Red Bank, N.J.-based PAX Health acquired Ho-Ho-Kus, N.J.-based Makraf IME, a statewide psychology and neuropsychology independent medical examination (IME) provider group operating across 17 counties.
Makraf IME provides independent medical examination opinions on causality, need for treatment, maximum medical improvement, permanency and fitness for duty. The practice also provides psychology and neuropsychology IMEs, disability evaluations, permanency evaluations and fitness-for-duty evaluations, according to a July 17 news release from PAX Health.
The deal added Makraf IME’s referral infrastructure and examiner network to PAX Health’s medical-legal services platform in New Jersey.
Makraf IME co-founder Richard Filippone, PhD, said the acquisition will strengthen the practice’s ability to provide psychological opinions for state agencies, employers, insurance companies and attorneys, according to the release.
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