Level 2 Accreditation

Level 2 Accreditation Overview

Level 2 Accreditation provides physicians with a further understanding of the administrative, legal, and medical aspects of workers' compensation. Specifically, this course educates physicians in performing impairment ratings using The American Medical Association Guides to the Evaluation of Permanent Impairment, 3rd Edition Revised.

Per statute, Level 2 Accreditation is limited to MDs and DOs only. Level 2 Accreditation can be either limited or full. Limited Level 2 Accreditation includes the ability to perform impairment ratings for specific areas of the body. Full Level 2 Accreditation allows physicians to perform impairment ratings for all body parts and systems and is required for the following specialties: anesthesiology, emergency medicine, family medicine, physical medicine, rehabilitation, internal medicine, occupational medicine, osteopathic manipulative medicine, pain management, public health &, general preventive medicine, and sports medicine. All other specialists may obtain either full or limited accreditation.

As of January 1, 2018, Level 1 Accreditation is required prior to Level 2 Accreditation (Rule 13-2). A physician’s Level 1 Accreditation must be current at the time of registration for the Level 2 course and on the date of testing.

Testing for accreditation consists of a two-part exam. Part 1 of the exam is proctored online at no additional cost. Part 2 of the exam is embedded in the assigned course modules, for completion at the learner’s own pace. To maintain accreditation, providers must re-accredit every three years. Providers maintaining Level 2 Accreditation need not maintain their Level 1 Accreditation.

Important course information:

• This online course is offered at two different periods throughout the year.
• Registrants may complete the course at their own pace within each course term.
• Online course modules will not be available until the term start date.
• All accreditation requirements must be completed by the respective course term end-date.
• No course term changes/substitutions and/or carry-over of completed coursework are permitted. 

Important test information:

• The Level 2 Accreditation course culminates in two exams. 
• The first part is completed in an online, proctored setting. Registrants are required to pass the multiple choice, closed note exam.
• Registrants have two opportunities to pass this first part of the exam.
• The second part is an open-note, open book cases exam which is assigned through the learning management system. This part of the exam must be completed by the course term end-date. Registrants have one opportunity to pass this second part of the exam.
   

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Course Objectives

• Apply the Colorado Medical Treatment Guidelines meaningfully in clinical practice.
• Synthesize principles of chronology to appropriately proceed through and complete a workers' compensation case.
• Create a comprehensive narrative report for an impairment rating.
• Construct an impairment rating through application of the AMA Guides to Evaluation of Permanent Impairment, Third Edition, Revised.
• Distinguish between the principles of normalization and apportionment.
• Construct an impairment rating that requires apportionment.

Continuing Education

Course participants who are licensed under the Medical Practice Act may earn Continuing Medical Education units through the Division of Workers' Compensation/University of Colorado-Denver School of Medicine. The University of Colorado School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to sponsor continuing medical education for physicians. The University of Colorado School of Medicine designates this internet enduring material for a maximum of 14.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Participants should expect to receive CME credits within 6-8 weeks of completing the course. 

Disclosure: All of the planners, faculty, or individuals in control of content for this educational activity have no relevant financial relationships to disclose with ineligible companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.

Course Fees

The online course: $400.00

* All accreditation requirements need to be completed by the respective course term end-date. Otherwise,  new registration with payment of applicable course fees must be submitted to re-apply for accreditation

Contact Us

Division of Workers' Compensation
Provider Education
633 17th Street, Suite 400
Denver, CO 80202
303-318-8754
303-318-8653 (Fax)
cdle_dowc_provider_education@state.co.us