Nowadays, cockroaches of the sea has come to represent a variety of creatures from the ocean. Cockroaches and lobsters belong to the same phylum: Arthropoda. Arthropods are invertebrates with exoskeletons, segmented bodies and jointed appendages.
An independent medical examination (IME) is a medical evaluation that is used to resolve questions about your medical condition, including what treatment is necessary and the degree of your permanent impairment, if any.
Teaching hospitals receive a payment from Medicare for Indirect Medical Education (IME) and Graduate Medical Education (GME) expenses. This payment helps to defray the added costs of maintaining teaching programs. For traditional Medicare patients, the IME payment is automatically paid by Medicare when a claim is processed. For most Medicare Advantage claims, however, a separate request to Medicare must be made to receive the IME payment.