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Expert Medicolegal Reports

At Legacy Allied Health, our expert occupational therapists provide a range of medicolegal reports that serve as important documents for legal cases and administrative appeals, including those for the NDIA Administrative Appeals Tribunal. These reports are based on detailed functional assessments generally conducted in the client’s home environment, ensuring an accurate and thorough understanding of the individual’s abilities and needs. We offer multiple levels of reports tailored to various complexities and requirements. Each report is meticulously prepared to support legal proceedings and administrative appeals, providing clear, evidence-based insights into the client's functional abilities and care needs.

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Reports

  • Our Basic Report provides a general overview of a person’s functional capacity, summarising past gratuitous assistance provided and future assistance required. The assessment is conducted either in the home (preferred) or via telehealth. The total estimated time for completing the report, including research, travel, assessment, and writing, is 10 hours. The resulting report is typically 10-20 pages long.

  • Our Intermediate Report includes an overview of a person’s functional capacity, a summary of past gratuitous assistance provided, future assistance required, and recommended assistive technology and home modifications. This assessment is also conducted either in the home (preferred) or via telehealth. The total estimated time for completing this report, including research, travel, assessment, and writing, is 14 hours. The report length ranges from 20-25 pages.

  • Our Comprehensive Report offers an extensive overview of a person’s functional capacity. It includes summaries of past gratuitous assistance provided, future assistance required, claim costs, rehabilitation needs, recommended assistive technology and home modifications, and the lifetime cost of these recommendations. Assessments are conducted either in the home (preferred) or via telehealth. The total estimated time for completing this comprehensive report is 18 hours, covering research, travel, assessment, and writing. The report length is generally 25-30 pages, including an executive summary.

  • Our Administrative Review Tribunal (ART) Report provides a detailed overview of a person’s functional capacity, outlining their current and future support needs, capacity building requirements, and assistive technology and home modification needs. It also addresses specified questions as requested. The assessment for this report is carried out in the home (preferred) or via telehealth. The total estimated time for completing the AAT report is 20 hours, which includes research, travel, assessment, and report writing. The report typically spans 25-40 pages, includes an executive summary and responses to up to 10 targeted questions.

  • Additional targeted questions: 30 minutes per question.

    Inclusion of work capacity in any report type: additional 1 hour.

    Extensive paperwork review: 1 hour per 500 pages.

    Additional Travel by negotiation: charged per hour.

  • Up to 2 hours of travel and 500 pages of paperwork review are included.

    All reports come with a return time of 15-20 business days after assessment date.

    Payment for reports must be paid prior to report delivery, unless otherwise negotiated.

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