Newsletter Library


These newsletters are intended to provide periodic, ongoing information to IC Specialists' Panel members to help guide them effectively through the permanent total disability independent medical examination process.

If there are topics you would like to know more about, please forward them to medical.services@ic.ohio.gov.


2026 Issues:

MediScene, Issue 2, 2026
MediScene, Issue 1, 2026


2025 Issues:

MediScene, December 2025
MediScene, September 2025
MediScene, April 2025
MediScene, January 2025


Archived Issues:

Updating professional information, substantial aggravation, sources of information, documentation, report template, medical history, patient questionnaire, qualitative and quantitative terms, sources of report errors, avoiding errors, cause of errors, error solutions, allowed conditions, specialty assigned allowed conditions, finding allowed conditions, copy and paste allowed conditions, reporting all allowed conditions, Medical Scheduling Worksheet, View claim Documents, Find a Claim, All Documents View, Show/Hide Allowed Conditions

2024 MediScene Collection

Activities of daily living (ADLs), sub-sedentary, further limitations, report templates, head injury, neuropsychology, uploaded referral packets, Fee Bill Resolution, examination fees

2023 MediScene Collection

Duty to report misconduct, describing mental health limitations, Ask JAN, mental health accommodations, upper extremity worksheet, documentation, introducing yourself, introducing examination, injured worker engagement, informed consent, purpose of the examination, injured worker experience, Impairment rating spine, radiculopathy, ROM method, DRE method, nerve root testing, spinal neuroanatomy, required elements spine, reporting physical findings spine, mood, affect, reporting mental health examination findings, question #3, residual functional capacity, communicating medical opinions, medical expertise

2022 MediScene Collection

Maximum medical improvement, mental and behavioral health impairment assessments, examination observers policy, perfecting medical reports.

2021 MediScene Collection

COVID-19 Response, Question 3, Pointers for Experts, Meet Our Staff.

2020 MediScene Collection

MMI, WPI, impairments, streamlining referrals and changes.

2019 MediScene Collection

Hints for completing a report, common weight equivalents, pain related impairment.

2018 MediScene Collection

Reviewing all records, specialists medical packets and helpful hints, the new search feature for MediScene.

Fall 2017 MediScene

Tips for specialists, definitions, examination quips, IC IME vs. BWC IME, new IC Medical Advisor introduction.

2016 MediScene Collection

Conversion to whole person impairment, Spine evaluation methods, case presentations, report uploading to ICON, continuing medical education.

2015 MediScene Collection

Disability and impairment evaluations during the PTD process, Functional Capacity Evaluation (FCE), online review of records and challenges with medical reports.

2014 MediScene Collection

Mental status examinations, describing limitations in reports, sample reports and templates, rolling out of electronic record access and consistency in reports.

2013 MediScene Collection

IC specialist examiners reapplication process for January 2014, describing limitations in reports, new Mental and Behavioral Health PTD exam questions and preparing a PTD report.

2012 MediScene Collection

Electronic records, identifying limitations in an exam, reviewing records, new Chairmen and scheduling.

2011 MediScene Collection

Impartiality, new Commissioners, maximum medical improvement, allowed diagnostic testing, and scheduling PTD exams.

2010 MediScene Collection

Referral questions, Medical Manual revisions, prerequisites for appointment to the Medical Specialist Panel, and credentialing clarifications.

2009 MediScene Collection

Area of expertise, board certification, CME for impairment evaluation, Green (William) biography, impairment evaluation, medical information for examiners, mission statement (Industrial Commission), and rationale for opinions.

2008 MediScene Collection

Allowed conditions (acceptance of), causality (opinions regarding), DiCeglio (Gary) biography, maximum medical improvement, MediScene (introduction), scheduling of medical examinations, Welsh (Terrence) biography, and whole person impairment (related to maximum medical improvement).

2007 MediScene Collection