QME Final Exam Questions With 100%
Correct Answers
Treating physician reports and medical-legal
evaluations are used to establish - Correct 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 - Correct Answer-10
SB-228 reforms of 2003 (Governor Davis) primarily
addressed the following issues - Correct 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)? - Correct Answer-Local DEU
SB-899 reforms of 2004 (Governor
Schwarzenegger) primarily addressed the following
issues? - Correct Answer-AMA Impairment Guides
and MPNs
,Which of the following is not a term used in
California as ratable "word of art"? - Correct
Answer-Often
Who selects the QME - Correct Answer-Patient
In 1913, the Boynton Act - Correct Answer-
Required most employers to have workers'
compensation coverage
A trade-off between Employers and Employees is
referred to as - Correct Answer-The Historic
Compromise
You are required to keep and maintain all the
medical-legal BILLINGS for _____ years from the
date of examination - Correct Answer-3 years
The employer provides workers' compensation
BENEFITS - Correct Answer-regardless of fault
A copy of the notice to request time extension to
file a QME report must be sent to - Correct Answer-
Medical Unit at DWC
, The employer is required to pay benefits no matter
who caused the injury, as long as the injury is -
Correct Answer-AOE/COE
If there is a serious and willful misconduct by the
employEE the award may be - Correct Answer-
decreased by 1/2
If the employer is UNINSURED for workers'
compensation the injured worker can - Correct
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 - Correct Answer-American Medical Association
Guide to the Evaluation of Permanent Impairment,
5th edition
Unlawful discrimination for reporting a work injury
is protected under - Correct Answer-L.C. 132a
The chief method to apportion permanent disability
is to use the - Correct Answer-subtraction method
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