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IMECore

British Columbia

Independent medical assessments in Vancouver

IMECore arranges IMEs, FCEs, and file reviews for Vancouver files on the Vancouver Coastal caseload.

In-person assessments in Vancouver are arranged through our examiner network and confirmed when you refer. Video assessments are available across British Columbia.

The problem

A Vancouver referral waits on records scattered across clinics

The adjuster sets a date while family-doctor notes, physiotherapy, and imaging sit in different inboxes. Booking first and assembling later leaves the examiner short of the file that answers the question.

  • Clinic notes arrive with no source date attached.
  • 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

  • ICBC

    Auto injury files. Enhanced Care covers most crashes from May 1, 2021 onward; Part 7 benefits and tort claims still apply to earlier crashes and the litigation-eligible exceptions.

  • WorkSafeBC

    Workplace injury files with return-to-work dates and fee-schedule billing.

  • WCAT

    Appeal files where the written reasons name the exact finding to answer.

  • Disability carriers

    Own-occupation and any-occupation disability files.

  • Plaintiff and defence counsel

    Joint, defence-side, and plaintiff-side examinations with litigation-ready reports.

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. 1

    Send the referral

    Forward the referral, questions, and due date.

  2. 2

    We confirm the setting

    In-person or video, confirmed on referral.

  3. 3

    Records land on the case

    Notes, imaging, and priors attach with source.

  4. 4

    Review and release

    Release waits until every question is answered.

FAQ

Questions people ask

Do you have an office in Vancouver?

No. IMECore leases no examining rooms in Vancouver. In-person visits are arranged through our examiner network and confirmed when you refer, and video assessments run across British Columbia.

Which assessment types run in Vancouver?

Independent Medical Examination, Functional Capacity Evaluation (FCE, called Functional Abilities Evaluation or FAE in Ontario), Medical File Review (paper review), Insurer Examination (IE), Psychological Assessment, Psychiatric Assessment, Neuropsychological Assessment, and Virtual Assessment, matched to the referral questions.

How do ICBC Enhanced Care, Part 7, and tort files differ here?

Enhanced Care covers most crashes from May 1, 2021 onward and asks what benefits flow; Part 7 and tort still apply to earlier crashes and the litigation-eligible exceptions, where Part 7 asks what benefits flow and tort asks what the collision caused and what it costs. We frame the examiner questions for the track the file is actually on.

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.