Structured Finance Deals: A Review of the Rating Process and Recent Evidence Thereof

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Seoyoung Kim
Keyword(s):  
Structured Finance ◽  
Rating Process

Rating Spinal Nerve Extremity Impairment Using the Sixth Edition

2009 ◽  
Vol 14 (4) ◽  
pp. 1-6
Author(s):  
Christopher R. Brigham
Keyword(s):  
Nerve Root ◽  
Spinal Nerve ◽  
Upper Extremities ◽  
Motor Deficits ◽  
Nerve Injuries ◽  
Sixth Edition ◽  
Federal Employee ◽  
Nerve Root Injury ◽  
Root Injury ◽  
Rating Process

Abstract The AMAGuides to the Evaluation of Permanent Impairment (AMA Guides), Sixth Edition, does not provide a separate mechanism for rating spinal nerve injuries as extremity impairment; radiculopathy was reflected in the spinal rating process in Chapter 17, The Spine and Pelvis. Certain jurisdictions, such as the Federal Employee Compensation Act (FECA), rate nerve root injury as impairment involving the extremities rather than as part of the spine. This article presents an approach to rate spinal nerve impairments consistent with the AMA Guides, Sixth Edition, methodology. This approach should be used only when a jurisdiction requires ratings for extremities and precludes rating for the spine. A table in this article compares sensory and motor deficits according to the AMA Guides, Sixth and Fifth Editions; evaluators should be aware of changes between editions in methodology used to assign the final impairment. The authors present two tables regarding spinal nerve impairment: one for the upper extremities and one for the lower extremities. Both tables were developed using the methodology defined in the sixth edition. Using these tables and the process defined in the AMA Guides, Sixth Edition, evaluators can rate spinal nerve impairments for jurisdictions that do not permit rating for the spine and require rating for radiculopathy as an extremity impairment.

Spine Impairment Evaluation: Sixth Edition Approaches

2009 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-5
Author(s):  
Craig Uejo ◽  
Marjorie Eskay-Auerbach ◽  
Christopher R. Brigham
Keyword(s):  
Functional Status ◽  
Spinal Injury ◽  
Current Medical ◽  
Clinical Testing ◽  
Medical Evidence ◽  
Sixth Edition ◽  
Whole Person ◽  
Rating Process ◽  
Impairment Ratings ◽  
Class Assignment

Abstract Evaluators who use the AMA Guides to the Evaluation of Permanent Impairment (AMA Guides), Sixth Edition, should understand the significant changes that have occurred (as well as the Clarifications and Corrections) in impairment ratings for disorders of the cervical spine, thoracic spine, lumbar spine, and pelvis. The new methodology is an expansion of the Diagnosis-related estimates (DRE) method used in the fifth edition, but the criteria for defining impairment are revised, and the impairment value within a class is refined by information related to functional status, physical examination findings, and the results of clinical testing. Because current medical evidence does not support range-of-motion (ROM) measurements of the spine as a reliable indicator of specific pathology or permanent functional status, ROM is no longer used as a basis for defining impairment. The DRE method should standardize and simplify the rating process, improve validity, and provide a more uniform methodology. Table 1 shows examples of spinal injury impairment rating (according to region of the spine and category, with comments about the diagnosis and the resulting class assignment); Table 2 shows examples of spine impairment by region of the spine, class, diagnosis, and associated whole person impairment ratings form the sixth and fifth editions of the AMA Guides.

Pelvic Impairments

2018 ◽  
Vol 23 (4) ◽  
pp. 9-10
Author(s):  
James Talmage ◽  
Jay Blaisdell
Keyword(s):  
Pelvic Ring ◽  
Reproductive Organs ◽  
High Impact ◽  
Pelvic Fractures ◽  
Motor Dysfunction ◽  
Impact Event ◽  
Concomitant Injuries ◽  
Rating Process ◽  
Pass Through ◽  
A Minor

Abstract Pelvic fractures are relatively uncommon, and in workers’ compensation most pelvic fractures are the result of an acute, high-impact event such as a fall from a roof or an automobile collision. A person with osteoporosis may sustain a pelvic fracture from a lower-impact injury such as a minor fall. Further, major parts of the bladder, bowel, reproductive organs, nerves, and blood vessels pass through the pelvic ring, and traumatic pelvic fractures that result from a high-impact event often coincide with damaged organs, significant bleeding, and sensory and motor dysfunction. Following are the steps in the rating process: 1) assign the diagnosis and impairment class for the pelvis; 2) assign the functional history, physical examination, and clinical studies grade modifiers; and 3) apply the net adjustment formula. Because pelvic fractures are so uncommon, raters may be less familiar with the rating process for these types of injuries. The diagnosis-based methodology for rating pelvic fractures is consistent with the process used to rate other musculoskeletal impairments. Evaluators must base the rating on reliable data when the patient is at maximum medical impairment and must assess possible impairment from concomitant injuries.

Structured Finance in Latin America

2007 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hela Cheikhrouhou ◽  
Emanuel Salinas ◽  
Sophie Sirtaine ◽  
Dimitri Vittas ◽  
W. Britt Gwinner ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Latin America ◽  
Structured Finance

Defaults and Losses Given Default of Structured Finance Securities

CFA Digest ◽  
2004 ◽  
Vol 34 (4) ◽  
pp. 29-31
Author(s):  
Bruce D. Phelps
Keyword(s):  
Structured Finance

Legal Aspects of Structured Finance: Prospects & Challenges for Nigeria

2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bidemi Daniel Olumide
Keyword(s):  
Legal Aspects ◽  
Structured Finance

Legal Issues on Financial Innovation and Structured Finance

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vincenzo Bavoso
Keyword(s):  
Financial Innovation ◽  
Legal Issues ◽  
Structured Finance

Quantitative Easing, Structured Finance and Support to the Real Economy Proposals on ABS

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Franco Bassanini ◽  
Gino Del Bufalo ◽  
Rainer Masera ◽  
Marcello Minenna ◽  
Edoardo Reviglio ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quantitative Easing ◽  
Real Economy ◽  
Structured Finance ◽  
The Real
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