We offer baseline, job-specific, custom and medical-legal functional capacity evaluations. These evaluations can be conducted over one day, two days or several days.
Baseline FCE
The most common reasons for requesting a baseline FCE are when a job goal is unknown, and/or when the purpose is to establish disability. A baseline FCE can be used to: determine the client’s current physical abilities and physical limitations; establish if the client can return to work full-time or part-time in any capacity; and to determine if there is need for reasonable accommodation. This type of FCE can be implemented over one or two days.
Job-Specific FCE
This type of FCE is requested to assess the client’s physical abilities in comparison to the physical demands of a specific job or jobs. A Job-Specific FCE can be used to: determine if the client is able to return to his/her pre-injury job; determine what specific job functions they are capable of performing; establish if the client can return to work full-time or part-time work in any capacity; and to determine if there is need for reasonable accommodation. This FCE can be implemented over one or two days.
Medical-Legal FCE
This type of FCE is requested to assess the client’s residual physical tolerances, loss of ability, and potential for rehabilitation in preparation for determining loss of earning capacity and future cost of care. This type of FCE can be implemented over any number of days.
Custom FCE
This type of FCE is requested when specific referral questions cannot be answered within the constraints of a Baseline or Job-Specific Functional Capacities Evaluation. This type of FCE can be implemented over any number of days.
Schedule a no-cost consultation with our Matheson certified functional capacity evaluator to determine what type of FCE would best suit your client or ask any questions you may have.