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ACOEM, AMA Guides and Functional
Capacity Assessments
By Syd Shaber, D.P.M.

Age as a Factor in Reemployment, Future Earning Capacity, & Permanent Disability Rating by Robert Hall, Ph.D., CRC, CDMS

AMA Guides: Beyond the Tables:
Charles R. Rondeau, Esq


Apportionment: Science or Science Fiction?
By Marjory Harris, Esq


Armstrong, Julie, Psy.D., R.N.

Atcherley, Linda Esq.

Auerbach, Tami S. D.C.: Chiropractic


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Big Case: A How-To Guide
by Marjory Harris, Esq.


Bowers, Sue, R.N.: The Nurse Case Manager


Brown, Melissa C., Esq.
Butler, James G., Esq: Credit in Third-Party Cases: How to Coordinate the Civil and WC Cases


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Calculating the Cost of Future Medical Treatment by Marjory Harris, Esq.

Carving up PD by Marjory Harris, Esq.


Carving up PD: Part II by Marjory Harris, Esq.


Chapman, Gregg, Esq.: Medicare Mandatory Insurer Reporting: Delayed and Confused

Chapman, Steve

• Structured Settlements and
Mediation

• Structured Settlements: Tips from a Structure Specialist
• Structured Settlements: More Tips from a Structure Specialist
• Structured Settlements: The Whole Truth about the "Doughnut Hole"
• Structured Settlements: Why a Structure Specialist Reviews Subpoenaed Records

Chapman, Steve & Chapman, Gregg
• Medicare Set Aside Myths


• Chapman, Steve & Chapman, Gregg: Prescription Drugs and Rated Ages: New Guidance from CMS for Medicare Set-Asides

Comp Administration, Soup to Nuts by Marjory Harris, Esq.


Computer Corner by
Marjory Harris, Esq.

• A Case Management Adjunct

Analyze Evidence and More-- with CaseMap
• Create Your Own Medical Manager
• Getting on Top of To-Dos
• How to Calculate Settlement Values & Organize Issues & Evidence
• How to Store It, How to Find It
• How to Work Faster, More Efficiently and with Lower Overhead
• Office OneNote: Be More Productive
đ Saving Graces

Cottle, Robert, Ph.D.: Vocational Expert Witness

Craw, Frederick George, Esq.: DIB and SSI Issues for the Workers' Compensation Practitioner

Craw, Frederick George, Esq.: How to Use Subpoenaed Records in Social Security Cases

Credit in Third-Party Cases: How to Coordinate the Civil and
WC Cases by Butler, James G., Esq:



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Declarations, How to Use by Marjory Harris, Esq.

Defense Perspective by
Michael G. McDonald, Esq.

• Delay or Termination of Benefits
• EAMS: Be a Winner not a Whiner
• How Not to Create Penalties
• I'm Mad as Hell

• Industrial Causation to Injury, Disability and EBM
• Negotiation and Settlement in Workers’ Compensation
Seven Proposed Rules of Practice for Workers' Compensation
• Surviving the Business of Law in the Current Economy
• The C&R Dilemma: The Future Medical Buy-Out

DFEC: Determining Diminished Earning Capacity in the California Workers' Compensation Program: The "SEDEC" Method: Robert Hall, Ph.D., CRC, CDMS

DIB and SSI Issues for the Workers' Compensation Practitioner: Frederick George Craw, Esq.

Doctor's Office
• Chiropractic: Tami S. Auerbach, D.C.
• Functional Restoration: Interview with Steven D. Feinberg, M.D. &
Rachel M. Feinberg, PT, DPT

• Pain Management: Dr. Lawrence Weil, M.D.
• Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (PM&R): Janet Lord
• Psychiatry: Alberto G. Lopez, M.D., M.P.H.
• Psychology: Armstrong, Julie, Psy.D., R.N.


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EAMS: Be a Winner not a Whiner By Michael McDonald, Esq.

Excel, Organizing Your Work

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Feinberg, Steven, M.D.
Almaraz-Guzman II WCAB En Banc Decision: Providing a WPI that is the Most Accurate Reflection of the Impairment
Functional Restoration: Interview with Steven D. Feinberg, M.D. &
Rachel M. Feinberg, PT, DPT

• Further Reflections on the Almaraz-Guzman WCAB En Banc Decision


Fricker, Tim, Esq.: How to Get Short or Long Term Disability Benefits

Rabideau, Marc J., PT: The Functional Capacity Evaluation

Functional Restoration: Interview with Steven D. Feinberg, M.D. &
Rachel M. Feinberg, PT, DPT


Future Medical Buy-Out, The C&R Dilemma by Michael McDonald, Esq.

