Program Chair and Presenter:

Thomas M. Domer
Domer Law S.C.
Milwaukee

Presenters:

Clyde “Bud” Chumbley, M.D., M.B.A.
Chief Executive Officer, Wisconsin Medical Society
Madison

Donald J. Doody
Wisconsin Department of Administration - Division of Hearings & Appeals
Milwaukee

Mark M. Grapentine
Vice President, Government Relations
Wisconsin Medical Society
Madison

Robert Limoni, M.D.
Aurora BayCare Orthopedic & Sports Medicine Center
Green Bay

Lauren A. Luckenbill
Simpson & Deardorff S.C.
Milwaukee

Mustafa Khan, M.D.
Milwaukee Orthopaedic Group Limited
Milwaukee

Amber Lenhardt, P.T.
ATI Physical Therapy
Milwaukee

Daniel R. McCormick
McCormick Law Office
Milwaukee

Paul R. Riegel
Riegel Law S.C.
Cedarburg

Jeff Williams, P.T.
ATI Physical Therapy
Milwaukee

8:00 a.m. : Registration

8:30 a.m. : Knee Replacement and the Use of Iovera Therapy

• Symptoms that warrant knee replacements
• Work-relatedness
• Innovative therapy and post-surgical recovery time

Robert Limoni, M.D., Lauren A. Luckenbill

9:25 a.m. : Administrative Law Judge Reaction

Donald J. Doody

9:30 a.m. : Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery

• Indicia for spine surgery
• Latest techniques and minimally invasive spine surgery
• Issues with injury arising from employment, including permanent restrictions

Mustafa Kahn, M.D., Daniel R. McCormick

10:25 a.m. : Administrative Law Judge Reaction

10:30 a.m. : Break

10:45 a.m. : Medical Fee Schedules in Wisconsin Worker’s Compensation

• Impetus for medical fee schedules
• Worker’s Compensation Research Institute and research from other states
• Downsized risks of medical fee schedules

Bud Chumbley, MD, Mark M. Grapentine, Paul R. Riegel

11:40 a.m. : Administrative Law Judge Reaction

11:45 a.m. : Role of Physical Therapy and Functional Capacity Evaluations in Wisconsin Worker’s Compensation

• Role of physical therapists in worker’s compensation
• Demonstration of Functional Capacity Evaluation
• Demonstration of Waddell signs

Thomas M. Domer, Amber Lenhardt, P.T., Jeff Williams, P.T.

12:40 p.m. : Administrative Law Judge Reaction

12:45 p.m. : Program Concludes

• Hear perspectives from doctors, experienced attorneys, and an Administrative Law Judge
• Know how minimally invasive spine surgery and knee replacements can impact your case
• Understand the challenges behind creating medical fee schedules
• Witness a Functional Capacity Evaluation demonstration

• 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

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