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The Psychiatry Group provides independent psychiatric medical examinations for authorized workers’ compensation, insurance, and legal referrals. These evaluations review relevant medical documentation, psychiatric history, and clinical findings to address specific questions about a person’s mental health and its relationship to a claim or case. An IME is an independent assessment and is separate from ongoing psychiatric treatment.

Psychiatric Independent Medical Examinations (IME)

Independent evaluation. This is not treatment.

Dr. Asif R. Malik, MD provides independent psychiatric medical examinations for attorneys, insurance carriers, employers, workers’ compensation organizations, IME companies, and other authorized referral sources.

Each evaluation is performed objectively and is based on a comprehensive review of available medical records, clinical information, the examination when applicable, and relevant medical and jurisdictional standards.

What is a Psychiatric IME?

A Psychiatric Independent Medical Examination is an objective psychiatric evaluation performed to address specific medical-legal questions. Depending on the referral, an evaluation may address psychiatric diagnosis, causation, treatment recommendations, functional limitations, work capacity, impairment, disability, and maximum medical improvement.

Psychiatric IMEs may be requested in connection with workers’ compensation matters, disability claims, personal injury cases, employment-related matters, and other medical-legal proceedings.

Services Include

  • Independent psychiatric evaluations
  • Comprehensive medical record review
  • Psychiatric diagnosis assessment
  • Causation analysis
  • Treatment recommendations
  • Functional capacity assessment
  • Work capacity assessment
  • Disability evaluations
  • Psychiatric impairment evaluations
  • Maximum Medical Improvement (MMI) opinions
  • Expert medical opinions
  • Medical-legal reporting

Who We Serve

  • Attorneys
  • Insurance companies
  • Claims adjusters
  • Workers’ compensation organizations
  • IME companies
  • Self-insured employers
  • Government agencies
  • Other authorized referral sources

Treatment or Independent Evaluation? Know the Difference

Treating Psychiatric Care

The clinician establishes a treatment relationship and provides applicable clinical care.

Independent Medical Examination (IME)

The psychiatrist performs an independent evaluation for a defined medical, legal, or claim purpose. The psychiatrist is not acting as the patient’s treating psychiatrist unless separately established under appropriate circumstances.

Not sure which one you need? Submit the form and describe your situation, and our team will help.

Why Choose Dr. Malik?

Request a Psychiatric IME

Attorneys, insurance carriers, IME organizations, employers, and other authorized referral sources may contact our office to request a psychiatric independent medical examination.

Request a Psychiatric IME or Expert Review

Attorneys, insurance carriers, IME organizations, employers, and other authorized referral sources may contact our office to request:

Contact us today to discuss your case or submit a secure referral.