Understanding the AMA Guides in Workers Compensation (Understanding the AMA Guides in Workers’ Compensation)

California’s adoption of the Fifth Edition of the AMA Guides as part of its 2004 Workers’ Compensation Reform
Board Certification in use of the AMA Guides and an IME physician’s qualifications
How to handle impairments not specifically covered under the AMA Guides
Additional difficult cross-examination questions for impairment evaluators
New sample proof for lumbar spinal cord injury
How to rate impairment in a claimant who refuses surgery that would likely be of benefit
Whether a rating under the A.A.O.S. manual is sufficient to award benefits Rating TMJ under the AMA Guides and the Recommended Guide to the Evaluation of Permanent Impairment of the Temporomandibular Joint
Whether failure to follow the AMA Guides is a question of law or fact Whether a rating physician can invalidate Range of Motion measurements based upon the doctor’s observations and clinical experience
Whether an administrative law judge (ALJ) can adjust an impairment rating if he or she finds that the rating physician misapplied the AMA Guides Updated case law, statutes, and regulations