Health care provider IME test

Instructions:

Check the box next to each correct answer. More than one answer is correct for some multiple choice questions.

1. Select three answers below that are included in the public policies of the Oregon workers' compensation system:

Coordinated with the Oregon health plan

Economy creates injury

No private insurers

Expense of civil litigation

No fault

2. One of the primary reasons for IME provider training is to counter perceived bias in the IME system.

3. Select two answers below that are included in the standards of conduct for health care providers performing IMEs:

Answer all questions posed in the cover letter.

Send a copy of the IME report directly to the injured worker.

Dictate the IME report within 24 hours of the exam.

Conduct the exam with dignity and respect for the parties involved.

4. One difference between IMEs compared to WRME, arbiter & treatment physician review exams is that the insurer chooses the IME provider.

5. Select five answers below that are new as a result of Senate Bill 311:

Observers allowed in IMEs

IME report always describes causation

Allows worker to object to the IME location

Medical necessity of proposed treatment

Worker can complain about the IME

Documentation of objective findings

Requires work comp IME providers to be authorized by the Department of Consumer and Business Services.

Sanctions against providers who fail to produce diagnostic records.

Immediately suspend worker benefits after a no show.

6. Select four answers below that are characteristics of a high quality IME report:

Includes a complete bibliography of medical references.

Diagnosis with correct medical terminology and a description in plain English.

No more than three pages long.

Complete response to all questions in the IME letter.

Double spaced and printed on high quality bond paper.

Detailed and complete: history, medical record review and exam.

7. What must a health care provider do to become authorized to perform workers' compensation IMEs in Oregon (select three)?

Provide a current license number from the professional licensing board.

Be in good standing with the licensing board.

Pay a $200 fee.

Complete required IME training.

Provide proof of malpractice insurance.

8. Identify the one new training requirement from Senate Bill 311 for claims examiners?

Spanish language

Medical terminology

Appropriate communications with IME providers

9. The legal system gives the most credence to the medical opinions that contain the best analysis.

10. Select two answers below that describe the IME providers role:

Unbiased, neutral third-party

Worker advocate

Provide an objective, independent evaluation

Claim processor

Adjudicator

11. Excluding psychology exams, under the new IME law it is up to the health care provider to decide whether to allow the worker to have an observer in the exam  room.

12. Health care provider must sign a statement at the end of the report verifying (select three):

Health care provider who performed IME

Location of the exam

The identity of the worker

Accuracy of the report

Acknowledging any false statement may result in sanctions by the director

13. WCD has the authority to remove any provider from the authorized IME list for failure to comply with applicable rules and  laws.

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