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The full set of handouts for all 64 sessions

The full set of handouts for all 64 sessions can be purchased for $250 at the conference; $500 post-conference.
   

The full conference notebook – including handouts and audio recordings

The full conference notebook – including handouts and audio recordings from all 64 sessions – can be purchased for $895 at the conference; $1490 post-conference.
   

Medical conference notebook – including handouts and audio recordings

The Medical conference notebook – including handouts and audio recordings from all MEDICAL sessions – can be purchased for $495 at the conference; $750 post-conference.
   

Legal conference notebook – including handouts and audio recordings

The Legal conference notebook – including handouts and audio recordings from all LEGAL sessions – can be purchased for $495 at the conference; $750 post-conference.
   

'Other' conference notebook – including handouts and audio recordings

The 'Other' conference notebook – including handouts and audio recordings from all 'Other' sessions – can be purchased for $495 at the conference; $750 post-conference.
   

Claims - Cheryl Morosini

KEYNOTE:  “An Auditor Teaches You Great Claims Handling”
   

Claims - Professor David J. Chetcuti

“Workers’ Compensation VCP Liens”
   

Claims - Ishmael Elahi

“Secrets to Closing Litigated Claims: A 12-Month Checklist”
   

Claims - Annette Lindley

“What Works for CRMA-JPA”
   

Claims - Mike Beach

"Making Workers’ Comp Work: What Works For FirstComp"
   

Claims - Robin Masuda

"Claims: What Works"
   

Employers - Barbara Karkula

KEYNOTE: "What Works for the Marines Can Work for You"
   

Employers - Cathy Aguilar

"What Works for Schools"
   

Employers - Leah Davis, Esq.

"What Works for LA County"
   

Employers - Peggy Huntsinger

"What Works for Stanislaus County"
   

Employers - Priscilla Morse

"What Works for Cities, Counties, and Public Agencies"
   

Employers - Yoo Rah Lee, Esq.

"What Works for Santa Clara County: The Unique Challenges of Defending a Public Entity"
   

General Session - Bob Barth, PhD

KEYNOTE: "Non-Work-Related Issues as the Primary Cost Driver in Workers' Comp Claims: The Most Effective Tools I Can Give You"
   

General Session - Bob Barth, PhD

"Everything You Need to Know about CRPS/RSD, Fibromyalgia, and a Whole Lot More"
   

General Session - Chris Morosoni

KEYNOTE: "ClaimsPower: The One-Step Solution to Claims and the Law in Workers' Comp"
   

General Session - David Cush

INTEGRITY AWARDS KEYNOTE: "Thinking Out of the Box: The Virgin America Way"
   

Insurance - William C. Barbagallo, Esq.

“California’s Volatile Workers’ Comp Market”
   

Insurance/Medicare - Ben Pugh, Esq.

KEYNOTE: "Dealing with Medicare–What Works"
   

Insurance/Medicare - Janice Skiljo Haris, RN & Robert Canning

"Settlement Strategies with Medicare Set-Asides"
   

Insurance/Medicare - Teresa Pacelli, AIC, CIC

"The Broker: We Are NOT The Enemy"
   

Legal - Phil Walker, Esq.

KEYNOTE: "Master Yoda's Secrets: How to Use the Force!"
   

Legal - Lawrence R. Moore, Esq.

"What Works in Subrogation"
   

Legal - Zachary Sacks, Esq.

KEYNOTE: "38-30-35: Dangerous Curves Ahead"
   

Legal - Dan Hunt, Esq.

"Winning in Psych Claims: What I Learned From My Wife"
   

Legal - Dave Cohen, Esq.

"Let's Play Employment: Hiring, Discipline and Discharge... And Avoiding Employee Lawsuits"
   

Legal - Dave Schmit, Esq.

"The Future for the Defense"
   

Legal - Ellen Bronchetti, Esq. & Damon Ott, Esq.

"What Works in Labor Law and the Future of Employment and Labor"
   

Legal - Joseph Telezinski, Esq.

"What Works in Identifying and Prosecuting Workers’ Compensation Claimant Fraud"
   

Legal - Margot Simington

"10 Great Defenses and What Do Now That the Claim Has Been Filed."
   

Legal - Matt Buzzell, Esq.

"What Works for the Construction Industry"
   

Legal - Ron Garrity, Esq.

"What Works with the Alphabet: ADA, FEHA, FMLA, CFRA, ETC."
   

Marketing - Jane Gardner, Joe Rodriguez

"The Secret to Success: Finding Your DNA"
   

Marketing - Martha Hanlon

"What Works for Lawyers and Doctors in Becoming Entrepreneurs"
   

Marketing - Stuart McFaul

"Focus! Social Media Marketing Essentials for Lawyers"
   

Medical - Nortin Hadler, MD

KEYNOTE: "The Compensable Backache"
   

Medical - Frank Lucchetti

"Returning Humanity to the California Workers' Comp System"
   

Medical - Thomas Leonard, MD

"Title Lung Diseases in Workers' Comp"
   

Medical - Barbara Krantz, DO

"Healing Addiction in Work Comp: The Hanley Experience"
   

Medical - Damon Muir Walcott, MD

"Reel to Real: What the Movies Teach Us about Psychiatric Cases and the GAF Scale"
   

Medical - David B. Freeman, PhD

"Deposing the Psych Expert: What Works"
   

Medical - David B. Freeman, PhD and Dr. Mark Hyman

"Sex, Sleep, Psych, and Deconditioning" (with Dr. Mark Hyman)
   

Medical - Don Freeman, AIS

"How to Measure and Apportion to Pre-Existing Impairment"
   

Medical - John Alchemy, MD

"Secrets of Getting Correct AMA Ratings from a Master"
   

Medical - Caterina Iapaolo, MD

"Psychiatric Treatments That Work"
   

Medical - Mark Hyman, MD

"Causation in Back Pain: What Does the Recent Literature Show?"
   

