Standardized and validated advanced level of testing to determine safe job match for return to work, to assess the level of reasonable accommodations necessary to reinstate an injured worker, and to assign the level of disability for permanent and partial impairment ratings. This testing is used for an injured worker who has achieved maximum medical improvement.
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Functional Costing
A process used within an expenses analysis to split the expenses of each line department between the different classes of business covered by that department. The process usually relies upon fixing relative unit costs for each of the processes carried out by the department.
Functional costs
Operating costs such as claims administration expenses (CAE) and general office expenses (GOE) that are categorized by function.
functional independence measure (FIM)
Scoring system that measures the degree of functional self-sufficiency in patients going through the rehabilitation process.
Functional limitation
Individual’s inability to perform specific movements due to some type of physical impairment.
Functional overlay
Emotional aspect of an organic disease. It is characterized by symptoms that continue long after clinical signs of the disease or disability have ended.
functional related group (FRG)
Prospective payment system (PPS) used by rehabilitation hospitals and units. FRG was developed by Margaret Stineman and colleagues at the University of Pennsylvania and SUNY-Buffalo. This system is based on a rehabilitation coding system known as the functional independence measure (FIM) .
Functional replacement cost
The cost to repair or replace damaged property with materials that are functionally the equivalent of the damaged or destroyed property, for example, replacing a solid mahogany banister with a pine banister.
Functional resumé
Data sheet that highlights qualifications and skills.
Functionally disabled
Individual who has a physical or mental impairment that limits his or her capability for independent and self-sufficient living.