Methodology and conflict of interest
Short version: every vendor fact comes from the vendor's own website, with the page and capture date shown. No vendor paid to be listed. We publish this guide and sell 1 product in it, so we follow 6 written rules, listed below, to keep that from tilting the table.
Limits: vendor facts come from vendor websites, read 2026-11-08, and were not tested by us. Prices change. How we checked.
Where vendor facts come from
Every fact on the vendor table and the pricing page comes from the vendor's own public website, captured on the date shown next to it. We link the page we used. If a vendor doesn't publish something, such as a price, we write "not published" rather than guess.
We don't use vendor-supplied marketing copy, paid placements or affiliate links. No vendor paid to be listed, and none can pay to move up.
| Source | Used for | Captured |
|---|---|---|
| Each vendor's own website | Jobs covered, AI use, BAA, published price, trial | 2026-11-08, linked per row |
| Google results for 5 buyer searches | Which vendors to check, and the search results table | 2026-11-08 |
| ChatGPT and Claude answers to 8 buyer questions | The AI answers test | 2026-11-08, reruns scheduled |
| State workers' comp rules, where cited | Jurisdiction examples on the buyer's guide | Linked where used |
How we sort vendors
We sort products by which of the 6 jobs they do (scheduling, intake, record review, dictation, drafting, QA and delivery), based on what the vendor's site says the product does. We don't rank vendors against each other with a single score, because products that do different jobs can't be scored on 1 scale.
How the AI answers test runs
We send the same 8 buyer questions to ChatGPT and to Claude with web search on, with no prior conversation, through DataForSEO's AI answer endpoints. We save the full answers, every cited URL and every product named. The first run was 2026-11-08. Reruns are scheduled for 2026-11-22, 2026-12-03 and 2026-12-27, and every run gets published, including runs where our own product does worse.
Our conflict of interest, and the rules we follow
Medrecords AI publishes this site and sells Medrecords AI, an AI record review and report drafting tool listed on the vendor table. That is a conflict. These are the rules we hold ourselves to:
- A disclosure appears at the top and bottom of every page.
- Our product is labeled as ours wherever it appears.
- Our product gets the same table columns as every other vendor, including the jobs it doesn't cover.
- We link to medrecords.ai from 1 page only: the page about our product.
- We don't make claims about competitors that their own websites don't support.
- Vendors can correct their own entries. Email [email protected]; confirmed fixes go live within 2 business days.
How often pages change: at least every 45 days
We recheck the vendor table and prices at least every 45 days. The "Updated" date on each page is the last time its facts were checked, not the last time a comma moved.
Questions about how this guide is made
Did any vendor pay to be listed?
No vendor paid to be listed on Best IME Report Software. The site has no paid placements or affiliate links, and no vendor can pay to move up.
Why isn't there an overall ranking?
Products that do different jobs can't share 1 score. A scheduling platform and a record review tool solve different problems, so we sort by job on the vendor table instead.
How do you stop your own product from getting an edge?
Medrecords AI gets the same columns as the other 23 products, including the jobs it doesn't cover, and is labeled as ours everywhere. Only 1 page links to medrecords.ai; the 6 rules are listed above.
How often is the data checked?
At least every 45 days, on every page listed in the site map. The "Updated" date on each page is the last time its facts were checked.
Can a vendor correct its entry?
Yes. A vendor can email [email protected] with the page and the correction, and confirmed fixes go live within 2 business days.