Tag Archives: Permanent partial disability awards
PPD Awards in Nevada: Only a Few Are Reviewed
By Jason Weinstock on December 5, 2010 Posted in Permanent partial disability awardsThe Workers’ Compensation Section of the Division of Industrial Relations (DIR) reported in their winter newsletter that an average of 464 ratings are sent in each month. Nevada law requires insurers to send a copy of all PPD evaluation reports to DIR. As of December 1, 2010, there were 141 rating doctors who were on DIR’s rotating list of … Continue reading PPD Awards in Nevada: Only a Few Are Reviewed
High Rate of Error and Inconsistency for PPD ratings
By Jason Weinstock on May 20, 2010 Posted in Permanent partial disability awardsThe March/April 2010 edition of the AMA Guides Newsletter reports that a review of over 6,000 cases, mostly from California, resulted in 80% of them questioned by expert rating reviewers. For the very small number of Nevada cases reviewed for this study , the error rate was much less, with an average difference of 3% … Continue reading High Rate of Error and Inconsistency for PPD ratings
Worth Paying Attorneys’ Fees? You Judge.
By Jason Weinstock on May 4, 2010 Posted in Lawyers,Permanent partial disability awardsThis is a real story about a real client. We will protect his identity by calling him Joe, and by saying only that he worked for a very large employer. He hired me near the end of his claim, and after considering what issues might still come up on his claim, I agreed to discount my usual fee and represent … Continue reading Worth Paying Attorneys’ Fees? You Judge.
Cost of a Rating Exam in Nevada Is Increased
By Jason Weinstock on March 25, 2010 Posted in Permanent partial disability awardsEffective February 10, 2010, the cost of a permanent partial disability evaluation on a Nevada workers’ compensation claim is $650.99 for one or two body parts. An injured worker who does not agree with the percentage of impairment found by the assigned rating doctor may obtain a second rating evaluation by paying this same fee … Continue reading Cost of a Rating Exam in Nevada Is Increased
True or False: The longer a Nevada workers’ comp claimant is out of work, the greater the settlement award?
By Jason Weinstock on March 12, 2010 Posted in Lawyers,Permanent partial disability awardsApparently, the doctors who wrote the American Medical Association’s Guides to the Evaluation of Disease and Injury Causation don’t know the answer to this week’s question either. Dr. J. Mark Melhorn and Dr. William Ackerman, editors of the 2008 book designed to help workers’ comp doctors answer medical causation questions, write that disability in the workplace is rampant in the … Continue reading True or False: The longer a Nevada workers’ comp claimant is out of work, the greater the settlement award?
Good News for Injured Workers Getting PPD Awards for Back Injuries
By Jason Weinstock on March 4, 2010 Posted in Permanent partial disability awardsLast week the Nevada Supreme Court unanimously decided that rating doctors evaluating injured workers with spinal injuries can add one to three additional percentage points to the permanent partial disability award if the rating doctor finds that the spinal injury has substantially impaired activities of daily living (ADL’s). The Nevada Self-Insurers Association had filed a … Continue reading Good News for Injured Workers Getting PPD Awards for Back Injuries
Permanent Partial Disability Evaluation Cost Increase
By Jason Weinstock on January 25, 2010 Posted in Permanent partial disability awardsThe State of Nevada, Division of Industrial Relations, has approved the Nevada Medical Fee Schedule effective February 1, 2010. It provides that rating physicians are entitled to charge $650.99 for a rating evaluation that includes up to two accepted body parts. The rating doctor may charge an additional $217.41 for each additional body part. Injured … Continue reading Permanent Partial Disability Evaluation Cost Increase
How to Contest Your Nevada PPD Award
By Jason Weinstock on October 20, 2009 Posted in Permanent partial disability awardsUnder Nevada workers’ compensation law, the final settlement, called a permanent partial disability award (PPD) is based on 3 factors: 1) the percentage of impairment found by a rating doctor, 2) the average monthly wage of the injured worker, and 3) the age of the injured worker when the award is calculated. If the average monthly … Continue reading How to Contest Your Nevada PPD Award
Nevada Permanent Partial Disability Awards Explained
By Jason Weinstock on October 20, 2009 Posted in Permanent partial disability awardsWhen an injured worker’s treating physician reports to the insurer that there may be a permanent impairment, the adjuster should schedule an impairment evaluation with a rating doctor. The impairment percentage determined by the rating doctor results in a monetary settlement known as a permanent partial disability award (PPD). Rating doctors are chiropractors and physicians who have taken … Continue reading Nevada Permanent Partial Disability Awards Explained
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