Program Chair and Presenter:
Thomas M. Domer, PhD
Domer Law S.C.
Milwaukee
Presenters:
Jennifer L. Barwinski
Kasdorf, Lewis & Swietlik S.C.
Milwaukee
Shekhar A. Dagam, MD
Shekhar A. Dagam, MD Neurosurgery
Milwaukee
Hamdy A. Ezalarab, PhD
Department of Workforce Development
Madison
Douglas M. Feldman
Lindner & Marsack S.C.
Milwaukee
Harvey Kohn, MD
Sports Medicine & Orthopedic Center S.C.
Greenfield
Jonathan D. Main, MD
Comprehensive Orthopaedics S.C.
Kenosha
Zoran Maric, MD
Crawford Evaluation Group
Delafield
Daniel R. McCormick
McCormick Law Office
Milwaukee
8:00 a.m. : Registration
8:30 a.m. : Common Worker’s Compensation Spinal Conditions, Diagnostics, and Procedures
- Common back injury conditions including degenerative disc disease, disc herniation, muscle spasm, and mechanical and neurogenic back pain
- Common back injury diagnostic tests including MRI, CT scan, discography, and facet injections
- Common back injury treatments and procedures including laminectomy, discectomy, fusions, and pain medications
Shekhar A. Dagam, MD, Daniel R. McCormick
9:25 a.m. : ALJ Reaction
Hon. Aaron A. Konkol
9:30 a.m. : Permanency Apportionment (“Other Factors”) Under New Statute
- Statute 102.175(3) – legal analysis of what it actually means and how it will be applied
- Pre-existing conditions – what are they and how can they be apportioned out
- Effect of “other factors,” including prior surgeries, on the physicians PPD assessment including prior surgeries
- Effect on statutory minimum PPD assessments contained in the administrative code
Douglas M. Feldman, Zoran Maric, MD
10:25 a.m. : ALJ Reaction
10:30 a.m. : Break
10:45 a.m. : Elements of a Scheduled Injury IME
- What triggers an IME?
- Elements you should get from an IME
- Guidelines for apportionment of pre-existing conditions using AMA and Rule 20 guidelines
- A step-by-step overview of an IME
Jennifer L. Barwinski, Harvey Kohn, MD
11:40 a.m. : ALJ Reaction
11:45 a.m. : Responding to an IME Report
- Addressing "other factors" diminishing Permanent Partial Disability percentages
- Responding to "learned treatises"
- Using Functional Capacity Evaluations for permanent restrictions
Thomas M. Domer, Ph.D., Jonathan D. Main, MD
12:40 p.m. : ALJ Reaction
12:45 p.m. : Program Concludes
- Understand how permanency apportionment is determined and how it may be rebutted
- Hear perspectives from doctors, experienced attorneys, and an Administrative Law Judge
- Receive an overview of common spinal conditions, diagnostics, and procedures
- Learn the necessary components of an Independent Medical Examination for scheduled injuries
- Worker’s compensation attorneys
- Personal injury lawyers
- Medical malpractice attorneys
- Employment/labor law practitioners
- Employee benefits lawyers
- Insurance law attorneys
- In-house counsel
- General practitioners