Rating Services

2920 Prospect Park Drive, Suite 102
Rancho Cordova, California 95670
(916) 504-5420

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