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ACOEM,
AMA Guides and Functional Capacity Assessments By Syd Shaber,
D.P.M.
Acupuncture:
Interview with Frances E. Kalfus, O.M.D., L.Ac.
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 of Orthopedically Produced Permanent
Psychiatric Disability:
Bruce T. Leckart, Ph.D.
Apportionment:
Science or Science Fiction? By Marjory Harris, Esq
Armstrong,
Julie, Psy.D., R.N.
Atcherley,
Linda Esq.
Auerbach,
Tami S. D.C.: Chiropractic
Big
Case: A How-To Guide
by Marjory Harris, Esq.
Bowers, Sue, R.N.: The Nurse Case Manager
Bowers, Sue, R.N.: The Faces Behind Narcotics:
A Nurse Case Manager’s Perspective
Blitzblau, Alan: The Functional Capacity Evaluation: The
Science Behind
Functional Capacity Evaluations
Brown,
Melissa C., Esq.
Butler,
James G., Esq: Credit in Third-Party Cases: How to Coordinate the Civil
and WC Cases
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.
CaseMap 10: Analyze Evidence by Marjory Harris,
Esq.
Chapman,
Gregg, Esq.: Medicare Mandatory Insurer Reporting: Delayed and
Confused
• 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
• Are
Structured Settlements Still
Relevant in Settling Workers’
Compensation Cases?
• Helping
Applicants Administer their
Medicare Set-Aside Accounts
•
How
Applicant Attorneys Work with their Structure Broker to Effectuate
Large Settlements
• How Your Structured Settlement Broker Can
Help Determine the Value of Future Medical Costs
• How Medigap Policies can be a Useful Tool in
Settling Certain Workers' Compensation Claims
• Is
Legislation the Solution to Reduce
the CMS Delay in Approving Medicare
Set-Asides?
• Medicare
Set Aside Myths
•
Prescription
Drugs and Rated Ages: New Guidance from CMS for Medicare
Set-Asides
• MSA
Updates: CMS Renews Interest in Liability Medicare Set-Asides
and the Latest
on Workers’ Compensation MSA Reform Legislation
• Workers’ Compensation Medicare
Set-Aside Portal: A Ray of Hope for Improved MSA Review
Efficiency
Commutation of Attorney Fee: Warren Schneider, Esq.
Commuting
the Attorney Fee on a Life Pension: Uniform Increasing Reduction and Uniform
Reduction Distinguished By Warren Schneider, Esq.
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 10
•
Analyze Evidence and More – with TextMap
• Baby
Stepping Your Way Toward the Paperless Office
• Create
Your Own Medical Manager
•
File
Utilities on Steroids
• 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
• Saving
Graces
• Using
a Folder Tree to Organize Your Cases
•
Using
Your Smartphone in the
Paperless Office
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:
Death Cases:
How Structured Settlements Help Maximize Recovery by Stefanie V. Plotkin, CSSC,
Steven F. Chapman and Gregg Chapman, Esq.
Declarations,
How to Use by Marjory Harris, Esq.
Defense Perspective by
Michael G. McDonald, Esq.
• A 2012 Defense Wish List
• Art
of Reserving
• Contemplations
and Tips for Filing an
Appellate Brief
• 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
• We have seen the future and are participating
in it right now
Depo
Prep Made Easy:
7
steps to effective deposition preparation by Marjory Harris,
Esq.
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
• Acupuncture: Frances
E. Kalfus, O.M.D., L.Ac.
• 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.
• Psychology: Leckart, Bruce T., Ph.D.
EAMS:
Be a Winner not a Whiner By Michael McDonald, Esq.
Evidence-Based Medicine: Steven D. Feinberg, M.D.
Excel,
Organizing Your Work
The Faces Behind Narcotics: A Nurse Case
Manager’s Perspective by Bowers, Sue, R.N.
Fauce, Edward L.: Unintended Compromise and Release
Consequences for CalPERS Disability Retirees
Feinberg, Steven, M.D.
