An IME, or Independent Medical Exam, is a meeting between a patient and physician in order to gauge the extent of a person’s injury and disability. They operate much like a standard appointment, but the assessment is oftentimes performed in order to give a professional medical opinion to be used in another arena. Most commonly, these IMEs are ordered after a personal injury accident or at the outset of a workers’ compensation case. The physician provides an independent evaluation that then allows the injured party and the insurance company to start working towards a compensation agreement.
If you need to get an independent medical exam after a work or personal injury, it’s important that you turn to a physician you can trust. Even if your company or the insurance company wants you to choose a certain physician, you ultimately have the right to decide who performs this exam. Dr. Silverman has performed a variety of IMEs over the years, and he’s very familiar with the process.
Why Choose Dr. Silverman For Your IME
If you’ve suffered an injury and need to undergo an IME, we strongly suggest that you consider Dr. Silverman for the exam. Here’s why:
1. The majority of Dr. Silverman’s business comes from treating patients. Less than 10% comes from Independent Medical Exams.
2. Dr. Silverman only does IMEs in his subspecialty field of Orthopedics, Ankle & Foot.
3. Dr. Silverman is willing to stand up in court and testify under the AAOS Standards of Professionalism.
4. Dr. Silverman encounters adverse IMEs in his own practice as well as IMEs that contradict his opinions given in medicolegal cases. In each of these cases, he aggressively advocates for his own patients.
5. Dr. Silverman works for more than one IME and medicolegal services company, and he works directly through attorneys.
6. Dr. Silverman is a preferred provider for workers’ comp patients and for many law firms because he gets to the bottom of the problem by bringing the claimant’s treatment to a quick and successful conclusion.
Not only can Dr. Silverman accurately and thoroughly diagnosis your condition and document it to the fullest extent, but he can also set you up with a treatment plan that will have put back on your feet safely and as soon as possible. Getting you back to full health is beneficial for all sides during an injury lawsuit. For more information, or if you’d like to set up your independent medical exam with one of the foremost orthopedic experts in the Twin Cities, reach out to Dr. Silverman and the team at Silverman Ankle & Foot today.
