How to Pass an IME
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- Опубліковано 2 сер 2024
- IME stands for independent medical evaluation or exam. An IME doctor is supposed to offer an honest medical opinion for a patient, based on the records they review, and their exam of the patient which includes a history and physical. An IME differs a little from a normal doctor’s appointment in that the doctor does not form a treatment plan or plan on seeing the patient back again. They are simply making their best medical opinion based on the information that they have.
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I had surgery I got to go back for three more surgeries. I want to one of their IMEs they found me 100% disabled. Workmen’s Compensation didn’t like that she found me 100% disabled so now they’re sending me to another one. Got a love them.
Any doctor that agrees to do insurance IME's and do them continuously are unethical assholes who sells their soles for money and to ruin innocent lives. LMAO
…Proving the IME Doc was not a bad guy. It’s counterproductive to generalize about these guys.
Hi DR, I was honest and I was treated like crap and he said that my limited because of a callus on my hand. So honesty doesn't make it any better really because he took 15% off my permanent impairment because of that callus. I gave my best shot at doing everything he asked and I also explained that my pain was high and he mocked me for this.
@B.P.M that's what worries me. I am in so much pain and nothing helps it (I even recovered from surgery without pain meds because the ones they gave me did nothing) and now I have pain that has spread to other areas
I'm sorry but if you don't lean towards the insurance company they wouldn't keep you
You're so right !
Truth - they’re essentially contractors and have a vested interest in not biting the hand that feeds them
Exactly and they know it. 😢
Yup. Its anything but independent. It's corrupt as fuck.
IME docs are operating like every other (look the other way) medical practitioner, today... And it's often blatantly, obvious! (Precisely WHY the US in now ranked around 40th vs. 2nd in the world for medical care, vs. a few decades ago.) "For profit," healthcare... is oxymoron! If it isn't irrefutable, on film(s), and someone actually made a proper "diagnosis," odds are very high that they will, simply ignore it. (The radiologists are also 'missing' things, right and left.... Then the MD defers to their incomplete, inaccurate, or overlooked, diagnosis.)
I was honest and the ime examination report was a complete liar and I put in a official complaint Unbelievable that a legal document could be done this was independent my ass 🙄 however I knew this anyway I know one thing next time I'm taking a witness with me
Thank you for being partial.
I wish all the Dr’s were impartial. My Dr found I was able to return to work without limitations whilst completely ignoring the MRI report of a torn labrum.
Unfortunately some of them are not impartial
@@orthopedicsIsn’t it the same way with judges and arbitrators, etc.?
It doesn’t do much good to enter an exam room for an IME expecting to be screwed.
Hello Dr paull, I just watched this video of yours out of curiosity,
As recently I had to see a insurance orthopedic surgeon for assessment in my country Australia he is listed as a sira orthopedic surgeon assessor. Well I'll get to my point, I was hit by a car and vaulted into a back flip 8 to 9 feet backwards my left foot had three fractured all in the center bones of my ankle, after having bone scan I have bilaterial forminal stenosis of cervical with end plate touching, and thoracic kink, and two bulging disk with lineal tear, at first I felt like I was bashed up with a sleage hammer now I feel like I'm slowly becoming crippled, anyways this sira doctor did minimal physical examination but he moved my arms around forcibly and I had told him about what happens with how my neck and arms feel and how it's a very deep tired aching and some pins and needles in my left arm that runs through two fingers and that this whole arm goes to sleep if I've falling asleep on that side of my body, well anyway after seeing him I have felt extremely down as the way he rotated my arms around forcibly my neck is back to its burning and stiffness and my muscle's running down my arms from my collar bone are aching as if like they have been hit and are sore from muscle bruising. And I feel like what now has he just done as when he moved my left arm around and put it behind my back it just was crunching non stop I said to him its crunching and all he said was yes I heard that, I don't feel I saw a professional doctor I feel I saw a doctor who is compromised and what happened to me the day I was hit by that car has left me injured and a so called professional could man handle my body like I was a rag doll so you must be aware of the EMI doctor's who really don't care about the injured they have become the insurance company's doctor with no real interest in the injured ones maybe or hopefully you stay honest as people like me are out there needing a EMI doctor to do the right thing because the ones who have been really injured need to be treated right
the IME doctor is not a typical specialist. They are there to discredit you or minimize your medical conditions and they are paid by the insurance company to be favorable to the desires of the insurance company (the other side).
They are not your trustworthy doctor abiding by the Hippocratic Oath. They are shady crooks with an agenda. Do not trust them as you would your own doctor.
