Medical

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Our experienced team provide expert medical opinions backed by evidence-based assessment tools across a range of specialist medico-legal services:

•  Independent Medical Examinations (IME)
• Permanent Impairment Assessments (PI)
• Injury Management Consultations (IMC)
• Psychiatric Assessments
• ENT Assessments
• Fitness for Duty Assessments
• Medical Opinion
• Section 36 Assessments
• Life & Disability Evaluations
• Specialist Medico-Legal Reports
• File Reviews
• Telephone Advisory Services

WorkCover & Workers Compensation

Our consulting doctors are respected in their chosen field and experienced in occupational injury and workplace rehabilitation. They provide impartial assessments and expert direction in complex cases. Our Independent Medical Examinations (IME) seek to engage the treating physicians in candid and solution focused dialogue to achieve upgrades and momentum where and when clinically appropriate. A number of our doctors also manage disputes for the Workers Compensation Commission (WCC) and are well regarded within the scheme.

Medical by Altius provides a range of services under the Workers Compensation Scheme, including:

• Independent Medical Examinations (IME)
• Permanent Impairment Assessments (PI)
• Injury Management Consultations (IMC)
• Psychiatric Assessments
• ENT Assessments
• File Reviews
• Teleconference

Compulsory Third Party (CTP) & Motor Vehicle Accident

At Medical by Altius, our consulting specialists have expert knowledge of common motor accident injuries including whiplash, spinal cord injuries and brain injury.

We provide a range of services including:

• Independent Medical Examinations (IME)
• Permanent Impairment Assessments (PI)
• Injury Management Consultations (IMC)
• Psychiatric Assessments
• ENT Assessments
• File Reviews
• Teleconference

Life & Disability

Our medico-legal consultants provide expert, objective and comprehensive assessments relating to earnings capacity, degree of impairment, daily needs and current function. We provide assessments in a range of areas including:

• Independent Medical Examinations (IME)
• Permanent Impairment Assessments (PI)
• Psychiatric Assessments
• ENT Assessments
• File Reviews
• Teleconference

Commonwealth & State Government Agencies

Employing expert knowledge of workplace injury and rehabilitation, we deliver clarity and solutions tailored to the current and future capabilities of the individual and the organisation.

Comcare

Our experienced, professional specialists at Medical by Altius apply their expert knowledge of workplace injury and rehabilitation to provide objective assessments under the Comcare scheme. A range of assessments are available, across a broad range of specialties.

Commonwealth Government Agencies

Our specialists and physicians work with Commonwealth Government Agencies to undertake Fitness for Duty Assessments (FFD) and are contactable both pre and post assessment to ensure thorough understanding of individual and organisational circumstance. We strive to ensure our specialists answer all questions in a manner designed to provide clarity and solutions that can be acted upon as soon as appropriate.

We are available to assess and report on the following:

• Fitness for Duty Assessments
• Psychologist Assessments
• Psychiatric Assessments
• Advisory Services - occupational physician (telephone based or file review)
• Advisory Services – clinical psychologist (telephone based or file review)
• Advisory Services – psychiatrist (telephone based or file review)

Priority specialist appointments will be sought to support you.

Individual Assesments

Fitness for Duty assessments support better management of injuries and illnesses within the workplace, ensuring greater control over operation. Medical by Altius provides both pre and post assessment access to the assessing doctor when referring for Fitness for Duty Assessments.

We understand it is often important for sensitive or complex issues to be conveyed verbally, to compliment the written referral documentation, for the optimal direction and outcome to understood and agreed upon.

Our medical specialists answer all questions objectively, with integrity and report findings in a candid and direct format to ensure they are able to be easily interpreted and acted upon in the best interests of all parties concerned. Our services include both standard (generic) and specialised (tailored) assessments and reports on:

• Fitness for Duty Assessments
• Independent Medical Examinations
• Functional Capacity Assessments
• Workplace Assessments
• Medical Opinion
• File Reviews
• Teleconference

At Medical by Altius we understand the specific needs of self-insurers, and the relationship between the insurer and employer responsibilities in relation to injury assessment and management. Covering a broad range of medical specialties, our consultants are able to provide a range of assessments and services including:

• Specialist Medico Legal Reports
• Independent Medical Examinations (IME’s)
• Injury Management Consultations (IMC’s)
• Whole Person Impairment Assessments (WPI’s)
• Telephone Advisory Services
• File Reviews

Fitness to Continue & Other Assessments

Our specialists are conscious of avoiding ambiguity in determining current and future capacity and seek to provide easy to interpret reports that can be acted upon by the referring party in the most appropriate course of action in consideration of the evidence and condition/s presented.

Medical Specialties

We retain weekly availability with:

• Psychiatrists
• Occupational Physicians
• Gastroenterologists
• Orthopaedic Surgeons
• General Surgeons
• Ear Nose and Throat (ENT) Specialists
• Neuropsychologists
• Sports Physicians
• Hand Surgeons
• Physicians
• Rehabilitation Physicians
• Neurologists
• Dermatologists
• Plastic & Reconstructive Surgeons
• Neurosurgeons

Join Our Panel

We are always interested in talking to specialists with a professional interest and expert knowledge of workplace injury and rehabilitation to provide objective assessments as part of our nationwide consultancy service.

Medical by Altius provides expert, independent medico-legal advice and high quality assessments and interventions for self and specialised insurers and agents Australia-wide.

Our team of medical specialists offer impartial and independent evaluations on an employees’ health to support an organisation’s productivity and deliver timely, expert, objective and comprehensive assessments for complex cases.

To discuss joining our panel please contact us.