Nova Scotia
Independent medical assessments in Halifax
IMECore arranges IMEs and file reviews for Halifax files, including WCB Nova Scotia and Section B referrals.
In-person assessments in Halifax are arranged through our examiner network and confirmed when you refer. Video assessments are available across Nova Scotia.
The problem
A Halifax referral waits on records scattered across the harbour
Downtown referrals set tight dates while the treating record spreads across peninsula clinics, Dartmouth practices, and hospital imaging. The visit gets booked against the full question set with half the answers on hand.
- Hospital imaging arrives without the requisition history.
- A psychiatric question lands with a physical examiner, or the reverse.
What changes
What IMECore does about it
Book against a real date
The report date shows from intake.
The specialty the questions need
Matched to the referral, never assumed.
Payers
Payers this market recognises
WCB Nova Scotia
Workplace injury files with return-to-work dates.
Section B auto
Nova Scotia auto files with medical and rehabilitation benefits.
Disability carriers
Short- and long-term disability files at own- or any-occupation stages.
Claim types
Common files here
- Claim type
Workers' compensation
We coordinate the examination and deliver a report in the board's language: work-relatedness, restrictions, and the rating the claim file needs.
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Auto and accident benefits
We coordinate the examination and deliver the records and a report that answers each question the referral asked.
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Long-term disability
We coordinate the examination and deliver a report that tests job demands, duration, and restrictions, so the file can move.
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File review, no exam
The examiner reviews the records and delivers an opinion that says exactly what the paper supports, and what it does not.
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Assessment types
What you can refer
- Independent Medical Examination (IME)
- Functional Capacity Evaluation (FCE, called Functional Abilities Evaluation or FAE in Ontario)
- Medical File Review (paper review)
- Insurer Examination (IE, Section 44)
- Psychological Assessment
- Psychiatric Assessment
- Neuropsychological Assessment
- Virtual Assessment
How to refer
Four steps, start to finish
- 1
Send the referral
The referral letter, the questions, and the due date open the case.
- 2
Set the setting
In-person or video is confirmed before anything is booked.
- 3
Build the file
Treating records and imaging arrive with source and date attached.
- 4
Answer every question
The report releases when each referral question has an answer.
FAQ
Questions people ask
Do you have an office in Halifax?
No. IMECore leases no examining rooms in Halifax. In-person visits are arranged through our examiner network and confirmed when you refer, and video assessments run across Nova Scotia.
Does the examiner travel outside Halifax?
Travel for an in-person examiner is arranged and quoted per file, so a worker outside the city is never a reason to stall the referral.
Can the whole file run by video?
Many examinations and most file reviews can. The referral confirms whether the questions need an in-person visit, and the booking follows that call.
Refer a case, get back a signed report
Send the referral and the questions. A coordinator confirms the file and what it still needs, then IMECore coordinates the examination and delivers a signed report.