Guest edited by Drs. Marjorie Eskay-Auerbach and Robert Rondinelli, this issue of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Clinics will discuss Medical Impairment and Disability Evaluation and Associated Medicolegal Issues. This issue is one of four selected each year by our series Consulting Editor, Dr. Santos Martinez of the Campbell Clinic. Topics in this issue include, but are not limited to: The Physician’s Approach to Impairment Rating and Disability Benefits Determinations; Claimant-related Issues; Evaluating Return-to-work ability using Functional Capacity Evaluation; Evaluating Human Functioning Using CAT Methodology for Disability Determination within the SSA; Burden of treatment compliance; Measuring Quality of Life Loss in Litigation; Medical-Legal Causation Analysis; Actuarial Analysis and Life Expectancy Determination after Catastrophic Illness or Injury; Validity Assessment in Acquired Brain Injury Disability Evaluation; Medicolegal Expert Core Competencies & Professionalism; The Physician as Expert Witness; Rehabilitating the Injured Worker to Maximum Medical Improvement (MMI); The Independent Medical Examination (IME); and Life Care Planning, among other topics.
1. Cover image - p. i 2. Title page - p. i 3. Table of Contents - p. i 4. Copyright - p. ii 5. Contributors - p. iii 6. Forthcoming Issues - p. xii 7. Foreword - p. xiii 8. Preface - p. xv 9. Administrative Issues and Perspective: Impairment Ratings and Disability Determinations - p. 499 10. Healthcare Provider Issues and Perspective: Impairment Ratings and Disability Determinations - p. 511 11. Plaintiff Attorney's Issues and Perspective: The Injured Worker as Claimant - p. 523 12. Common Metrics for Impairment Ratings - p. 533 13. Evaluating Return-to-work Ability Using Functional Capacity Evaluation - p. 541 14. The Work Disability Functional Assessment Battery (WD-FAB) - p. 561 15. Measuring Burden of Care After Catastrophic Illness or Injury - p. 573 16. Burden of Treatment Compliance as an Impairment Rating Metric - p. 581 17. Measuring Quality of Life Loss in Litigation - p. 589 18. Determination of Medicolegal Causation - p. 599 19. Life Expectancy Expert Reports: Common Mistakes and Appropriate Process - p. 611 20. Validity Assessment in Traumatic Brain Injury Impairment and Disability Evaluations - p. 621 21. Medicolegal Expert Core Competencies and Professionalism - p. 637 22. The Physician as Expert Witness - p. 649 23. Rehabilitating the Injured/Ill Worker to Maximum Medical Improvement (MMI) - p. 657 24. The Independent Medical Examination: Necessary Elements and Reporting Expectations of the Physician Examiner - p. 671 25. Life Care Planning – a Practical Illustration - p. 683
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Guest edited by Drs. Marjorie Eskay-Auerbach and Robert Rondinelli, this issue of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Clinics will discuss Medical Impairment and Disability Evaluation and Associated Medicolegal Issues. This issue is one of four selected each year by our series Consulting Editor, Dr. Santos Martinez of the Campbell Clinic. Topics in this issue include, but are not limited to: The Physician’s Approach to Impairment Rating and Disability Benefits Determinations; Claimant-related Issues; Evaluating Return-to-work ability using Functional Capacity Evaluation; Evaluating Human Functioning Using CAT Methodology for Disability Determination within the SSA; Burden of treatment compliance; Measuring Quality of Life Loss in Litigation; Medical-Legal Causation Analysis; Actuarial Analysis and Life Expectancy Determination after Catastrophic Illness or Injury; Validity Assessment in Acquired Brain Injury Disability Evaluation; Medicolegal Expert Core Competencies & Professionalism; The Physician as Expert Witness; Rehabilitating the Injured Worker to Maximum Medical Improvement (MMI); The Independent Medical Examination (IME); and Life Care Planning, among other topics.
1. Cover image - p. i 2. Title page - p. i 3. Table of Contents - p. i 4. Copyright - p. ii 5. Contributors - p. iii 6. Forthcoming Issues - p. xii 7. Foreword - p. xiii 8. Preface - p. xv 9. Administrative Issues and Perspective: Impairment Ratings and Disability Determinations - p. 499 10. Healthcare Provider Issues and Perspective: Impairment Ratings and Disability Determinations - p. 511 11. Plaintiff Attorney's Issues and Perspective: The Injured Worker as Claimant - p. 523 12. Common Metrics for Impairment Ratings - p. 533 13. Evaluating Return-to-work Ability Using Functional Capacity Evaluation - p. 541 14. The Work Disability Functional Assessment Battery (WD-FAB) - p. 561 15. Measuring Burden of Care After Catastrophic Illness or Injury - p. 573 16. Burden of Treatment Compliance as an Impairment Rating Metric - p. 581 17. Measuring Quality of Life Loss in Litigation - p. 589 18. Determination of Medicolegal Causation - p. 599 19. Life Expectancy Expert Reports: Common Mistakes and Appropriate Process - p. 611 20. Validity Assessment in Traumatic Brain Injury Impairment and Disability Evaluations - p. 621 21. Medicolegal Expert Core Competencies and Professionalism - p. 637 22. The Physician as Expert Witness - p. 649 23. Rehabilitating the Injured/Ill Worker to Maximum Medical Improvement (MMI) - p. 657 24. The Independent Medical Examination: Necessary Elements and Reporting Expectations of the Physician Examiner - p. 671 25. Life Care Planning – a Practical Illustration - p. 683
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