July WCOMS

July WCOMS

Twentieth Anniversary
National Workers' Compensation and Occupational Medicine Seminar

July 25-27, 2000, Sheraton Hyannis Resort, Hyannis, MA

SEAK, Inc. will be conducting its Special Twentieth Anniversary National Workers' Compensation and Occupational Medicine Seminar. In this widely acclaimed program, the nation's leading workers' compensation professionals, occupational physicians, occupational nurses, and attorneys will join together to discuss cutting edge issues. Frank discussions and lively question and answer sessions will complement each presentation. Seminar registrants will be able to meet their colleagues and leaders in the field, from across the United States and Canada, at the reception, luncheon, and breakfast to network and discuss areas of mutual concern. This seminar is currently the largest national workers' compensation and occupational medicine seminar of its kind in the United States. The seminar schedule appears directly below. For a complete program description, click here.

Seminar Schedule

Tuesday, July 25, 2000
8:00-9:00	Registration
9:00-10:00	ADA, FMLA, and Workers' Compensation: Difficult Problems With Solutions By Lawrence P. Postol, Esquire Washington, DC
10:00-11:00	Work Organization and Occupational Health and Safety By Bonnie Rogers, DrPH, COHN-S, FAAN Chapel Hill, NC
11:00-11:10	Break and Networking Opportunity
11:10-12:00	AMA Guides: Red Flags and Challenges By Christopher R. Brigham, MD, MMS, CIME, FACOEM, FAADEP Portland, ME
12:00-1:30	Lunch (On Your Own)
1:30-2:25	Breakout Sessions
	Confidentiality and Privacy in Workers' Compensation and Occupational Health By Carolyn S. Langer, MD, JD, MPH Waltham, MA
OR	Does Utilization Review Work? A Look at Five Years of Experience in Massachusetts By Paul W. Goodrich, Esquire Boston, MA James J. Campbell, Commissioner, Department of Industrial Accidents Commonwealth of Massachusetts George N. Keches, Esquire South Dartmouth, MA
OR	Causation Analysis in Workers' Compensation and Occupational Medicine By Lucius C. Tripp, MD, MPH Southfield, MI
2:30-3:25	Breakout Sessions
	Alternative and Complementary Medicine in Occupational Health By Angella Bascom, ARNP Ashland, NH
OR	Fitness For Duty Exams: A-Z By Natalie P. Hartenbaum, MD, MPH Maple Glen, PA
OR	How to Avoid Wrongful Termination Suits By Miguel A. Escalera, Jr., Esquire Hartford, CT
3:30-4:30	Breakout Sessions
	Rehabilitation of Injured Workers: What Works By Lucius C. Tripp, MD, MPH Southfield, MI
OR	How and Why Insurers Lose Workers' Compensation Cases: How to Turn That Around By Lawrence P. Postol, Esquire Washington, DC
OR	OSHA: New Wrinkles for Occupational Medicine and Workers' Compensation By Neville Tompkins Cedar Run, NJ
4:45-6:00	Reception

Wednesday, July 26, 2000
8:00-9:00	Registration (Late Registration Subject to Availability)
9:00-10:00	Determining the Work-Relatedness of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome and Other Upper Extremity Disorders By Michael Erdil, MD Hartford, CT
10:00-11:00	Total Health and Productivity Management: Positioning Occupational Health Practice for the 21st Century By Deborah V. DiBenedetto, MBA, RN, COHN-S, ABDA Yonkers, NY
11:00-11:10	Break and Networking Opportunity
11:10-12:00	Legitimate Doubt: Denials of Workers' Compensation Claims By Thomas Domer, Esquire Milwaukee, WI
12:00-1:30	Lunch (on your own)
1:30-2:25	Breakout Sessions
	Life Care Plans as a Case Management Tool: For Occupational Injuries and Conditions By Carol Zasler, BSN, RN, CRRN, CCM Glen Allen, VA
	Evaluating Psychiatric Injury: Diagnosis, Prognosis, and Impairment By Marcia Scott, MD Cambridge, MA
	Workers' Compensation Data Analysis: Comparing Apples to Oranges By Carol Wilkinson, MD, MSPH and Susan Bellamacina, MPH, RN, COHN-S Armonk, NY
2:30-3:25	Breakout Sessions
	The ABCs of Hepatitis in the Workplace By Mark Upfal, MD, MPH, FACOEM Detroit, MI
	Clinical Practices in the Management of Low Back Workers' Compensation Disability Claims By Barbara S. Webster, BSPT, PA-C Hopkinton, MA
	Integrated Absence Management: What Works By Arlene Guzik, MSN, ARNP Dunedin, FL
3:30-4:30	Breakout Sessions
	Workers' Compensation Management: Obtaining Improved Performance From Your Claims Administrator By Vincent Adornato, ARM Boston, MA
	Advocacy Through Settlement: Creative Compromises in Workers' Compensation By Thomas Domer, Esquire Milwaukee, WI
	Ergonomics in the Workplace: Evidence from Intervention Trials: What Does and By Michael Erdil, MD Hartford, CT

Thursday, July 27, 2000

8:00-9:00 Continental Beakfast

9:00-10:00 Clinical and Cost-Effectiveness of Pain Treatment and Rehabilitation
By Dennis Turk, PhD

Seattle, WA

10:00-11:00 A View From The Bench: The Contested Workers' Compensation Case
By Paul Kapalko, Director/Chief Judge

Trenton, NJ

11:00-11:10 Break and Networking Opportunity

11:10-12:00 Health and Safety and the Impacts of Downsizing and Restructuring
By Susan Q. Wilburn, MPH, BSN, RN

Washington, DC

12:00-1:30 Lunch (On Your Own)

1:30-2:25 Breakout Sessions

Integrated Disability Management:
By Catherine K. Johnson, BSN, MRC, MBA

Tampa, FL

Defense of Stress Cases
By Jeffrey D. Newby, Esquire

Voorhees, NJ

Preventing Workplace Violence: Profiling of Employees Prone to Violence and Effective Intervention
By Beverly Gilliam Hart, RN, PhD, CEN

and William Abney MS, CFEI, CFII

Richmond, KY

2:30-3:25 Breakout Sessions

Matching Treatment to Patient
By Dennis Turk, PhD

Seattle, WA

Latex Allergy: Best Practices
By Gail Lenehan, RN, PhD

Hingham, MA

Compliance and Implementation of
By Professor Ilise L. Feitshans, JD, ScM

Haddonfield, NJ

3:30-4:30 Breakout Sessions

Occupational Disease Claims: Proof
By Jeffrey D. Newby, Esquire

Voorhees, NJ

Workers' Compensation Claims and Medical Management: Best Practices
By Catherine K. Johnson, BSN, MRC, MBA

Tampa, FL

Alcohol Misuse in the Workplace: Identification, Confrontation, and Intervention
By Beverly Gilliam Hart, RN, PhD, CEN

Richmond, KY

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