Medical - Mark Hyman, MD

"Comprehensive Cardiovascular Evaluations… Including Stress"
   

Medical - Mel Pohl, MD

"Pain and Addiction: Challenges and Controversies"
   

Medical - Peter Swann, MD

"What Works in Imaging Studies for the Back"
   

Medical - Randall Smith, PhD

"Psychological and Neuropsychological Testing in Psychiatric Cases"
   

Ratings - Luis Perez-Cordero

KEYNOTE: "Within the Four Corners of the AMA Guides: Universal Rating Principles Applicable To Impairment Determination"
   

Reform - Alan Colledge, MD

KEYNOTE: "Utah's Proactive Approach in Workers' Compensation"
   

Reform - Jerry Fogel, MS, PT, CHCQM

KEYNOTE: "Reinventing Workers' Comp: The Power of Criteria"
   

Reform - Alan Colledge, MD

"Forward Treatment: Prevention of System-Induced Disability Within Workers Compensation Claims"
   

Rehab - Howard Goldfarb

"What Works in Almaraz II, Ogilvie II, and Rehab in Southern California"
   

Tools - Irene Suver

"What Works in Washington State"
   

Tools & Techniques - Angela Livingston

"Unraveling the Mysteries of Managed Care: Making Your Cost Containment Program Work for You"
   

Tools & Techniques - David DePaolo

"The Future of Workers’ Compensation In California and Across the Nation"
   

Tools & Techniques - Diann Cohen & Debra Hinz

"Building Community and Your Network"
   

Tools & Techniques - Mark Askins

"Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Your Claimant... and Then Some"
   

Tools & Techniques - Peter Coffee

"KEYNOTE: Our Newest Tools For You: Salesforce.com"
   

Tools & Techniques - Rich Ragan

"Our Newest Tool for You"
   
AMA Guides “Made Simple” Book (for 5th edition)

Who has time to read, learn and apply a 600-page “guide”? If the answer is “not me”, then this is the book for you. This book showcases just what you need to know in easy-in-understand language, complete with tips, examples and Guide page references to turn you into a pro fast and accurately. Plus tools for getting reports corrected (sample letters to doctors, depositions use of independent reviews, expert testimony and cross-examination of raters). Pay it right…the first time!

   
  AMA Guides “Made Simple” Workbook (for 5th edition)


   
   
AMA Guides “Made Simple” DVD (for 5th edition)
The perfect companion to the AMA Guides “Made Simple” Book, this six-hour, live training will take you from beginner to advanced professional with the added benefit of experiencing Phil Walker as close to in person as possible. 

   
   
AMA Guides Made Simple Book, Workbook and DVD 'COMBO PACKAGE'
Bring the very best learning to your office by ordering the 'COMBO' package!

   
   
Apportionment “Made Simple” Book
Radical changes in California Apportionment rules in 2004 have made it hard to create a winning legal strategy. Now you discover every one in one source required to win in apportionment: the causes of every occupational disease and what science says about the impact of each. It’s all here—medicine and science, sample letters to doctors, sample reports, sample depositions and winning strategies in California apportionment. Perfect for claims examiners, employers, lawyers and doctors. 



   
Longshore Act “Made Simple”
Winning cases under the Longshore Act has never been made so clear. Use proven strategies from a 25-year trial expert. Reduce libraries of cases, hundreds of pages of regulations and years of trail experience into one 300-page book. Perfect for claims professionals and employers who have clients who work around the water. 

   
   
Special Executive Report – PD After Almaraz II and Ogilvie II (EBook)
Veteran trial lawyer, Phil Walker, delivers you all the tools, resources and strategies for winning permanent disability cases after Almarez, including recommended rehab counselors, ways of valuing cases, estimates of medical-legal expenses and strategies for settlement and victory. 

   
   
The Doctor List for California Workers' Compensation
Your job will be easier, faster, and better by using THE DOCTOR LIST. No need for writing the doctor more than once, supplemental reports, depositions, or cross-examinations of the doctors. It can't get easier, faster, or better than that!

NOW, YOU WILL KNOW WHO TO CHOOSE AS AN AME AND WHO TO CHOOSE AS A PANEL QME TO GET CORRECT RATINGS UNDER THE AMA GUIDES!

 
   
Success Story
“Ah, Phil, another brilliant performance from a consumate professional.  You had them in the aisles.  Outstanding.” 

Zachary H. Sacks, Sacks and Zolonz, LLP