This OnDemand Webinar will address defense strategies that can be employed on some of the more complex fact scenarios often faced in today's workers' compensation arena.
The focus will be on successfully asserting those defenses to limit exposure and close files at the lowest cost to the employer.
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Agenda
News From the Illinois Workers' Compensation Commission
- Workers' Compensation Reform
- Statutory Changes
Defending Wage Differential Claims
- Elements of Proof
- Calculating the Exposure
- Defense Strategies
Defending Repetitive Trauma Claims
- What Constitutes a Repetitive Job?
- Causal Connection Standard
- Defense Strategies
Independent Medical Exams
- Do I Need One?
- What Kind of Expert Do I Need?
- How Do I Achieve the Best Result?
Medicare Issues
- MSA Thresholds
- Disputed Cases
- Selecting an MSA Vendor
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Credits
OnDemand Course
This course was last revised on March 2, 2011.
Call 1-866-352-9540 for further credit information.
This program does NOT qualify, nor meet the National Standard for NASBA accreditation.
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Faculty
James M. Voelker
Heyl, Royster, Voelker & Allen, P.C.
- Partner in the law firm of Heyl Royster Voelker & Allen PC, in Peoria, Illinois
- Practices in the areas of workers’ compensation and personal injury litigation
- Tried hundreds of compensation cases and numerous civil cases throughout the state of Illinois
- Writer of various articles and speeches prepared and presented for business groups and employers in the state of Illinois
- Writer of the two recent chapters in the IICLE Illinois Workers’ Compensation Practice Handbook, “Medicare Secondary Payer Statute” and “Social Security Disability Offsets”
- Writer of CompCalc, Illinois workers’ compensation software that is used throughout the state of Illinois by insurance companies, employers, attorneys and several arbitrators of the Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission to calculate workers’ compensation benefits
- Writer and founder of www.IllinoisComp.com, a website devoted to workers’ compensation issues in Illinois
- J.D. degree, The University of Iowa
- B.S. degree, University of Illinois
- Can be contacted at 309-676-0400 or [email protected]
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