XXXWorkers' Compensation Fall Update - Webcast
October 2018
Workers' Compensation Fall Update
OAC's New eFiling System, Cutting-Edge Medical Technology, and Ethics Video Vignettes
Co-sponsored by the Colorado Bar Association Workers' Compensation Section
Program Description:
- Director Tauriello will give his update from the Division, and will let you in on what’s really going on with the new DIME rules
- OAC will give a live tutorial of the NEW eFiling and Data Management System
- Judge Craig Eley will again moderate the case law update
- What can we learn about cutting-edge medical technology that may not be in the medical treatment guidelines? How do you get approval for these treatments? How effective are they? PRP injections, Functional MRIs of the brain and CBD use
- Get your ethics credit by watching video vignettes of ethical and unethical conduct on prehearings and settlement conferences at the Division—Judge Craig Eley will show you The Good, the Bad and the Ugly!
- Judge Edie will lead a judicial panel on general practice tips: What is the line between pleasantries with judges and conduct that calls into question the judge's impartiality? Would holding pre- and post-hearing telephone conferences with ALJs be helpful? What is the tension between CRCP and the workers’ compensation statute?
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Agenda:
Friday, October 5, 2018
8:30 – 9:00am
Registration and Continental Breakfast
9:00 – 9:10 am
Welcome and Introduction
Moderator: John Sbarbaro, Esq.
9:10 – 9:40am
Update from the Colorado Division of Workers’ Compensation
Presented by Paul Tauriello, Director
9:40 – 10:30am
Update from the Office of Administrative Courts
Tutorial of eFiling and Data Management System
Presented by the Honorable Tim Nemechek
10:30 – 10:40am
Networking Break
10:40am – 12:00pm
Case Law Update
Presented by Amy Brewer, Esq., and Tiffany Kinder, Esq.
Moderator: The Honorable Craig Eley
12:00 – 1:30pm
Lunch is Served
1:20 – 1:30pm
Post-lunch Break
1:30 – 2:20pm
Cutting-Edge Medical Technology
Technology That May Not be in the Medical Treatment Guidelines; Their Effectiveness; How to Obtain Approval for These Treatments, Such as PRP Injections, Functional MRIs of the Brain and CBD Use
Presented by Scott Primack, DO
2:20 - 2:30pm
Networking Break
2:30 – 3:20pm
ETHICS: Prehearings and Settlement Conferences at the Division—The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Video Vignette Demonstrations of Ethical and Unethical Conduct
Presented by the Honorable Craig Eley
3:20 – 4:20pm
General Practice Tips: Witness Sequestration; What is the Line Between Pleasantries with Judges and Conduct that Calls into Question the Judge's Impartiality? Would Holding Pre- and Post-hearing Telephone Conferences with ALJs be Helpful? What is the Tension Between CRCP and the Workers Compensation Statute?
A Judicial Panel Presentation
Presented by the Honorable William Edie and other judges To be Announced
4:20pm:
Adjourn
Registration Fees
| Non Member | $359.00 |
| CBA Member | $329.00 |
| CBA Workers' Compensation Law Section Member | $299.00 |
| Paralegal/Legal Support Staff | $229.00 |
| CLE BASIC Pass Holder | $169.00 |
| New Lawyer Edge Partner | $164.50 |
| CLEACCESSPASS - ELITE Pass Holder | $99.00 |
- General Credits: 6.00
- Ethics Credits: 1.00
- EDI Credits:
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Sponsor Information
- The Changes to Rule 16: Prior Authorization and Denial
- Cumulative Trauma
- The Inside Track at the Division of Workers’ Compensation