MEDICAL LEGAL REPORT WRITING - "SUBSTANTIAL MEDICAL EVIDENCE

 A medical-legal opinion is only as strong as the facts, medical reasoning, and explanation supporting it.  Welcome to Part 1 of “Medical-Legal Report Writing — Substantial Medical Evidence,” a three-part, three-hour educational program for California Qualified Medical Evaluators. 

 SUBSTANTIAL MEDICAL EVIDENCE – PART 2: CAUSATION AND APPORTIONMENT

 A QME may be asked whether work caused an injury, whether multiple exposures contributed to it, and what portion of permanent disability resulted from industrial versus nonindustrial factors. These questions are related—but they are not the same. 

 SUBSTANTIAL MEDICAL EVIDENCE – PART 3: DEFENSIBLE IMPAIRMENT OPINIONS, ALTERNATIVE RATINGS, AND CASE EXAMPLES

 When does a strict AMA Guides impairment rating accurately describe an injured worker’s impairment—and when may a physician properly consider an alternative rating?