• Almaraz-Guzman
II WCAB En Banc Decision: Providing a WPI that is the Most Accurate Reflection
of the Impairment
• Evidence-Based Medicine
• Functional
Restoration: Interview with Steven D. Feinberg, M.D. &
Rachel M. Feinberg, PT, DPT
• Further
Reflections on the Almaraz-Guzman WCAB En Banc Decision
• Opioids
and Chronic Pain Treatment
Feinglass, Robert
A: My Favorite Case
Feinglass,
Robert A.: Medical Liens: How the Lien Attorney Can Help You Protect
Your Client
and Yourself
File
Utilities on Steroids, by Marjory Harris, Esq.
Focusing
on Function: A New Approach to the Treatment of Chronic Pain by
Kathleen Matthews
Folder
Tree to Organize Your Cases by Marjory Harris
Fraud
and the Holy Ghost
A “war story” By Bob Levin, Esq.
Fricker,
Tim, Esq.: How to Get Short or Long Term Disability Benefits
Functional
Capacity Evaluation by Rabideau, Marc J., PT
Functional Capacity Evaluation: The Science Behind Functional
Capacity Evaluations, Interview
with Alan Blitzblau
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 Costs: How Your Structured Settlement
Broker Can Help Determine the Value by Steven F. Chapman and
Gregg Chapman, Esq.
Future
Medical Treatment, Calculating the Cost, by Marjory Harris,
Esq.
Getting
Back to Work by Traci M. Hinden, Esq.
Gilewski,
Michael , Ph.D., Pain & the Brain – New Imaging Methods to Objectify
Experience
Glow,
The Honorable Mervin N.
Greenhorn
Faces Unforseen Consequences by Robert Owens, Esq.
Grimes,
Michael C. , Esq.: Ogilvie III Tips
Hall, Robert, 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
Haris,
Janice Skiljo, RN: The Life Care Planner
Hart,
David L.: How to Distinguish between Serious and Willful Misconduct & 3rd
Party Liability Claims
Hart, David L.: How to Prevent Harassing Conduct
During Workers' Compensation Depositions
Herreras,
William A., Esq.
Hinden,
Traci M.: Getting Back to Work
History
of Workers' Compensation Part I by Tracy Watson
History
of Workers' Compensation Part II by Tracy Watson
Hobbling Into 2012: Another Editor's Rant on Blowback from Reform by
Marjory Harris, Esq.
How
Medigap Policies can be a Useful Tool in Settling Certain Workers'
Compensation Claims By Steven Chapman and Gregg Chapman, Esq.
How
to Get the Applicant the Best Medical Treatment and Evidence By Roger
W. Stucky,
Esq.
How
to Prevent Harassing Conduct During Workers' Compensation Depositions By David
L. Hart, Esq.
How
to Use Subpoenaed Records in Social Security Cases: Frederick George
Craw, Esq.
How to Write Effective Letters: Some Lessons
from “The Art of War” by Marjory Harris, Esq.
Industrial
Causation to Injury, Disability and Evidence-Based Medicine
by Michael McDonald, Esq.
Kalfus,
Frances E.O.M.D., L.Ac.:Acupuncture
Leckart, Bruce T. Ph.D.: Apportionment of Orthopedically
Produced Permanent
Psychiatric Disability
Leckart, Bruce T.: The Doctor’s Office Psychology
Legal Marketing and the Web:
Tips on how to increase your presence and clients by Tracy Watson
Levin,
Bob: Fraud and the Holy Ghost: A “war story”
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):
Managing
the Big Case: A How-To Guide by Marjory Harris, Esq.
Martin,
Tom, Esq.: Proving Permanent Disability Under New Labor Code
§4660
Matthews,
Kathleen: Focusing on Function: A New Approach to the Treatment
of Chronic Pain
McDonald, Michael G., Esq.
• A
2012 Defense Wish List
• Art
of: Reserving
• Contemplations
and Tips for Filing an Appellate Brief
• 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
• We have seen the future and are participating
in it right now
Mediation:
Is Trial Always Your Best Option? When to Consider Mediation
by Steven Siemers, Ret. WCJ
Medical
Liens: How the Lien Attorney
Can Help You Protect Your Client
and Yourself by Robert A. Feinglass, Esq.
Medical
Manager, Create Your Own by Marjory Harris, Esq.
Medical
Provider Networks: Journey through the Labyrinth by Marjory Harris,
Esq.
Medicare
Mandatory Insurer Reporting: Delayed and Confused
by Gregg Chapman, Esq.
