State of California Division of Workers’ Compensation

1 State of California Division of Workers' Compensation The 25th Annual Educational Conference Los Angeles Airport Marriott February 12 - 13, 2018. Oakland Marriott City Center March 1 - 2, 2018. In association with the International Workers' Compensation Foundation, Serving the People of California Since 1911. SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR GOLD SPONSORS 15910 Ventura Blvd., 18th Floor, Encino, CA 91436 | Email: Phone: (818) 501 4343 | Fax: (818) 386 5700 21250 Hawthorne Blvd. #500, Torrance, CA 90503 Tel: (310) 792 7050 Fax: (310) 362 8899 Proudly Serving California Employers In Defense of Workers' Compensation Claims SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR GOLD SPONSORS 1670 Riviera Avenue, Suite 101. Walnut Creek, CA 94596 (833) LIVE TRX LAW OFFICES OF. WEITZMAN &. ESTES 3010 OLD RANCH PARKWAY, SUITE 200. SEAL BEACH, CA 90740-2750 Phone: (562) 596-6768 Fax: (562) 596-6158 CELEBRATING OF EXCELLENCE. Serve all Southern and Northern California Employers Defending Workers' Compensation Claims 866 927 2667.

2 DWC 25th Annual Educational Conference Day 1 February 12, 2018 Los Angeles March 1, 2018 Oakland 9:30 to 12:30 Registration 12:30 to 1:00 Welcome/General Session 1:00 to 4:30 Breakout Sessions 4:30 to 5:30 Reception No Host Bar Continuing Education Unit (CEU) Credits are available at the registration counter This conference is held in cooperation with the International Workers'. Division of Workers' Compensation Serving the People of California Since 1911. DWC 25th Annual Educational Conference Day 2 February 13, 2018 Los Angeles March 2, 2018 Oakland 7:30 to 8:30 Continental Breakfast 8:30 to 12:00 Breakout Sessions 12:00 to 1:00 Lunch - Maria Henderson President of Kid's Chance CA. 1:15 to 3:30 Breakout Sessions Continuing Education Unit (CEU) Credits are available at the registration counter This conference is held in cooperation with the International Workers'. Division of Workers' Compensation Serving the People of California Since 1911.

3 25th Annual DWC Educational Conference Los Angeles Airport Marriott -- February 12-13, 2018. Day 1 Imperial D-E-F Marquis 1-2-3 Meridian Marquis 4-5-6. 9:30 - 12:30 PM Registration Ballroom Lobby Welcoming/opening presentation Marquis Ballroom 12:30 - 1:00 PM. Administrative Director George Parisotto DWC Update CIGA & SISF Mysterious Case Law Update I Case Study in Rating Creatures of Statute 1:00 - 2:00 PM. Hersh & Parisotto Dulich & Harrison Levy & Kahn Becker & Knight Medicare Set-Aside Special Adjudication Unit Case Law Update II Top Litigation Tips for 2:15 - 3:15 PM including Consolidations Trial Allweiss & Rassp Cole, Gunn & Kamiabipour Levy & Kahn Casey, Pulley & Stajduhar Office of Self-Insurance What Makes a Claim Go Apportionment Case Study in Rating Program Update South & What To Do 3:30 - 4:30 PM. About It? Asio-Booz Feinberg & Gean Correio Becker & Knight 4:30 - 6:00 PM Reception No Host Bar 25th Annual DWC Educational Conference Los Angeles Airport Marriott -- February 12-13, 2018.

4 Day 2 Marquis 4-5-6 Marquis 1-2-3 Meridian Imperial D-E-F. New Utilization Review Legal Ethics Case Law Update I Special Adjudication Unit 8:30 - 9:30 AM Rules including Consolidations Hersh & Sung McGill, Siemers & Spitzer Levy & Kahn Cole, Gunn & Kamiabipour Top Litigation Tips for Injured Workers Are Case Law Update II Anti-Fraud Unit: What We 9:45 - 10:45 AM Trial People Too Do & How We Do It Casey, Pulley & Stajduhar Pew Levy & Kahn Kim 25th Annual DWC Educational Conference Los Angeles Airport Marriott -- February 12-13, 2018. Day 2 Chicago/Dallas Atlanta/Boston Meridian Imperial D-E-F. Trending Topics in the Chronic Health View from the 9th Floor: Wait, Wait, Tell Me 11:00 12:00 PM Audit Unit Conditions & Impacts on WCAB (About CA WC). Work-Related Injuries Fenimore, Morita, Razo, Schmitz, Sweeney Pirven & Swedlow Skarakis & Thill Das & Kownacki & Zalewski LUNCH Marquis Ballroom 12:00 1:00 PM. Kids' Chance Presentation MTUS including WCIS: Informing Policy Apportionment Addressing the Formulary & Improving Quality Avoidance of Bias 1:15 2:15 PM.

5 Cortes, Meister, Schauer Daba, Gordon & Shor Correio Holmes & Huerta & Shannon MTUS including Where is the Market Medicare Set-Aside Chronic Health Formulary Headed? Conditions & Impacts on 2:30 3:30 PM Work-Related Injuries Cortes, Meister, Schauer Bellusci, Mayfield & Shor Allweiss & Rassp & Shannon Das & Kownacki (one-hour session repeated). 25th Annual DWC Educational Conference Oakland Marriott City Center March 1-2, 2018. Day 1 East Hall Grand Ballroom Junior Ballroom Grand Ballroom E-F-G-H A-B-C-D. 9:30 - 12:30 PM Registration Grand Ballroom Foyer Welcoming/opening presentation - East Hall 12:30 - 1:00 PM. Administrative Director George Parisotto DWC Update CIGA & SISF Mysterious Case Law Update I Case Study in Rating Creatures of Statute 1:00 - 2:00 PM. Hersh & Parisotto Dulich & Harrison Levy & Kahn Becker & Knight Medicare Set-Aside Special Adjudication Unit Case Law Update II Top Litigation Tips for 2:15 - 3:15 PM including Consolidations Trial Allweiss & Rassp Cole, Gunn & Kamiabipour Levy & Kahn Casey, Harter & Ledger Office of Self-Insurance What Makes a Claim Go Apportionment Case Study in Rating Program Update South & What to Do About 3:30 - 4:30 PM.

