FMG Evaluations and Medical Care Services

FMG provides timely, high quality, respected QMEs and AMEs and are well versed in both describing disability and AMA Guides Impairment Ratings.

FMG provide sElectrodiagnostic testing (EMG and NCV) to verify muscle and nerve abnormalities including radiculopathy, muscle disease, neuropathy and nerve entrapment syndromes.

FMG provides effective, individualized, functional restoration treatment approaches, utilizing evidence based medicine per the Medical Treatment Utilization Schedule (MTUS) and the ACOEM Guidelines.

Functional Restoration Treatment Approach

Delayed recovery from a work injury that results in a chronic pain syndrome is a common and costly problem that can be prevented when goal-oriented functional restoration is undertaken by knowledgeable, experienced, and committed medical rehabilitation pain specialists.

Functional restoration of the injured worker is based upon individual needs and determination of the most cost-effective method to provide medical care, reach maximum medical improvement status, and return to gainful employment. The process starts with a problem solving consultation and assessment followed by a carefully directed treatment approach.

FMG physicians utilize a spectrum of state of the art physician, institutional and clinical services to achieve the best evaluation and treatment outcomes that may include hospital and/or outpatient medical care, medication detoxification/optimization, carefully selected interventional measures, extensive education, counseling, and safe physical reconditioning consisting of both exercise and functional activities.

The FMG Difference

·        Timely, comprehensive QME and AME Medical Reports that clearly define injury, disability and AMA Guides Impairment Ratings.

·        Clearly-communicated, initial comprehensive problem solving assessment of the injured worker’s problems and potential for reaching achievable short and long term functional goals.

·       FMG physicians will assume the role of treating physician or consult/support and assist the community-based treater in identifying and utilizing local resources for the best outcomes.

·        A host of individual and programmatic early intervention and functional restoration programs including medication optimization and drug detoxification.

·        Understandable, useful medical reports on a regular basis, detailing patient progress and outlining obstacles.

·        Focus on outcomes through patient achievement of maximum functional improvement, independent self-management, and a commitment to drug detoxification and optimization.

·        Effective use of the California MTUS (Medical Treatment Utilization Schedule) and the ACOEM Guidelines.

·        Rapid and effective communication with the injured worker and all parties responsible for the claim and case management processes.

·        Collaboration with the finest clinical institutions/staffs in including Stanford University Medical Center, the Bay Area Pain & Wellness Center (BAWPC) in Los Gatos, and others.

·       Respectful and caring treatment of injured workers with long-term commitment and follow-up to prevent recidivism/back-sliding.

The FMG Professional Staff 

Dr. Steven Feinberg is Board Certified in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and Pain Medicine. He is a past president (1996) of the American Academy of Pain Medicine. He serves on the Board of Directors of the American Chronic Pain Association. Dr. Feinberg is a Stanford University School of Medicine Adjunct Clinical Professor, and in 2006 he received the Stanford Pain Management Center Award for Teaching Excellence. Dr. Feinberg is an Associate Editor to the 2008 ACOEM Chronic Pain Chapter Update and a Medical Advisor to the Official Disability Guidelines (ODG).

Dr. Matthew Kale Wedemeyer is Board Certified by the American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, and is Board Certified in Pain Management. He is a graduate of the Stanford PMR Residency and the Stanford Pain Fellowship. He is a part-time Stanford Pain Service faculty member as a Clinical Instructor. In 2008 Dr. Wedemeyer received the Stanford Pain Management Center Award for Teaching Excellence.

Dr. Nicole Chitnis is Board certified by the American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. She was on the faculty at University of Washington for 3 years during which focus of her career was on Pain Management, Sports Medicine, EMG and research in Neurological Diseases. Dr. Chitnis has now been practicing medicine in the Bay Area for the last six years and is well-recognized as a Medical Legal Evaluator.

Dr. Heather King is a licensed psychologist and earned a Ph.D in Clinical Psychology from the California School of Professional Psychology in San Francisco in 2008. She completed her Post-Doctoral Fellowship at the Chronic Pain Management Department at Kaiser Permanente in San Francisco. Heather’s clinical training has largely been focused on the complex interaction of biological, psychological, and social factors that impact patients with chronic pain.

Dr. Rachel Feinberg has her Doctorate in Physical Therapy from the University of Southern California (USC).  Her professional experience includes Staff Physical Therapist for Stanford HealthSouth, Lead Physical Therapist for the WORCenter in San Jose and Assistant Director of FRP/Director of Physical Therapy at the Bay Area Pain & Wellness Center. She is a member of the American Physical Therapy Association.

Making a Referral

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You can also call us at 650-223-6400 or or E-mail FMG@FeinbergMedicalGroup.com.