Medicare
Set-Aside Accounts, Helping Applicants Administer by Steve Chapman & Gregg
Chapman, Esq.
Medicare
Set-Aside Myths by Steve Chapman & Gregg Chapman, Esq.
The
Metamorphosis of California's Workers’ Compensation
System by Marjory
Harris, Esq.
MSA
Delay: Is Legislation the Solution to Reduce the CMS
Delay in Approving
Medicare Set-Asides?
MSA
Updates: CMS Renews Interest in Liability Medicare Set-Asides
and the Latest
on Workers’ Compensation MSA Reform Legislation
MSC
Mess? Tame it with a low-tech paper organizer by Marjory
Harris, Esq.
Multiple
Impairments & DFEC, by Robert Hall, Ph.D. CRC, CDMS
My
Favorite Case by Robert A. Feinglass, Esq.
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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
Office
OneNote: Be More Productive by Marjory Harris, Esq.
Ogilvie
III Tips by Michael C. Grimes, Esq.
Opioids
and Chronic Pain Treatment By Steven D. Feinberg, M.D.
Oregon
Comp Odyssey into Insurer Absurdity by Tracy Watson
Owens,
Robert: A Greenhorn Faces Unforseen Consequences
Pain & the
Brain – New Imaging Methods to Objectify Experience by Gilewski, Michael
, Ph.D.
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
Plotkin, Stefanie V. CSSC: How Structured
Settlements Help Maximize Recovery in Death Cases
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
by Tholen, John F., Ph.D.
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.
QME
Flowchart - Represented Workers, by Warren Schneider
QME
Process: Forensic Reform or Doctor Roulette? By Marjory Harris,
Esq.
Rabideau,
Marc J., PT: The Functional Capacity Evaluation
Rants by Editor
Marjory Harris, Esq. •
A
Dog's Breakfast: Another Rant on Reform •
Comp Administration, Soup to Nuts •
Hobbling Into 2012: Another Editor's Rant on Blowback from Reform by
Marjory Harris, Esq.
•
Rosemary's Baby Redux: How the Labor Code Got Hijacked to
Hell
•The
Metamorphosis of California's Workers’ Compensation
System
•Update
on Limping Into 2010:
Another Editor's Rant on Reform
Rehm,
Bob: Ogilvie and the Vocational Expert
Reserving,
Art of: By Michael McDonald, Esq.
Rondeau,
Charles R., Esq.: AMA Guides: Beyond the Tables
Rosemary's
Baby Redux:
How the Labor Code Got
Hijacked to Hell
By Marjory Harris,
Esq.
Saving
Graces by Marjory Harris, Esq.
Schneider, Warren: Commutation of Attorney
Fee
Schneider,
Warren: Commuting the Attorney Fee on a Life Pension: Uniform
Increasing Reduction
and Uniform Reduction Distinguished
Schneider,
Warren: Ogilvie Trial Brief
Schneider,
Warren: Sample Questions for Ogilvie Expert
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
Smartphone
in the Paperless Office
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.
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
Structured Settlements, Steve Chapman, Steve Chapman
and Gregg Chapman, Esq.
•
How
Applicant Attorneys Work with their Structure Broker to Effectuate
Large Settlements
Structuring
a Settlement: A How-to Guide by Marjory Harris, Esq.
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.
Substantial Evidence and Science, Law and Logic:
Marjory Harris, Esq.
Substantial Evidence Checklist:
Marjory Harris, 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
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
Unintended Compromise and Release Consequences for
CalPERS Disability Retirees By Edward L. Faunce,
Esq.
Update
on Limping Into 2010:
Another Editor's Rant on Reform
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
Volume Practice v. Small Practice:
Some Lessons from
the School of Hard Knocks by Marjory Harris, Esq.
Watson, Tracy
•An Injured Worker’s “Across the
Border” Odyssey into
Insurer Absurdity
• Legal Marketing and the Web:
Tips on how to increase your presence and clients
•The History of Workers' Compensation Part
I
•The History of Workers' Compensation Part
II
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
Workers’ Compensation Medicare Set-Aside Portal: A
Ray of Hope for Improved MSA Review Efficiency
By Steve Chapman and Gregg Chapman, Esq.
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