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Navigating Medical Benefits Under the Illinois Workers' Compensation Act: Rights, Responsibilities and Remedies

Monday, September 27, 2010

Time: 1:00 pm ET (12:00 pm CT, 11:00 am MT, 10:00 am PT)

Length: 1 hour 30 minutes

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Registration: $199.00

Registration - Teleconference plus CD: $268.00

Sponsored by Lorman Education Services

Medical costs are the fastest growing expense in handling workers' compensation claims. Recent amendments to the Act have dramatically changed the rights and responsibilities in addressing the costs of medical care for the injured worker. Effective management of medical is critical in not only controlling medical expenses but in the successful adjusting of the entire cost.

This teleconference will explain the current rights of the injured worker to medical treatment and the limits of covered care. You will learn how to assemble and evaluate the treatment and effectively challenge those disputed claims.

AGENDA
Current Issues and Problems Current Medical Rights Under the Act
  • Section 8(a) Provisions
  • Types of Care Covered
  • Two Choices Provision: Who Is a Choice?
  • What Is Reasonable and Necessary?
Billing and Disputes
  • Section 8.2 Fee Schedule
  • Section 8.2(d) and (e) Billing and Payment Practice
Access to Records and Reports
  • Section 8(a) Access to Records and Reports
  • HIPAA
  • New Evidentiary Standards
  • Petrillo Doctrine
Medical Disputes in Workers' Compensation Claims
  • Causation
  • Reasonable and Necessary Care
  • Treatment Costs
Tools to Defend Medical Disputes in Workers' Compensation Claims
  • Nonmedical Evidence
  • Treating Records: Current and Prior
  • Utilization Review
  • Section 12 Independent Medical Examination
Question and Answer
WHO SHOULD ATTEND
This teleconference is designed for workers' compensation managers, human resource and benefits professionals, safety and compliance managers, controllers, business owners and managers, insurance professionals and attorneys.
FACULTY
Stephen J. Friedman, Rusin Maciorowski and Friedman, Ltd.

Stephen J. Friedman
  • Practicing in the area of workers’ compensation defense since 1976 and is managing partner of the law firm of Rusin Maciorowski and Friedman, Ltd., in Chicago
  • Recognized by Leading Lawyer Network in workers’ compensation since 2004, by Superlawyers since 2005, holds the highest peer rating by Martindale Hubbell and listed in the Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers
  • Speaker on workers’ compensation issues at the Greater Chicago Area Safety Council, the Illinois Manufacturers Association, Lorman Education Services, The Rock Valley Group and Dixon Chamber of Commerce
  • Graduate, University of Illinois and University of Illinois Law School
  • Can be reached at sfriedman@rusinlaw.com or 312-454-5118
TELECONFERENCE OVERVIEW
* 60-90-minute seminar (Travel-Free) delivered over the phone.
* Unlimited listeners per connection - bring the entire department.
* 10-minute Q&A session with the experts.
* A professionally prepared reference manual.
* Continuing education credits available for most teleconferences
CONTINUING EDUCATION UNITS

Sponsored by Lorman Education Services

  • AIPB
  • CLE (Please check the "Detailed Credit Information" page for states that have already been approved)
  • CPE
  • HR Certification Institute
  • HRPD
  • PACE
  • Click here for the "Detailed Credit Information" page.

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