Impairment analysis is an impairment rating analysis based on a review of medical record.
Impairment ratings are typically based on the AMA Guides to the Evaluation of Permanent Impairment (Guides). They are an important component of most workers’ compensation systems, automobile casualty and personal injury cases.
Impairment ratings should be correct, objective and unbiased.1,2 Most are not. If there is adequate medical information, Dr. Dagher can assist in achieving accurate ratings by providing permanent impairment assessments on the basis of medical record review.
The critical review of an impairment rating requires knowledge, skill and experience in clinical analysis, causation evaluation and proper application of the Guides. It is essential to determine that the clinical data used as the basis for an impairment rating is both reliable and is the result of a subject injury.
Dr. Dagher can provide an impairment rating analysis that can be provided to the treating physician for concurrence. This is more effective than having a physician, unfamiliar with the AMA Guides, provide an erroneous rating and then attempting to correct it later.
1https://doi.org/10.1001/amaguidesnewsletters.2010.MarApr02
2https://doi.org/10.1001/amaguidesnewsletters.2006.MayJun01
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