WorkersCompensation.com's CompNewsNetwork: Doctor's Progress Report Available In Adobe Format

Doctor's Progress Report Available In Adobe Format
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compnewsnetwork on 02 July, 2009 01:39:00
 
New York, NY (CompNewsNetwork) - Form EC-4.2 is the on-line,
electronically-filed version of Form C-4.2, Doctor's Progress Report. As part
of the Board's ongoing effort to facilitate web submission of reports, on June
11, 2009, Form EC-4.2 was converted from an HTML to an ADOBE format.
New Features of Adobe Format
* Patient data can be saved and used to submit progress reports for follow-up
visits. This will significantly reduce the amount of time it will take to
complete subsequent progress reports for the same patient since the saved data
can be used to pre-fill the form.    * Incomplete forms can be saved locally
then completed and submitted through the Board's web site at a later time.    *
Template files with standard information (doctor, patient, carrier) can be saved
and used as a basis for web submission of future reports.    * The health care
provider may attach additional notes to submit with the form, if necessary.
These attachment file types are accepted for web submission:          * Text
files (.txt file extension)          * MS Word files (.doc file extension)     
    * Rich Text files (.rtf file extension)          * Tiff files preferably
with a resolution of 200 dpi (.tif or .tiff file extension)          * JPEG
files (.jpg file extension)          * GIF files (.gif file extension)         
* BMP files (.bmp file extension)          * PDF files (.pdf file extension)
Web Submission Requirements
* The health care provider must be authorized by the NYS Workers' Compensation
Board. To become authorized, a health care provider should complete and submit
Form MR/IME-1, Health Providers Application for Authorization Under the
Workers' Compensation Law.    * If the health care provider does not already
have a user ID and password to submit claim forms from the Board's web site,
he/she must register and a user ID and password will be assigned to them. This
process may take up to a week.    * Upon successful submission, the health care
provider will be provided with a printable PDF version of the form to keep for
their records and to be used to send required copies of Form EC-4.2 and any
attachments to the insurance carrier and to the patient's attorney or licensed
representative if he/she has one, or to the patient if unrepresented. The form
should not be mailed to the Board.