Future Medical Treatment, Calculating the Cost, by Marjory Harris, Esq.

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Gilewski, Michael , Ph.D., Pain & the Brain – New Imaging Methods to Objectify Experience

Glow, The Honorable Mervin N.

Grimes, Michael C. , Esq.: Ogilvie Tips

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Haris, Janice Skiljo, RN: The Life Care Planner

Herreras, William A., Esq.

Robert Hall, Ph.D. CRC, CDMS
• Age as a Factor in Reemployment, Future Earning Capacity, & Permanent Disability Rating
• Determining Diminished Earning Capacity in the California Workers' Compensation Program: The "SEDEC" Method
• Multiple Impairments & DFEC
• The New PDRS and the Determination of DFEC
• The “New” Role for Vocational Rehabilitation in the California Workers’ Compensation System: A Comprehensive Vocational Rehabilitation Evaluation
• Work Impairment and Disability: How Should Vocational Rehabilitation Providers be Utilized

How to Get the Applicant the Best Medical Treatment and Evidence: Roger W. Stucky, Esq.

How to Use Subpoenaed Records in Social Security Cases: Frederick George Craw, Esq.


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Industrial Causation to Injury, Disability and Evidence-Based Medicine
by Michael McDonald, Esq.



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Life Care Planner: Interview with Janice Skiljo Haris, RN

Limping Into 2010:
Another Editor's Rant on Reform


Ling, Allen: The Physical Therapist

Lopez, Alberto G. M.D., M.P.H.:Psychiatry

Lord, Janet, M.D.: Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (PM&R): Janet Lord

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Managing the Big Case: A How-To Guide by Marjory Harris, Esq.

Medicare Mandatory Insurer Reporting: Delayed and Confused
by Gregg Chapman, Esq.


Martin, Tom, Esq.: Proving Permanent Disability Under New Labor Code §4660

Mediation: Is Trial Always Your Best Option? When to Consider Mediation
by Steven Siemers, Ret. WCJ


Medical Manager, Create Your Own
by Marjory Harris, Esq.


Medicare Set Aside Myths by Steve Chapman & Gregg Chapman, Esq.

Michael G. McDonald, Esq.
• Delay or Termination of Benefits
• EAMS: Be a Winner not a Whiner
• How Not to Create Penalties
• I'm Mad as Hell
•Industrial Causation to Injury, Disability and EBM
• Negotiation and Settlement in Workers’ Compensation
Seven Proposed Rules of Practice for Workers' Compensation
• Surviving the Business of Law in the Current Economy

Medical Provider Networks: Journey through the Labyrinth by Marjory Harris, Esq.

The Metamorphosis of California's Workers’ Compensation System by Marjory Harris, Esq.


MSC Mess? Tame it with a low-tech paper organizer by Marjory Harris, Esq.

Multiple Impairments & DFEC, by Robert Hall, Ph.D. CRC, CDMS

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New PDRS and the Determination of DFEC by Robert Hall, Ph.D., CRC, CDMS

Nurse Case Manager: Sue Bowers, RN, BSN, CCM
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Office OneNote: Be More Productive by Marjory Harris, Esq.

Ogilvie Tips
by Michael C. Grimes, Esq.


Ogilvie Trial Brief: Warren Schneider, Esq.


Ogilvie and the Vocational Expert by Bob Rehm


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Gilewski, Michael , Ph.D., Pain & the Brain – New Imaging Methods to Objectify Experience

Pain Management: Dr. Lawrence Weil, M.D.

Pain, PD Under SB 899: Part I by Marjory Harris, Esq.

Pain, PD Under SB 899: Part II by Marjory Harris, Esq.

Parente, John, Esq.: A Defense Attorney’s Take On The New Law

PD (Permanent Disability)
• PD, Carving Up by Marjory Harris, Esq.
• PD, Carving up: Part II by Marjory Harris, Esq.
• PD Pain Under SB 899: Part I by Marjory Harris, Esq.
• PD Pain Under SB 899: Part II by Marjory Harris, Esq.

Peek, Lon E. II, Esq.: How to Survive the “Reforms”

Penalties, How Not to Create by Michael G. McDonald, Esq.

People Who Made a Difference
• The Honorable Mervin N. Glow
• Jettie Pierce Selvig, Esq.
• Barry J. Williams, Esq.
• Melissa C. Brown, Esq.
• William A. Herreras, Esq.
• Peggy Sugarman
• Linda Atcherley, Esq.

Permanent Disability, Proving Under New Labor Code §4660 By Tom Martin, Esq.

Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation:
Janet Lord, M.D.


Physical Therapist: Allen L. Ling, MPT, OCS

Prescription Drugs and Rated Ages: New Guidance from CMS for Medicare Set-Asides by Chapman, Steve & Chapman, Gregg

Present Value of Total Permanent  Disability by Warren Schneider, Esq.

Psych: Five Facts About Psych Injuries Every Workers' Compensation Attorney Should Know

Psychiatric Records, How to Obtain

Psychiatry: Alberto G. Lopez, M.D., M.P.H.

PTP - How to get paid for Comprehensive Med-Legal Evaluation by Samuel R. Swift, Esq.

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QME Flowchart - Represented Workers, by Warren Schneider

QME Process: Forensic Reform or Doctor Roulette? By Marjory Harris, Esq.




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Rabideau, Marc J., PT: The Functional Capacity Evaluation

Rehm, Bob: Ogilvie and the Vocational Expert

Rondeau, Charles R., Esq.: AMA Guides: Beyond the Tables


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Saving Graces by Marjory Harris, Esq.

Schneider, Warren: Ogilvie Trial Brief

Schuster, Sandra M.P.A. Vocational Expert Witness


"SEDEC" & Determining Diminished Earning Capacity in the California Workers' Compensation Program by Robert Hall, Ph.D. CRC, CDMS

Selvig, Jettie Pierce, Esq.

Settlement Analyzer by Marjory Harris, Esq.

Shaber, Syd D.P.M..

Siemers, Steven, Ret. WCJ: Is Trial Always Your Best Option? When to Consider Mediation

Smoking Gun
• Something Wasn't Right by James T. Stewart
• Surveillance Videos by Marjory Harris, Esq.
• Reviewing Subpoenaed Records by Marjory Harris, Esq.

Social Security Cases, How to Use Subpoenaed Records in: Frederick George Craw, Esq.

DIB and SSI Issues for the Workers' Compensation Practitioner: Frederick George Craw, Esq.

Structured Settlements, Steve Chapman
• Structured Settlements and
Mediation

• Structured Settlements: Tips from a Structure Specialist
• Structured Settlements: More Tips from a Structure Specialist
Structured Settlements: The Whole Truth about the "Doughnut Hole"
• Structured Settlements: Why a Structure Specialist Reviews Subpoenaed Records

Stucky, Roger, Esq.: How to Get the Applicant the Best Medical Treatment and Evidence

Subpoenaed Records Are Here¯What Do You Do With Them? By Marjory Harris, Esq.

Subpoenaed Records: sample Requests
 
Subpoenaed Records in Social Security Cases: Frederick George Craw, Esq.

Subpoenaed Records: Write the Right Request

Subsequent Injuries Fund & SB 899:  Eugene C. Treaster, Esq.

Sugarman, Peggy: Looking Back and Moving Forward

Surveilance Videotapes, How to Analyze by Marjory Harris, Esq.

Surviving SB 899--How to Survive  the "Reforms": Lon E. Peek, II, Esq.

Surviving the Business of Law in the Current Economy: Michael G. McDonald

Swift, Samuel R., Esq: How to Get PTP Paid for CME

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TextMap: Analyze Evidence – and more, by Marjory Harris, Esq.

Tholen, John F., Ph.D.: Psych: Five Facts About Psych Injuries Every Workers' Compensation Attorney Should Know

ToDos, Getting on Top of
by Marjory Harris, Esq.


Treaster, Eugene C., Esq.:
The Subsequent Injuries Fund & SB 899



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Update on Limping Into 2010:
Another Editor's Rant on Reform


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The Vocational Expert Witness:
Cottle, Robert, Ph.D.


The Vocational Expert Witness: 
Sanrda Schuster, M.P.A.


The “New” Role for Vocational Rehabilitation in the California Workers’ Compensation System: A Comprehensive Vocational Rehabilitation Evaluation by Robert Hall, Ph.D. CRC, CDMS


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Weil, Lawrence , M.D.: Pain Management

Williams, Barry J., Esq.

Workers' Compensation Disabled: What Went Wrong on the Road to Reform?
by Marjory Harris, Esq.

• Apportionment: Science or Science Fiction?
• Carving Up PD
• Carving Up PD II
• Medical Provider Networks: Journey through the Labyrinth
• PD Pain Under SB 899
• PD Pain Under SB 899: Part II
• QME Process: Forensic Reform or Doctor Roulette?

Work Impairment and Disability: How Should Vocational Rehabilitation Providers be Utilized by Robert Hall, Ph.D. CRC, CDMS




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