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2014 CWCDAA Annual Winter Conference
JW Marriott Desert Springs Resort & Spa
Palm Desert, CA
December 4-7, 2014
Agenda
Thursday, December 4, 2014
CWCDAA Board Meeting
Noon - 3:00 PM
Location: Director's Suite I
The Board Meeting is by invitation only.
Registration
3:00 - 5:00 PM
Location: Spring Foyer
Internal Medicine Injuries Arising As Compensable
Consequences of On-the Job Injuries
3:30 - 5:00 PM, 1.5 hours of MCLE credit Location: General Session Room Session Handouts
Christopher Dehner, Esq., Dr. Robert Noriega, and Justin Williams, Esq. will explore various internal medicine injuries that come about as compensable consequences of on the job injuries with an emphasis on injuries caused by chronic medication use and pain. Internal Medicine Issues to be discussed will include various hot button topics such as hypertension, sleep apnea, gastrointestinal and urinary complaints and deep venous thrombosis. The panel will discuss the medicine behind these claims, causation issues, as well as permanent disability and apportionment.
Friday, December 5, 2014
Registration
7:00 AM
Location: Spring Foyer
Continental Breakfast
7:00 - 8:00 AM Location: Exhibit Hall
President's Welcome
Featured Members
Joe Smith Executive Director M. Huang A. Zargarian8:00 - 8:15 AM
Location: General Session Room
Please join 2014 President, Justin Williams, for opening remarks.
The Significance of SB 863 for California Workers and Employers
8:15 - 9:30 AM, 1.25 hours of MCLE credit Location: General Session Room
Session Handouts
Please join Department of Industrial Relations Director, Christine Baker, as she discusses the goals of the reform and the outcomes.
Networking Break
9:30 - 10:00 AM Location: Exhibit Hall
Case Law & Legislative Update
10:00 - 11:45 AM, 1.75 hours of MCLE credit Location: General Session Room
Session Handouts
What’s been happening with case law since May? Our panelists, WCJ Anne Horelly, Yvonne Lang, Esq. and Christel Schoenfelder, Esq. are going to enlighten you on cases from Dubon III and the current state of UR through Treatment disputes including how to handle those sometimes nasty home health issues. Expect a lively discussion of procedural issues including “how to” practice before the WCAB through how to get medical legal reporting and when your client should pick up those retroactive permanent partial disability benefits. If you miss this - you better be dead or in Jail!!!!
Lunch
11:45 AM - 1:00 PM
UPDATED SESSION
The Side Effects of Medication and Gastrointestinal Impairment
in Workers’ Compensation
1:00 - 2:00 PM, 1 hour of MCLE credit Location: General Session Room Session Handouts
Presented by Dr. Lazaro Alonso, MD
Good Faith Terminations and Related Headaches
2:00 - 3:00 PM, 1 hour of MCLE credit Location: General Session Room Session Handouts
Session PowerPoint - UPDATED
compensation can spiral out of control faster than a termination. Suddenly the attorney is flung into the land of 132a and temporary disability litigation amongst other issues. A workers’ compensation attorney needs to understand how to litigate a good-faith termination claim. The attorney must know how good-faith terminations interplay with workers’ compensation benefits. Applicant’s attorney, Eric Ledger, will explain step by step how to prosecute and defend against a claim of good faith termination for cause. Using recent case examples, he will cover how terminations interplay with workers’ compensation benefits with a special focus on temporary partial disability issues following a good faith termination.
Networking Break
3:00 - 3:30 PM Location: Exhibit Hall
Identifying and Protecting Your Clients’ Third Party Case
3:30 - 5:00 PM, 1.5 hours of MCLE credit Location: General Session Room Session Handouts
Seession PowerPoint - UPDATED
Plaintiffs’ attorneys, D. Bryan Garcia and Patrick McNicholas will discuss how a thorough investigation of a work accident can sometimes lead to the identity of a potentially liable third party. For example, when an employee is injured on a
construction site, on another’s premises, in a fight, in an automobile accident, or as a result of a defective product or piece of machinery, someone other than the
employer may be legally responsible for the employee’s injuries. If a third party case exists, an employer can benefit from seeking the assistance of a Plaintiffs’ attorney as such a scenario will allow the employer to potentially recoup some of the monies it paid to the claimant, with no additional risk being born by the employer. The employees themselves will also benefit as they will be able seek compensation which is not available in the workers’ compensation arena. The speakers will discuss how early discussions with Plaintiffs’ attorneys are imperative for preserving evidence for a civil case, and how collaboration between the employer and Plaintiffs’ attorney can result in a beneficial result for all involved.
Saturday, December 6, 2014
Free Morning
Effects of SB 863 on Rating Impairment
1:00 - 2:00 PM, 1 hour MCLE credit Location: General Session Room Session Handouts
Presented by Annalisa Becker, DIR/DWC/Disability Evaluation Unit, Area Supervisor, Northern California. SB 863 made some significant changes to rating permanent impairment in California. Learn the effects of SB 863 on ratings and what to look for when reviewing medical reports. Focus is on sleep dysfunction, sexual dysfunction and psychiatric impairment.
Networking Break
2:00 - 2:30 PM Location: Exhibit Hall
Alternative Dispute Resolution: Efficient case resolution in the carve out and statutory environment
2:30 - 3:30 PM, 1 hour MCLE credit Location: General Session Room Session Handouts
Presented by the Honorable Steven Siemers, Retired Workers' Compensation Judge and current Mediator, Arbitrator & ADR Consultant and Maria B. Mariotto, Mariotto Resolutions. This session will cover the use of alternative dispute resolution methods to efficiently resolve disputes and resolve claims in both carve out programs and in the statutory adjudication system and the financial impact that early resolution generates for your clients.
Psychiatric & Neuropsychological Claims Post SB863
3:30 - 5:00 PM, 1.5 hours MCLE credit Location: General Session Room Session Handouts
Presented by Brian Jacks, M.D., Psychiatry and Grant Hutchinson, Ph.D., Psychology/Neuropsychology. Description TBD 1.5 hours of MCLE credit.
Sunday, December 7, 2014
Continental Breakfast
8:00 - 9:00 AM Location: Exhibit Hall
The moral, ethical, and economic imperative for the elimination
of bias in the legal profession
9:00 - 11:00 AM, 2 hours MCLE credit (1 hour Ethics, 1 hour EOB) Location: General Session Room
Session Handouts
Presented by the Camille Townsend. We will discuss Rule 2-400 Prohibited Discriminatory Conduct in a Law Practice in depth and the Business and Professions Code and steps to take to make sure your practice is not only ethical but successful. We will discover together the nature of implicit bias, learn concrete steps to take to address implicit bias, and develop a strategic practice plan to foster inclusion and diversity in the legal profession.
Networking Break
Workers Comp and DFEH Issues
11:15 AM - 12:15 PM, 1 hour MCLE credit Location: General Session Room Session Handouts
Presented by the Hon. Linda Atcherley, William Oppenheimer and Teresa Dietz.
Raffle Drawing and Announcements
12:15 - 12:20 PM
Location: General Session Room
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