Washington State Only - AMA Guides, Fifth Edition

You Are Ready To Provide Accurate Impairment Ratings?

This guide will help you learn how to use the AMA Guides to the Evaluation of Permanent Impairment, Fifth Edition, to provide accurate impairment ratings.

• Consistent and objective method for evaluating permanent impairment: The AMA Guides, Fifth Edition provides a standardized approach for determining the extent of an individual's permanent impairment resulting from an injury. This helps ensure that evaluations are fair and accurate for all injured workers, regardless of the healthcare provider or insurance company conducting the evaluation.

• Based on the latest medical research and best practices: The AMA Guides, Fifth Edition is regularly updated to reflect the latest medical research and best practices for evaluating permanent impairment. This helps ensure that evaluations are based on current knowledge and evidence-based guidelines.

• Used by healthcare professionals, insurance companies, and government agencies in Washington state: The AMA Guides, Fifth Edition is widely used by healthcare professionals, insurance companies, and government agencies in Washington state, making it the go-to resource for evaluating permanent impairment in the state.

• Helps ensure fair and accurate evaluations for injured workers: By providing a consistent and objective method for evaluating permanent impairment, the AMA Guides, Fifth Edition helps ensure that evaluations are fair and accurate for all injured workers. This helps ensure that injured workers receive the appropriate level of benefits and compensation for their injuries.

NICE TO MEET YOU

It's great connecting with you. I'm Chris Brigham, MD

Whether you are starting your journey or seeking a new destination, I am pleased to be there with you – empowering you to “captain your ship” while navigating challenging medicolegal “seas.” As a board-certified occupational medicine physician, who entered the medicolegal field over four decades ago, I realized that there was much to learn to succeed. I look forward to sharing knowledge, skills, experiences, and insights that will contribute dramatically to your success and benefit society. I am the Editor of the AMA Guides Newsletter and Casebook and Senior Contributing Editor for the AMA Guides to the Evaluation of Permanent Impairment, Sixth Edition. I have been blessed by the opportunity to be surrounded by talented colleagues, have many unique learning experiences, write over 300 peer-reviewed articles and several books, speak at hundreds of events, and consult throughout the United States and internationally. I sincerely appreciate my colleagues representing many domains and life’s “learning experiences.” I want to help you succeed and provide those injured or ill with accurate assessments. I also want this to be enjoyable for you. My involvement in virtual learning systems began five decades ago; therefore, I hope you find the learning experiences here the finest. (By the way, in assisting you to “navigate,” please be assured that I am also a licensed USCG captain.)