6 It? Asio-Booz Feinberg & Gean Correio Becker & Knight 4:30 - 6:00 PM Reception No Host Bar 25th Annual DWC Educational Conference Oakland Marriott City Center March 1-2, 2018. East Hall Grand Ballroom Junior Ballroom Grand Ballroom Day 2. E-F-G-H A-B-C-D. New Utilization Review Legal Ethics Case Law Update I Special Adjudication Unit Rules including Consolidations 8:30 - 9:30 AM. Hersh & Sung McGill, Siemers & Spitzer Levy & Kahn Cole, Gunn & Kamiabipour Top Litigation Tips for Injured Workers Are Case Law Update II Anti-Fraud Unit: What We 9:45 - 10:45 AM Trial People Too Do & How We Do It Casey, Harter & Ledger Pew Levy & Kahn Kim Trending Topics in the Chronic Health Conditions View from the 9th Floor: Wait, Wait, Tell Me (About Audit Unit & Impacts on Work- WCAB CA WC). 11:00 12:00 PM Related Injuries Fenimore, Morita, Razo, Schmitz, Sweeney & Priven & Swedlow Skarakis & Thill Das & Kownacki Zalewski 12:00 1:00 PM LUNCH West Hall MTUS including Formulary WCIS: Informing Policy & Apportionment Addressing the Avoidance Improving Quality of Bias 1:15 2:15 PM.

7 Cortes, Meister, Schauer &. Shannon Daba, Gordon & Shor Correio Holmes & Huerta MTUS including Formulary Where is the Market Medicare Set-Aside Chronic Health Conditions Headed? & Impacts on Work- 2:30 3:30 PM Cortes, Meister, Schauer & Related Injuries Shannon (one-hour session repeated) Bellusci, Mayfield & Shor Allweiss & Rassp Das & Kownacki Breakout Sessions Addressing the Avoidance This session will address the role of all stakeholders in the system to identify of Bias Within the Workers' and prevent bias including red flags to be on the lookout for. Potential bias in Compensation System med-legal evaluations including a discussion of apportionment to risk factors will be explored. Anti-Fraud Unit: The session will address the efforts of the anti-fraud unit with the Department of What We Do & How We Do It Industrial Relations. Apportionment An in-depth case law update focusing on apportionment problem areas including overlap, range of medical evidence, pertinent cases, and petitions to reopen.

8 CIGA/SISF Mysterious The California Insurance Guarantee Association and Self-Insured Security Fund Creatures of Statute step in when an insurer or self-insurer default on their obligation to provide statutory benefits to injured workers. This session will discuss how and why these organizations defend claims. Case Study in Rating Disability Evaluation Unit panel will examine current issues in permanent disability rating including rating mechanics, the applicability of Almaraz/. Guzman ratings, Kite decision (whether ratings should be combined or added), and when impairments for sleep dysfunction, sexual dysfunction and psychiatric disorder may be excluded or included. Chronic Health Conditions This session will discuss how to promote injury recovery and return to work and Impacts on Work-Related when the injured worker has the simultaneous presence of two chronic diseases Injuries or conditions. DWC Update Attendees will get a broad overview about the Division 's upcoming regulations, forms, and processes as well as the status of recently adopted rules and regulations, many of which stem from the passage of SB 863.

9 Injured Workers This interactive presentation will offer - for one's consideration a fresh way to Are People Too think about handling workers' Compensation claims. Legal Ethics This panel will cover what is important for workers' Compensation practitioners to be aware of under the Rules of Professional Conduct. The presentation will also include a discussion of Labor Code section 5813 and Business and Professions Codes relating to attorney conduct and case law interpreting the Rules of Professional Conduct Medical Treatment Utilization Learn about the latest updates and changes to the Medical Treatment Utilization Schedule (MTUS) including Schedule including regulation changes and proposed regulation changes. Formulary Information will be provided for effective treatment of certain injuries, including duration and extent of treatment. Medicare Set-Aside An applicant and defense attorney will discuss how to report to Medicare case settlements and how to coordinate benefits and to apply applicable recoveries.

10 New Utilization Review Rules This session will cover the implementation of SB 1160 (2016) that made substantive changes to the UR processes for the first 30 days after an injury, for drug formulary disputes, retro UR, financial disclosure, UR plan approvals, and reporting. Division of Workers' Compensation Breakout Sessions Office of Self-Insurance The Office of Self Insurance Programs will provide an update on this program Program Update that covers 1 in 4 California workers. OSIP's e-filing system, regulatory update, actuarial reporting requirements, the Self Insurer's Security Fund and the Alternative Security Deposit program will be discussed. Special Adjudication Unit A panel of judges and a district attorney will discuss the Division 's Special including Consolidations Adjudication Unit's efforts to combat medical-provider fraud under Labor Codes 4615 and which were recently enacted or amended. This panel will also discuss case consolidations.