Medical-Legal Services
Independent Medical Examinations (IME)
Objective, third-party evaluations for personal injury, disability, and liability matters — thorough examination, clear findings, and timely reports.
An Independent Medical Examination provides a neutral opinion when the extent of an injury, the reasonableness of treatment, or a person's functional capacity is in dispute.
Our role in an IME is not treatment. It is to examine, review the record, and report what the findings support — including where the evidence is inconclusive.
Typical scope
- Comprehensive review of records, imaging, and treatment history
- Independent physical and functional examination
- Opinions on diagnosis, causation, and relatedness to the incident
- Assessment of past and proposed treatment for reasonableness and necessity
- Current functional status, restrictions, and prognosis
- Narrative report responsive to the referring party's questions
Who requests them
Personal injury and defense attorneys, insurance carriers and claims professionals, self-insured employers, and disability administrators.
Reporting you can use
Reports are organized, sourced to the record, and written to be understood by non-clinical readers. Record-review-only opinions, supplemental reports, and deposition availability can be arranged.
Frequently asked questions
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