QME software vendors by workflow step
Short version: 19 rows: 2 QME practice platforms, 2 management services, 1 billing tool, 1 report platform, 6 record review tools, 4 record-plus-draft tools, 1 transcription service, our product and the free DWC forms. Each row links the vendor page we read on 2026-11-12. Only QME Companion and SimpleExam say they fill DWC QME forms.
Limits: We read each vendor's own pages and the DWC regulations on 2026-11-12 and did not test any product with real records. Prices change, and nothing here is legal or billing advice.
Which vendor covers which QME step
A filled square means the vendor's own pages say it does the step. A half square means it is sold as a separate paid service or add-on, or covers part of the step. Blank means the pages we read don't mention it.
The full QME vendor table
Prices as published on 2026-11-12. "Not stated" means the pages linked in the row don't say. Security statements are the vendor's words, not our audit.
| Product | Kind | Published price | Trial | Security stated | Source, date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SimpleExam | QME practice platform plus services | Full Service "as low as 20%" of collections; Self-Managed pay per service; no dollar figures | Not stated | Not stated on the 2 pages read | pricing, features, 2026-11-12 |
| QME Companion | QME practice software | $100 a month with 5 billable services, then $20 each; $1,200 a year with 80, then $15 each; mailing extra | 30 days, payment method required | Optional MFA; PHI notice at sign-in; no BAA statement found | qmecompanion.com, 2026-11-12 |
| MDpanel | Management company (formerly California Medical Evaluators) | Not published | No | Not stated | mdpanel.com, 2026-11-12 |
| United Medical Evaluators | Management service | Not published | No | Not stated | unitedmedicalevaluators.com, 2026-11-12 |
| daisyBill | Workers' comp billing software | Not published (its /pricing address returned a not-found page) | Not stated | Not checked | kb.daisybill.com, 2026-11-12 |
| Report Depo | Medical-legal report platform | Not published | Not stated | Not stated | reportwriter.org, 2026-11-12 |
| InjuryMgmt | Record review plus optional EMR | $99 a month (1,500 pages); $249 (5,000); extra pages 5 cents; EMR $50 a month per provider | 200 pages | HIPAA-compliant Google Cloud; BAA available | injurymgmt.com, 2026-11-12 |
| InPractice | Record review | $150 per 1,000 pages; $600 per 5,000; $2,000 per 20,000; $7,000 per 100,000; credits never expire | 500 pages, no card | Not stated on the pricing page | inpractice.ai, 2026-11-12 |
| MediScan | Record review | $169 a month (1,200 pages, then 10 cents); $445 (3,500, then 7 cents); $665 (10,000, then 5 cents) | 15 days | SOC 2 audits; BAAs for organizations | mediscan.ai, 2026-11-12 |
| OctopusLM | Record review | 10 cents a page; 5 cents with a $300 top-up; 4 cents with a $4,000 top-up | 1,000 pages | Not stated on the pricing page | octopuslm.co, 2026-11-12 |
| Doqtor | Record review | 10 cents per page processed; no monthly fee; dictation add-on priced monthly, amount not shown | First case free | HIPAA compliant; BAAs where required | doqtor.io, 2026-11-12 |
| QME Copilot | Desktop record review draft (Mac) | $199 a seat a month for the first 25 seats; $299 standard; unlimited cases | 14 days; card charged on day 15 | Records stay on the Mac; only license checks go online | qmecopilot.com, 2026-11-12 |
| Docura | Records plus report templates | Not published | No; demo booking | "HIPAA compliant" | docurahealth.com, 2026-11-12 |
| Long Health (EvalPath) | Records, scribe, ratings, draft | Not published | Not stated | Encrypted storage stated | longhealth.io, 2026-11-12 |
| IME Coach | Records plus report draft | $99 a month credit, then 17 cents a page; $229 (3 reports); $749 (8); $2,970 (30); extra report $99 | First report free | HIPAA safeguards; BAA with AWS; US storage; 2-factor sign-in | imecoach.com, 2026-11-12 |
| easyIME | Records, dictation, ratings, draft | Not published | Not stated | "HIPAA Compliant" | imewriter.com, 2026-11-12 |
| ZyDoc | Transcription, AI plus human editors | About $350 a month (about 100 documents); about $1,800 for clinics | 7 days | US based, HIPAA compliant | zydoc.com, 2026-11-12 |
| Medrecords AI (ours) | Record review plus draft from your notes | 10 cents per deduplicated page; 8 cents at 100,000 credits; 5 cents at 500,000; report $10 | 7 days, 1 case, up to 1,000 pages, after a demo | SOC 2, HIPAA, BAA at signup; records never train a model | our page, 2026-11-12 |
| DWC forms and EAMS | State resources | Free | n/a | n/a | DWC forms, EAMS, 2026-11-12 |
Limits and catches, vendor by vendor
Practice platforms and services
- SimpleExam: no dollar figures. Full Service takes a share of collections ("as low as 20%"), so it costs more as your fees rise. Record summaries and transcription are SimpleServices, sold per use.