I should have recorded audio of mine, as the doctor invented things and literally lied, saying I had "extensive prior treatment", when I had never had a prior injury to have even had treatment of any kind. And I said no such thing about having prior injuries or prior treatment. He out-an-out fabricated lies out of thing air.
I encourage everyone to secretly record. It is proof of what actually was said.
It is probably not legal or admissible but it can hold the doctor accountable if you find his report is a scam and you can show where he lied or created something out of thin air, even if it is in saying you have proof via a recording.
I have heard you should be able to have a friend sit in on the exam as a witness.
Even if you notice inaccuracies in the so-called doctor's report, and ask to have them correct it, they make it extremely difficult and almost impossible to get the report changed.
It is a terrible racket and one should go in expecting all cards to be stacked against you.
MY Insurance doctor never kept has "Chart Notes" is that a go thing or bad !
Usually the insurance doctor has, and has reviewed all of the records before doing an IME
I got into a truck accident at work four herniated disc I’m in constant pain my whole body like a toothache and they’re sending me for IME I know they’re going to try to shut me off and I’m in the middle of trying epidural injections and if that don’t work I got to get surgery but they will cut me off I have no doubt because they’re evil
So how'd it go ?
@@bergy2005 I had surgery I’m in 24 hour day pain and the insurance company keeps asking the judge to kick me off it that’s how it works. You know the deal they get a work horse when the workhorse gets too sick to work your burry him and get a brand new work horse.
@@MMAGUY13 sounds about right .. .had surgery to same thing pain pain pain . But I haven't had a ton of troubles with insurance yet .. well see
@@bergy2005 good luck, my friend
I'm having my 5th IME this Friday 6th next month why I'm going to so many IME semi truck accident lawsuit thanks......
I'm going to my third and I was mad until I saw this, hope everything worked out
@@jeffshaf4019 I’m due for my fourth and have learned a lot-the most important being, “Don’t sweat it. Just tell the truth as you know it, and, most importantly, don’t prejudge the IME doc, treat him with respect, and let the chips fall where they will.
Doctors get paid alot of money to do an IME !!!
not only do they get paid a great deal more, there is no possible way to file a complaint against the doctor. AND.. If the Doctor only does IME's, he does not even need to have malpractice insurance because he is not a treating physician. He is immune from any prosecution and is not liable for anything because it is "Just His Opinion".
Unless the Doctor sexual assaults the Patient , you could go after him? @@andrewmyers5736
Dr I already had an ime in April,now they want another one next month? What up?
That’s not uncommon. It happened to me. It was no big deal.
Can I record them for legal purposes?
Because I denied their offer now they sent ime
@@nightstalker9350 The IME doctor may not agree to being recorded. The issue arises that words from the exam that the doctor said could be taken out of context and used as sound bites.
Yes you can record audio and video. My attorney hired a nurse as a witness and was there to block any questions the doctor was asking me that didn't relate to my injury. Or any other questions he was asking that wasn't related to my case.
You can have another attend and, in New York, videotaping is allowed by law.
@@orthopedics so what happens when the doctor does the same thing to the patient..They will twist your words up as well
But the IME doctor is hired by the defense. So the IME is towards the defense it's a no brianer .
They get hired by both sides
@@orthopedics actually my lawyer hired one on thier end
Not always. The first IME doc I saw actually made the exam a pleasant experience. Each exam is a standalone event.
why would a doctor measure your thighs and have you lay down eight knees bent on your back?
I didn't understand why my IME doctor had me do that. I had an MRI and have seen many other specialist in California including my doctor at UCSD.
Some doctors will measure thighs looking for muscle atrophy
They are out to get u. They are horrible people I don't know how they sleep at night including the insurance adjusters
Both sides will usually get IMEs, they really shouldn't be biased but unfortunately they sometimes are
How’s that attitude working for you?
@@andredarin8966
Well my “attitude” got me a change in doctors when my adjuster lied and said I could not get a second opinion and change my doctor. My “attitude” got me a year of physical therapy instead of surgery! My “attitude” also got me a Lawyer- which is hard to find for my type of case where I’m from. I also got paid weekly and a Settlement! A settlement double the amount of the same type of an injury of someone I know in my area.
I would never have gotten this far or much less a settlement without my “attitude” and not allowing this corrupt system to f@ck me over. Not to mention I also was able to switch doctors to the top doctor in my type injury where I am from.
How can u avoid or dismiss a ime
You generally have to comply with them, and it can looks worse if you refuse to do one. That being said, you can ask for them to be postponed but you can't ask for them to be canceled.