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QME – Industrial Injury Evaluation

QME – Industrial Injury Evaluation

Certification as an Industrial Injury Evaluator (I.I.E.)

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Industrial Injury Evaluation (IIE) Certification

This is an additional 4-hour certification course to receive an Industrial Injury Evaluator (I.I.E.) credential. Prerequisites are required.

To take the IIE certification course you must have completed, 1) the 44-hour QME series, or 2) the 25-hour QME series. Both series are approved by the DWC Medical-Unit for application to take the QME examination, State of California.

To complete the 25-hour track, there are several components as follows:

  • 8-hours of California Basic Worker’s Compensation (ZOOM)
  • 2-hours of Antibias Training, with examination (ZOOM)
  • 2-hours of California Case Law (ZOOM)
  • 13-hours of Face-to-Face in classroom instruction (LIVE) on AMA Guides.

To complete the 44-hour track all 25 hours, as noted above, are included in the QME course. In addition, you will be taught the 16 Chapters of the Physician’s Guide to the California Workers’ Compensation System, 4th ed. All 44 hours are on Zoom.

The additional 4-hour certification course is a take-home examination in QME Report Writing. A template is provided (USB flash drive) with all attachments to be filled out, completed, and submitted to your QME instructor. A telephone conference call is then scheduled (approximately 1-hour) to go over the take-home exam for a pass/fail grade. Once successfully completed you will receive your IIE credential.

LOCATION: live in classroom locations; and zoom presentations.

TUITION: FREE (no additional fee for the IIE credential – considered part of the $1495 registration fee).

CERTIFICATIONS: there are multiple certifications for having completed the I.I.E. series as follows:

  1. Fundamentals in Basic Worker’s Compensation – 8 hours credit with certificate of completion. The certificate is transferable to other CE providers who teach IDE (Industrial Disability Evaluation) courses LINK [link "CertificateBasic312.pdf"].
  2. Certificate of Completion Antibias Training – 2 hours (requires examination and a passing grade of 70% – DWC requirement, a mandated of law)
  3. Certificate of Completion in Case Law in California Worker’s Compensation – 2 hours
  4. Certificate of Completion – 13 hours of LIVE classroom instruction in the AMA Guides including (but not limited to) detailed instruction in spinal examinations and impairment (multiple body parts); apportionment under AMA Guides, L.C. §4663 and §4664; rules of AMA Guides conversions and combining impairment of multiple body parts; EAMS (Electronic Adjudication Management System); ethical med-legal billing rules and regulations, and more.
  5. Certificate of Completion in forensic permanent disability evaluations in California Worker’s Compensation system – 25-hour certificate of completion LINK (link "Certificate36hrs313.pdf"].
  6. Industrial Injury Evaluator (I.I.E.) credential LINK [link "CertificateExample IIE Credential.pdf"]
  7. CBCE credit hours for each of the above, up to 12 hours live and 12 hours of Zoom, depending on your completed track.