What is an Independent Medical Examination?

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An Independent medical examination (IME) is an examination performed by a doctor (usually hired by an insurance company) for the reason that you may have a claim or lawsuit and there's a dispute of one's physical or mental situation.



Personal injury lawsuit (as plaintiff);



New York No-Fault insurance claim (from a motor vehicle accident);



Worker's Compensation claim; or,



Disability insurance benefits claim.



You should know quite a few things about the IME. The "other side" --usually an insurance company -- selects the doctor. Normally, the doctor features a medical specialty inside the area where the hurt person is claiming injury. So a claim for any fractured arm or leg should mean you see an orthopedist; an eye injury, an ophthalmologist; broken teeth, a dentist; and so on. You could possibly be asked to undergo additional than one IME stop by, by medical doctors with diverse specialties. Soon after you might be examined the IME doctor will create a report which will be sent for the insurance company or law firm that hired him or her. Generally a copy is then sent to your lawyer.



IMEs are certainly not seriously "independent." The doctor examining you is paid by the insurance company and she or he knows that a continued flow of insurance company business depends on making findings and writing reports that lessen your claim ' for the greater great and benefit with the company paying the bill. This can bring about outrages like reports indicating further tests with unfavorable benefits that had been in no way even performed in the office or the patient complaining about aches and pains or limitations/restrictions plus the IME doctor agreeing with that particular person but then writing a report that omits that data. The IME report could even study like it was somebody else with distinct injuries who was examined.

Don't forget, an IME doctor will not be trying to aid the injured accident victim get far better or cured. An IME doctor is hired to punch holes within a claimant's or plaintiff's case.



How you can behave and what to count on at an IME examination.



Arrive just a little early. You could be asked to fill out a medical history kind.



Do not be hostile for the IME doctor; be cooperative. Inquiries concerning the accident is going to be asked by the examining doctor. Your answers must be kept brief. You should bring a pad and pen and note how extended the exam takes and what tests are performed on you. This data must be made obtainable to your lawyer afterwards.



You could possibly want create down a list of what hurts you and when and for those who have any physical or mental limitations, along with the medical testing you've got had with constructive final results, whether or not you happen to be taking any prescription medicine and why, and bring it with you to the IME.



Through the IME, tell the doctor if it hurts. If a thing does not hurt, don't lie. You may damage your case or claim since the doctor will typically know.



You usually do not need to submit to invasive tests such as x-rays or take any injections.



Watch for tricks. The doctor may perhaps drop anything to find out in case you can bend down and pick it up. Also, you might be observed acquiring on and off the examination table. You may be subject to videotape surveillance by the insurance company ' so in the event you stroll into the IME using a cane or crutch, make darn certain that you happen to be using the cane or crutch when you leave.



In case you are curious. IME examinations below No-Fault or disability insurance come out of your actual insurance policy which constantly gives that you just must cooperate with all the insurance company in its investigation of the claim.



In an accident or personal injury lawsuit, the hurt plaintiff puts their medical condition into issue by searching for damages. The defense is entitled to have an IME to allow it to defend against the plaintiff's claim of injury. This suitable is set forth in New York's statutory (written) law at Civil Practice Law and Guidelines Section 3121(a), which states:



Notice of examination. Right after commencement of an action in which the mental or physical condition or the blood connection of a party, or of an agent, employee or person in the custody or under the legal control of a party, is in controversy, any party may well serve notice on yet another party to submit to a physical, mental or blood examination by a designated doctor, or to make for such examination his agent, employee or the individual in his custody or beneath his legal control.

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