented IW you are in the DRIVERS SEAT, pick any specialty.
The dude you pick then has to send you out if he needs more ifo anyway because he cannot opine on anything that is not within his scope of practice.
Basically the PQME is the KAHUNA Gate keeper. Defense just can't send you to any more Dr's of their choice, which for me, in my specific case is nice I am so tired of going to all the Dr's in the world and still not getting treatment.

The DWC was very fast and timely in issuing me the list of three and I very quickly and timely returned my pick.
So there, the IC can no longer go and now send me to any more of their Dr's.

Hopefully this will finally put an end to this decade long merry-go-round of unnecessary Dr shopping on behalf of the IC.
After over a Decade of this nonsense I have and am tired of this.
It is a complete waste of money, a waste of my valuable time and energy of which I have become completly exhausted.
All I want is to be treated somehow, sometime, SOON.

I wonder what ARNIE would do if he had to wait over a decade for Healthcare.
But until one stands in our shoes or walks in our boots and eats our bland flavor of TOP RAHMEN, they just do not care.
Maybe if his children ate TOP RAHMEN for a decade the story of SB 899 would have turned out differant.

In the end until the so called ELITISTS of the world, who believe they are above the LAW, come down of their high horse and join the regular folk, nothing will change.
But one really never should say never, tis a tangled web one weaves, and also those that weave the web will get caught in what they thought was not a WEB for them.

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I'll tell you one thing Fisher, I will not accept any types of jobs anymore of which I could get injured. I think I may start a string over on the regular IW side stating this as well.

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