DWC Qualified medical evaluator (QME) process
Qualified medical evaluators (QMEs) are qualified physicians who are certified by the Division of Workers’ Compensation - Medical Unit to examine injured workers to evaluate disability and write medical-legal reports. The reports are used to determine an injured worker’s eligibility for workers’ compensation benefits. QMEs include medical doctors, doctors of osteopathy, doctors of chiropractic, dentists, optometrists, podiatrists, psychologists and acupuncturists.
Topics
Injured worker information
Insurer information
Medical
provider information
Injured worker information
- Frequently asked questions
- DWC
fact sheets and guides for injured workers
- QME database
- Discipline Unit
Insurer information
- Medical-legal fee schedule regulations (Cal. Code Regs., tit. 8, §9793-9795)
- Qualified medical evaluator (QME) and agreed medical evaluator (AME) forms
- Frequently asked questions
- DWC fact sheets and guides for injured workers
- Evaluation protocols - for injuries rated under 1997 permanent disability rating schedule and prior
- QME database
- Discipline Unit
Medical provider information
- Medical-legal fee schedule regulations (Cal. Code Regs., tit. 8, §§9793-9795)
- Qualified medical evaluator (QME) and agreed medical evaluator (AME) forms
- Frequently asked questions
- How to serve your report on DEU and be EAMS compliant
- Qualifications
to become a qualified medical evaluator
- QME competency examination study guide
- QME competency examination results
- Physician guide - As a result of 2003 and 2004 legislative changes and 2009 regulatory changes, some portions of this Physician’s Guide may be inconsistent with current law. Therefore, it must not be considered authoritative, and should only be consulted as an historical document.
Qualified medical evaluator exam - Oct. 2013 exam packet coming soon- Report writing course providers
- Continuing
education
- Evaluation protocols - for injuries rated with the 1997 permanent disability rating schedule or latest
- QME database
- Discipline Unit
May 2013