The one thing that actually got my QME to read my report

I spent weeks writing up my symptoms for my QME exam and they barely glanced at it until I put a timeline of every single treatment denial in bold at the top in San Jose. Has anyone else found a formatting trick that actually gets these docs to pay attention?

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the_dylan23d ago

Oh man, that reminds me of my buddy Mike who had this workers comp thing going. He typed up his whole symptom list in 12 different colors, one color per body part, with little icons next to each one like a sad face for when it got worse. The QME actually laughed and said "at least you made it interesting" before reading through the whole thing. Still got his claim denied though, so maybe the colors were a bit too much.

tarar2723d ago

Dang, so is the real trick just making it emotionally impossible for them to ignore you?

elizabeth90023d ago

Three years ago I put together a binder for my wife's disability hearing with yellow sticky tabs sticking out every which way and the judge still flipped past half of it. It's frustrating because we're all taught that if you just explain things clearly enough people will understand but that's not how it works. The real trick is understanding that these people are overwhelmed and looking for anything that lets them check a box and move on. Your bold timeline is smart because it forces them to acknowledge the pattern of denials before they can write you off as just another case file. I've noticed this same thing everywhere not just with doctors but with customer service and even contractors the ones who get results are the ones who make their problem impossible to ignore or explain away.