Advanced Workers' Compensation

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Detailed Overview/Outline

Benefits of Attending

Unravel the Issues. Protect Your Clients.

Employment injuries can be devastating for employees and employers alike. Do you know your rights? Can you differentiate between work-related, compensable injuries and noncompensable injuries? Don't get caught unprepared. You need current, definitive information on all aspects of workers' compensation law and procedure.

"Advanced Workers' Compensation" will take a detailed look at selected issues in workers' compensation law such as permanent total and partial disability. Explore the implications of apportionment and receive an in-depth look at medical issues and their role in the complex workers' compensation claim. Get valuable information about litigation techniques you can use in a difficult case. Come away with clear answers to your most challenging workers' compensation questions.

Maximize your knowledge of some of the trickier issues surrounding workers' compensation:

• Get a detailed definition and criteria for permanent total and partial disability
• Find out about managed health care provisions and how they can help your client
• Discuss workers' compensation fraud and learn what you can do to prevent it
• Explore the implications of apportionment for pre-existing or unrelated post-accident disabilities
• Learn how to handle occupational stress claims and claims for psychiatric injuries
• Get the latest on repetitive motion and related injuries
• Receive an in-depth look into vocational rehabilitation and the role of physical therapy
• Find out what your ethical obligations are and how to make them a non-issue in your practice
• Get insider's tips for presenting evidence in a workers’ compensation case

Agenda

SELECTED ISSUES IN WORKERS' COMPENSATION LAW

9:00 - 10:30

• Permanent Total Disability
• Permanent Partial Disability
• Managed Health Care Provisions
• Self-Insurance Update
• Computation of Benefits
• Workers' Compensation Fraud
• Settlement
• Reopenings
• Average Weekly Wage Considerations

CAUSAL RELATIONSHIP, APPORTIONMENT AND THE FUND

10:45 - 12:00

• Understanding the Fund Liability Requirements and Available Defenses
• Using the Fund to Your Client's Advantage
• Causal Relationship Considerations
• Apportionment of Pre-Existing or Unrelated Post-Accident Disabilities
• Considerations Regarding the Fund Involvement

MEDICAL ISSUES AND THEIR ROLE IN THE COMPLEX WORKERS' COMPENSATION CLAIM

1:00 - 2:45

• Psychiatric Injuries
• Occupational Stress Claims
• Establishing Stress Claims
• Proving Compensability
• Benefits Available for Stress Claims
• Injury Fund Claims
• Work-Related Aggravations of Pre-Existing Conditions
• Repetitive Motion and Related Injuries
• Vocational Rehabilitation
• Impact of Injury Upon the Worker and “Suitable Gainful Employment”
• Effective Tools for Dealing With Injured Workers
• Cost-Effective Rehabilitation
• The Role of Physical Therapy

ETHICAL OBLIGATIONS

3:00 - 3:30

• Rules of Professional Conduct
• Contacts With Parties, Doctors and Rehabilitation Personnel
• Attorneys' Fees
• Lawyer Liability

LITIGATION TECHNIQUES FOR THE DIFFICULT WORKERS' COMPENSATION CASE

3:30 - 4:30

• Preparation of the Injured Employee's Case
• Preparation of the Employer's Case
• Presenting Evidence in the Workers' Compensation Case
• Settlement Strategies
• ADA and the Injured Worker
• Family and Medical Leave Act

Who Should Attend
This advanced level program goes beyond the basics of workers' compensation and will be of value to attorneys, vocational rehabilitation specialists, insurance claims/risk managers, human resources professionals and workers' compensation administrators who want to optimize their knowledge of the issues.

Times

Registration: 8:30-9:00 a.m.

Start: 9:00 a.m.

Stop: 4:30 p.m.

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About NBI

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