D.C., QME · California QME since 2012 · Sound Medical Evaluators physician team
Up for QME reappointment? Dr. Chris Rapoff, D.C., QME, a member of the Sound Medical Evaluators physician team, has been a California QME since 2012, and his online course covers your full 16-hour CE requirement. The nine self-paced modules cover apportionment, causation, impairment, case law, anti-bias and report writing. These are the topics that decide whether a report holds up in front of a WCALJ. 16-hour bundles start at $399.
Professional Bundle I: Evaluator Excellence
$399 · 16 hours
12 core hours + 2 electives (Modules 1-5, 6 & 8)
- Proper Application of the MLFS (1 hr)
- Essential Workers’ Compensation Case Law for QMEs (2 hrs)
- Impairment Rating Mastery for California QMEs (4 hrs)
- Anti-Bias, Evaluator Neutrality & Bias Prevention (2 hrs)
- Report Writing & Med-Legal Documentation (3 hrs)
- Advanced Causation Analysis for QME Evaluations (2 hrs)
- Record Review Mastery: Efficiency, Accuracy and Med-Legal Defensibility (2 hrs)
Professional Bundle II: Evaluator Excellence
$399 · 16 hours
12 core hours + 2 electives (Modules 1-5, 7 & 9)
- Proper Application of the MLFS (1 hr)
- Essential Workers’ Compensation Case Law for QMEs (2 hrs)
- Impairment Rating Mastery for California QMEs (4 hrs)
- Anti-Bias, Evaluator Neutrality & Bias Prevention (2 hrs)
- Report Writing & Med-Legal Documentation (3 hrs)
- Apportionment Mastery for QME Evaluations (2 hrs)
- Complex Case Scenarios: Multi-System Injuries & Overlapping Impairments (2 hrs)
Ultimate/Master Bundle: Total Practice Mastery
$469 · 20 hours
All 9 modules: 16 core hours + 4 elective hours
- Proper Application of the MLFS (1 hr)
- Essential Workers’ Compensation Case Law for QMEs (2 hrs)
- Impairment Rating Mastery for California QMEs (4 hrs)
- Anti-Bias, Evaluator Neutrality & Bias Prevention (2 hrs)
- Report Writing & Med-Legal Documentation (3 hrs)
- Advanced Causation Analysis for QME Evaluations (2 hrs)
- Apportionment Mastery for QME Evaluations (2 hrs)
- Record Review Mastery: Efficiency, Accuracy and Med-Legal Defensibility (2 hrs)
- Complex Case Scenarios: Multi-System Injuries & Overlapping Impairments (2 hrs)
Stay sharp between renewals: the Sound Medical Evaluators monthly newsletter
Your CE hours come due every two years, but the rules keep moving every month. A member of our physician team, Dr. Rapoff helps produce the Sound Medical Evaluators monthly newsletter, so QME know-how reaches your inbox every month:
- Case law: the latest decisions that change how you write causation and apportionment
- Fee schedule: medical-legal fee schedule (MLFS) updates, so you bill every report correctly
- Report-writing tips: practical fixes that head off supplemental report requests
One email a month to keep every report current and defensible.