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COURSE TITLE
Workers’ Compensation: Overview/Update
for Occupational Health and Safety Professionals
August 7-8, 2008 (Thursday-Friday)
COURSE DESCRIPTION
This two-day course will provide an overview of
the California Workers’ Compensation system and an update on
new or evolving developments in 2008. Topics include an overview of
the California workers’ compensation system, workers’ comp
reform and the QME function at the state level, utilization review,
quality of outcomes and scientific evidence, evidence-based practice,
complications in the medical management and treatment of injured workers,
challenges in medical report writing, primary prevention in the workplace
to prevent injuries, claims, and lost time, interaction and overlap
of FMLA, ADA, and workers’ comp, chronic pain in workers’ comp,
and panel case study discussion.
COURSE DIRECTOR
Kathleen Mullen, PhD, MS, RN, Legal Nurse Consultant, Jones, Clifford, Johnson & Johnson, LLP, San Francisco, CA
SPEAKERS AND TOPICS
DAY 1
Overview of the California Workers’ Compensation System & New State Reforms and Legislation
Susan Gard, Chief, Policy and Legislation, Division of Workers’ Compensation, Oakland, CA
Workers’ Comp Reform and QME Function at the State Level
Susanne Honor-Vangerov, Workers’ Compensation Manager, Division of Workers’ Compensation Medical Unit, Oakland, CA
Changes in Utilization Review at DWC
Anne Searcy, MD, Medical Director, California Division of Workers’ Compensation, Oakland, CA
Changes in Medical Report Writing and Case Law Update for Workers’ Comp
Alexander Wong, Esq., Partner, Jones, Clifford, Johnson & Johnson, LLP, San Francisco, CA
Quality of Outcomes and Scientific Evidence
Linda Morse, MD, MPH, Assistant Chief of Occupational Medicine, Kaiser Permanente, San Francisco, CA
The Gospel According to ACOEM: A Clinician’s Approach
Linda Morse, MD, MPH, Assistant Chief of Occupational Medicine, Kaiser Permanente, San Francisco, CA
Complications in the Medical Management and Treatment of Injured Workers
Linda Morse, MD, MPH, Assistant Chief of Occupational Medicine, Kaiser Permanente, San Francisco, CA
DAY 2
Environmental Health and Workers’ Compensation
The Interaction & Overlap of FMLA, ADA, and Workers’ Compensation
Michael Moye, Esq., Hanson Bridge, LLP, San Francisco, CA
Chronic Pain in Workers’ Compensation: Medical Management, Modified Work, Permanent Disability, and Future Medical Care
Darien Behravan, DO, Bay Area Pain and Spine, San Leandro, CA
Workers’ Comp Collaboration: Panel Discussion of All New Case Studies with Small Group Exercise Discussion/Feedback from the Perspectives of the Treating Provider, Applicant Attorney, and Division of Workers’ Compensation
Katy Evelyn, RN, MS, Nurse Consultant, State Compensation Insurance Fund, San Francisco, CA
Stephen Gest, MD, Medical Director, Emeryville Occupational Medical Center (EOMC)
Glenn Shor, PhD, Research Specialist, Division of Workers’ Compensation, California Department of Industrial Relations
COURSE OBJECTIVES
At the end of this course, attendees will be able to:
- Review the basics of the California Workers’ Compensation system and describe recent reforms and changes in California law
- Discuss the use of the ACOEM guidelines and other evidence-based medicine (EBM) in the treatment of injured workers
- Discuss changes at the Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) and the Medical Unit
regarding the QME function
- Discuss the challenges of medical report writing under the new AMA Guides method, from initial evaluation through the determination of maximal medical improvement
- Discuss environmental health issues in workers’ compensation cases
- Identify significant issues that may complicate the management of a work injury claim and interventions to prevent or decrease chances of an adverse outcome
- Discuss the interaction and overlap of ADA, FMLA, State Disability, and Workers’ Compensation
- Review EBM treatment guidelines for chronic pain in workers’ compensation and discuss medical management, modified work, permanent disability, and future medical care
- Develop a three dimensional view of work injury cases from the perspective of the treating provider, applicant attorney, and DWC.
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AUDIENCE
Nurses, physicians, industrial hygienists, physical
therapists, personnel and health & safety managers, Qualified Medical
Evaluators, insurers, and other health and safety professionals.
CREDIT
 12.25
AMA PRA Category 1 credits™
12 QME credit hours
14.7 BRN contact hours
2.0 ABIH Safety CM points, Approval #08-1829
1.0 BCSP COC point
Course Schedule
| Date |
Time |
Location |
Price |
Aug. 7-8, 2008 |
2 days:
Thursday: 8:20 am - 4:15 pm
Friday: 8:15 am - 4:15 pm
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2008 Summer Institute
(See directions) |
$475
($575 after July 4, 2008) |
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