by Metriks | Aug 3, 2011 | ADL assessment, Uncategorized
Metriks Education is pleased to announce that Julie Entwistle O.T. will teach the next ADL course! Julie owns Entwistle Health Solutions. Julie has completed presentations to insurers, lawyers, students, and colleagues on the role of occupational therapy in the auto...
by Metriks | Jun 2, 2011 | Uncategorized
I receive a number of calls a week from health care professionals stating that their patients are not fully recovered at the end of the MIG. This week I did some research: According to Canadian Underwriter, between 1 and 20% of claims were treated in the PAF....
by Metriks | May 18, 2011 | Uncategorized
FSCO continues to clean up the auto insurance industry. Pioneer Rehabilitation Clinic Inc. has pleaded guilty to knowingly making false or misleading statements to an insurer in order to obtain payment for goods and services provided to an insured in the Ontario Court...
by Metriks | May 17, 2011 | Uncategorized
Is the MIG working? Preliminary surveys are showing that greater than 50% of all claims, post-September 1, 2010, are currently falling under the Minor Injury Guideline. However I have always felt that it was not the entry but the exit from MIG that would be the true...
by Metriks | Apr 20, 2011 | Uncategorized
The Canadian Underwriter published an interesting piece on how insurance companies are receiving OCF-23’s from multiple rehabilitation clinics for the same insured. It was also interesting to read that since expenses for medical or rehabilitation devices under...