New York Medical-Legal Transcription
IME-only, WCB-authorized entities. New York has no QME, AME or panel system — IME entities are directly authorized by the Workers' Compensation Board. Impairment runs through New York's own Schedule Loss of Use framework rather than AMA Guides DRE/ROM.
What is New York medical-legal transcription?
New York medical-legal transcription covers IME reports produced by entities authorized by the Workers' Compensation Board. There is no QME, AME or panel system. Impairment runs through New York's Schedule Loss of Use framework and the NY Impairment Guidelines, with findings filed on IME-4 and IME-5 forms.
What makes New York reports different?
Reports are filed through Board forms. IME-4 and IME-5 formatting is structural, not cosmetic: sections have to appear where the form expects them, and distribution requirements mean the same document reaches several parties.
Impairment is expressed as a Schedule Loss of Use percentage under the NY Impairment Guidelines rather than an AMA Guides DRE or ROM figure, so the vocabulary of the impairment discussion differs from California's entirely.
- IME reports for WCB-authorized entities
- IME-4 and IME-5 form formatting
- Schedule Loss of Use (SLU) reports
- Deposition and EBT transcripts
How are SLU percentages handled?
SLU percentages, the body part or member they apply to, and the measurements behind them are typed as dictated and re-checked in QA. A percentage attached to the wrong member changes the award, so laterality and member references are verified against the examination.
What about psychiatric New York reports?
Psychiatric files carry causally related opinions, DSM-5-TR criteria, PTSD claim evaluation language and validity assessment, and run on the psychiatric track.
New York report types we transcribe
- IME reports (WCB-authorized entities)
- IME-4 and IME-5 forms
- Schedule Loss of Use (SLU) reports
- Deposition and EBT transcripts
- Record and peer review reports
- Addendum and supplemental reports
Every format we type is listed on Reports We Type.
New York terminology our glossary covers
- IME report (WCB "I" authorization)
- Schedule Loss of Use (SLU) report
- IME-4 / IME-5 forms
- Deposition / EBT transcript
- NY Impairment Guidelines
- Schedule Loss of Use percentage
- Causal relationship analysis
- Objective vs. subjective findings
- Causally related opinion
- DSM-5-TR diagnostic criteria
- Malingering / validity assessment
- PTSD claim evaluation
How a New York file moves through our workflow
Files arrive through the encrypted upload on this site or your existing secure channel. A transcriptionist trained on the New York system drafts the report against the New York glossary, a separate reviewer checks names, dates, measurements, percentages and medication details, and anything ambiguous on the audio in causation, impairment or validity language is flagged for your review rather than guessed. Delivery follows your template. See the step-by-step workflow.
Turnaround for New York reports
Files submitted at end of day can be returned the next morning — see overnight medical-legal transcription.
Confidentiality and file handling
Dictation is transferred and stored encrypted with an access record for each file, and signed NDAs or a BAA are available before the first file changes hands. Full detail is on our security page.
New York areas we cover
- New York City medical-legal transcription
- Brooklyn & Queens medical-legal transcription
- Buffalo & Rochester medical-legal transcription
- Albany & Westchester medical-legal transcription
We work throughout New York; these pages cover the metros we hear from most.
Read more about New York
Background reading: New York IME Transcription. More explainers live in our Knowledge Hub.
New York transcription questions
What New York evaluators and management companies ask first.
Do you format IME-4 and IME-5 reports?
Yes. Send the form layout your entity files and reports come back in that structure, section for section.
Do you transcribe Schedule Loss of Use reports?
Yes. SLU percentages and the member they apply to are typed as dictated and checked for laterality against the examination.
Can you transcribe EBT and deposition testimony?
Yes. Deposition and EBT transcripts related to medical-legal matters are part of the New York workload.
Which New York areas do you cover?
We publish coverage pages for New York City, Brooklyn and Queens, Buffalo and Rochester, and Albany and Westchester, and work statewide.
Who provides IME transcription services in New York?
We do — IME & QME Transcription types New York IME-4, IME-5 and Schedule Loss of Use reports, with standard delivery in 24 hours and STAT files in 18.
How much does New York IME transcription cost?
We price per office against report volume, turnaround and the form layout your entity files, instead of publishing a rate. Send one dictation and we will quote it.
Can you transcribe New York IME reports overnight?
Yes. New York dictations sent by end of day come back the next morning in your IME-4 or IME-5 structure, section for section.
Do you work with New York IME management companies and law firms?
Yes. We transcribe for WCB-authorized evaluators and for the IME entities, carriers and firms that schedule and file those reports.