- QME Companion: a "billable service" is an initial evaluation, re-evaluation, supplemental report, missed appointment or late cancellation, so supplementals use up your allowance. No record review.
- MDpanel and United Medical Evaluators: services, not software you run. You trade control and data portability for staff time; ask who owns the case data if you leave.
- daisyBill: a general workers' comp billing tool; no published price; we didn't confirm ML code presets beyond its fee calculator article.
- Report Depo: the doctor tools page read like draft marketing copy and showed an error banner on 2026-11-12.
Record review tools
- InjuryMgmt: 3,000 pages and 100 MB per case.
- InPractice: 15 cents a page in the smallest pack; 7 cents only at 100,000 pages.
- MediScan: monthly plans with page caps; quiet months cost the same.
- OctopusLM: bills duplicate pages, by its own FAQ.
- Doqtor: serves attorneys as well as physicians, and says reports are ready in under 10 minutes for most cases; check the output on your own thick file.
- QME Copilot: Mac only, beta, 1 seat per Mac, 200 to 2,000 page sets; drafts only the records section.
Records plus drafting
- Docura: no price and no trial.
- Long Health (EvalPath): its "Draft the Medical-Legal Report" step showed placeholder text on 2026-11-12.
- IME Coach: report credits cover 750 to 1,500 pages each by plan, so a 1,400-page QME file uses 2 credits on Starter.
- easyIME: says it generates causation opinion text from your instructions. In a QME report, every opinion has to be yours.
- Medrecords AI (ours): no practice side: no scheduling, forms, service, billing or dictation.
Products we checked and left out
- Amber, MerusCase, A1-Law, Smokeball, Neos: applicant attorney tools for building the packet a party serves on a QME, not for the QME.
- CloudMedic: ranks for the exact phrase but sells durable medical equipment billing for workers' comp.
- Gitnux, revenuebase and facmedicine lists: rank for the exact phrase but cover hospital quality, imaging and DME software.
- "Qme" on the App Store: a queuing app with a matching name.
- QMex: a manufacturing quality system.
- QME report writer job ads: offshore staffing for report drafting, not software.
How we built this table
We started from the Google top 10 for 5 QME searches on 2026-11-12, added every product those pages named, then read each vendor's own pricing and product pages that day through a web extraction service, falling back to a direct download where it failed. Details and our conflict of interest: methodology. Costs per report from these prices: pricing.
Questions about QME vendors
Which QME software vendors publish prices?
QME Companion, InjuryMgmt, InPractice, MediScan, OctopusLM, Doqtor, QME Copilot, IME Coach and ZyDoc publish dollar prices, as does Medrecords AI (ours). SimpleExam publishes a percentage for its full service only.
Is SimpleExam software or a service?
SimpleExam is both: Self-Managed is software you run, paid per service, and Full Service has its staff run scheduling, records, billing and collections for as little as 20% of collections.