Permanent Impairment Ratings, Training and Consultation

When You Need More Than Just a Rating

Bradford & Barthel, LLP, is pleased to announce expert rating consultation services to all workers' compensation professionals.

Services include:
  AMA-Based Permanent Disability Ratings with Full Legal Analysis of Medical Reports
  Cross Examination of DEU/Physician
  Reserve Consults
  Draft AMA-Based Doctor Letters

Crisis Situation
"The California Division of Workers' Compensation is struggling against a backlog of Permanent Disability medical reports... Blair McGowen, manager of the DWC's Disability Evaluation Unit, says backlogs... range from all current cases to backlogs of three months or more."
     Workers' Comp Executive 5/24/05

What Can You Do?
To beat the backlog and catch the doctor's expensive mistakes, you can either master the new PDRS and AMA Guides yourself or consult the expert! Bradford & Barthel will
   Rate your report
   Ensure the AMA Guides have been correctly applied
   Highlight the doctor's errors
   Explain how the doctor may correct the report
   If unratable (or otherwise incorrect), identify how to attack the report
   Analyze such issues as apportionment and causation
   Cross-examine your DEU rater/physician
   SAVE YOU MONEY


File Consultation
You need to estimate permanent disability but don't yet have a P&S/MMI Report? Mail, e-mail, overnight or fax the entire medical file. B & B will provide a highly accurate analysis of the file's permanent impairment value.

Far More than a Permanent Impairment Rating

You
  E-mail, mail, overnight or fax a PTP report, medical-legal report, or medical file.

Bradford & Barthel will quickly
  Review the medical report and available file.
  Rate the report. If unratable, document likely value and explain.
  Analyze to ensure the physician has included no costly mistakes.
  Document those portions of the report that are subject to attack.
  Provide a verbal report immediately after the review and analysis.
  Cross-examine DEU rater/physician.
  Provide the help you need (e.g., draft doctor letters).

Time Frames
Under a deadline? We can accommodate almost any time frame. Phone conferences detailing our findings are available to expedite any matter.

Priority   Three-day turnaround (add 25% to standard fee)
Rush   One-day turnaround (add 50% to standard fee)

Call for available turn-around times.

Rating Referral Form
So that we can assist you more quickly, please fill out our Rating Referral Form and email the information to ratings@bradfordbarthel.com. If you are having problems filling out this form, please download the latest version of Adobe Acrobat Reader. Or print out the file, fill out the hard copy, and mail to:

      Bradford & Barthel, LLP
      9821 Business Park Drive, Suite 160
      Sacramento, California 95827
      Attn: Rating Department

Contact
Don Barthel or Phil Billman at (916) 569-0790
Mark Fletcher at (559) 442-3602
E-mail ratings@bradfordbarthel.com
or fax (916) 973-1592 or (916) 569-0799
for more information.