Choose a date below to see the panels offered.
Continuing Education Credits awarded when attending the entire convention:
Minimum Continuing Legal Education: 15.75 MCLE (including 1.25 Bias)
Legal Specialization in Workers’ Compensation: 13.5 MCLE
Division of Workers’ Compensation: 4.25 QME
Click on the links below to see an extended description, panelists and continuing education credits for each session.
THURSDAY, JUNE 30, 2016
1:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.
- Referrals to other physicians; RFAs; UR rebuttals
- Physician’s compliance with MPN contracts
- Second opinion within the MPN – L.C. Section, 4616, et seq.
Credit: 1.5 MCLE, 1.5 Legal Specialization
2:50 p.m. – 4:20 p.m.
A how-to program – tips and techniques to save time, be organized and productive in handling:
- Medical Provider Networks
- Utilization Review
- Independent Medical Review
Credit: 1.5 MCLE, 1.5 Legal Specialization
4:45 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.
This panel will focus on the type of bias, harassment, mistreatment and discrimination often experienced by transgender and LGB individuals. The presentation will provide tips and suggestions about how to create an office that is welcoming to all clients regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity or expression, as well as touch on legal issues, including employment discrimination law.
Panel: Moderator Patty Pomper, Esq., Amy Whelan, Esq., Julie WilenskyCredit: 1.25 MCLE (BIAS), 1.25 Legal Specialization
6:15 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.
FRIDAY, JULY 1, 2016
8:30 a.m. – 9:45 a.m.
- How to get replacement panels and additional panels.
- Strategies to get neuropsychological evaluations in light of the loss of this QME specialty (e.g. L.C. Section 5701 – Appointment of regular physician)
Credit: 1.25 MCLE, 1.25 Legal Specialization, 1.0 QME
- Methods and strategies to minimize or eliminate apportionment.
- Kirkwood – L.C. Section 4662 - apportionment to conclusive presumptions.
- How to address apportionment in 100% cases.
Credit: 1.25 MCLE, 1.25 Legal Specialization, 1.0 QME
Panel: Chairperson, Ronnie Caplane, (Moderator) (invited); Commissioner Frank Brass (invited); Commissioner Deidra Lowe (invited); Commissioner Marguerite Sweeney (invited); Commissioner Katherine Zalewski (invited); Commissioner Jose Razo (invited)
Credit: 1.0 MCLE, 1.0 Legal Specialization
- The esteemed panel provides a critical review of the significant cases from the last 6 months
Credit: 2.0 MCLE, 2.0 Legal Specialization
- E-Discovery
- Over-reaching Investigations: e.g. Drones
- Social Media: Can Facebook be hacked?
- What are the legal and ethical limits of Social Media Discovery?
Credit: 1.0 MCLE
SATURDAY, JULY 2, 2016
9:00 a.m. – 10:15 a.m.
- What are reserves?
- How and when are they set?
- How and when can they be changed?
- What can be done to increase reserves?
- Complex reserve and coverage issues: high deductibles/retention
- Conflicts between underlying and excess carrier
- Coldiron: Disclosure of insurance coverage, excess carriers, etc.
Credit: 1.25 MCLE, 1.25 Legal Specialization
- Causation Standard
- Death Benefits
- Conflicts of Interest
- Death without Dependents
- Settlement Strategies
Credit: 1.25 MCLE, 1.25 Legal Specialization, 1.0 QME
SUNDAY, JULY 3, 2016
9:00 a.m. – 10:15 a.m.
- Range of Motion v. DRE Methods
- Diagnostic Studies: X-rays, MRI, Electrodiagnostics
- Almaraz/Guzman issues
- Cortico Spinal Tract Damage
- Station and Gait
Credit: 1.25 MCLE, 1.25 Legal Specialization, 1.25 QME
- The defendant's affirmative mandatory duty to conduct a reasonable and timely investigation.
- Is a defendant’s objection, defense or denial valid without investigation?
- How to enforce the obligations of Regulation 10109 and get paid attorney fees for doing so.
Credit: 1.25 MCLE, 1.25 Legal Specialization
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