Qme Examination Test Questions Final
Questions And Answers With Verified
Solutions (Graded A+) Latest Updated
2024
Treating physician reports and medical-legal evaluations are used to establish -
ANSWER✔✔ eligibility for benefits
Unrepresented worker - if the employee does not inform the employer of the
selection within ____ days of the assignment of a panel of qualified medical
evaluators, then the employer may select the physician from the panel -
ANSWER✔✔ 10
SB-228 reforms of 2003 (Governor Davis) primarily addressed the following issues
- ANSWER✔✔ ACOEM Guidelines - 24 visit limit
For a QME evaluation for compensability only (AOE/COE), DO NOT send the QME
report to the following Part(ies)? - ANSWER✔✔ Local DEU
SB-899 reforms of 2004 (Governor Schwarzenegger) primarily addressed the
following issues? - ANSWER✔✔ AMA Impairment Guides and MPNs
Which of the following is not a term used in California as ratable "word of art"? -
ANSWER✔✔ Often
Who selects the QME - ANSWER✔✔ Patient
,In 1913, the Boynton Act - ANSWER✔✔ Required most employers to have
workers' compensation coverage
A trade-off between Employers and Employees is referred to as - ANSWER✔✔
The Historic Compromise
You are required to keep and maintain all the medical-legal BILLINGS for _____
years from the date of examination - ANSWER✔✔ 3 years
The employer provides workers' compensation BENEFITS - ANSWER✔✔
regardless of fault
A copy of the notice to request time extension to file a QME report must be sent
to - ANSWER✔✔ Medical Unit at DWC
The employer is required to pay benefits no matter who caused the injury, as long
as the injury is - ANSWER✔✔ AOE/COE
If there is a serious and willful misconduct by the employEE the award may be -
ANSWER✔✔ decreased by 1/2
If the employer is UNINSURED for workers' compensation the injured worker can -
ANSWER✔✔ Sue in Civil Court, Receive punitive damages for pain and suffering,
have the District Attorney fine the Employer
, For dates of injuyr AFTER 01/01/2005, a QME must use - ANSWER✔✔ American
Medical Association Guide to the Evaluation of Permanent Impairment, 5th
edition
Unlawful discrimination for reporting a work injury is protected under -
ANSWER✔✔ L.C. 132a
The chief method to apportion permanent disability is to use the - ANSWER✔✔
subtraction method
If the injured worker is not hospitalized and misses seven (7) days of work he/she
is not paid TD for - ANSWER✔✔ the first three (3) days
"Any person who knowingly presents a false or fraudulent claim for the payment
of a loss is guilty of a crime and may be subject to imprisonment in the state
prison for up to ____ years or a fine of up to $50,000 or both - ANSWER✔✔ five
(5) years
Payments to compensate an employee who does not completely recover from an
injury - ANSWER✔✔ PD
"Disability = Impairment + Loss earning capacity + Occupational title + Age" -
ANSWER✔✔ Formula for PD
Means approximately 90-100 percent of the time, as a ratable "word of art" -
ANSWER✔✔ Constant
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