Program

Eric J. Oxfeld, President, Unemployment & Workers’ Compensation, Washington, DC

1:50 P.M.—The Aging Worker – Different Medical Approaches for Knee Injuries: Conservative Surgical Approach to the Arthritic Knee and the Recently FDA-Approved Bionicare Knee Device

Walter Burns Beaver, Jr., MD, M.S., OrthoCarolina, Charlotte, NC

Thomas M. Zizic, MD, Chairman of the Board, Bionicare Medical Technologies, Inc., and Associate Professor of Medicine, John Hopkins University School of Medicine

2:50 P.M.—Break

3:10 P.M.—The Dilemma of Returning an Aging Worker to the Workforce

John Welshofer, MD, Carolina Neurosurgery and Spine Assoc., Charlotte, NC, and Chair, Medical Society NCIC Liaison Committee

3:30 P.M.—Panel Discussion

4:00 P.M.—Professional Ethics (1 CLE Ethics hour)—Empire Ballroom

Roger W. Smith, Jr., Tharrington Smith, Raleigh, NC

Questions from the Floor

5:00 P.M.—Adjournment

Reception in Exhibit Area in Imperial Salons

Bids on Kids’ Chance Silent Auction items accepted until 5:30

6:00 P.M.—Reception ends

Thursday, October 19, 2006:
Break Out Sessions 9:00 A.M.-4:00 P.M.

8:00 A.M.—Continental breakfast served in Imperial Salons

Concurrent Break Out Sessions: There will be two different sessions available in the morning. Each session will be held twice. Decide the order in which to attend the sessions keeping in mind room capacity.

9:00 A.M.—Break Out Session—Choose session (1) or (2) from the list below.

(1)    Medicare Set-Asides—Empire Ballroom A, B & C

Eric J. Oxfeld, President, Unemployment & Workers’ Compensation, Washington, DC

Kathleen Glancy, The Law Offices of Kathleen Glancy, Wilmington, NC

Death Cases: Survivorship and Dependency Issues

Susan Briggs, Morris York Williams Surles & Barringer, Charlotte, NC

(2)    Hearing Readiness: Tips from the Bench

Chrystal Redding Stanback, Deputy Commissioner, NCIC, Raleigh, NC

David A. Shelby, Doran Shelby Pethel & Hudson, Salisbury, NC

Michael W. Ballance, Young Moore & Henderson, Raleigh, NC

Priscilla Flippin, Key Risk Management, Greensboro, NC

Panel Discussion

Wanda Blanche Taylor, Philip A. Baddour III, and Myra L. Griffin, Deputy Commissioners, NCIC, Raleigh, NC

10:20 A.M.—Break

10:40 A.M.—Break Out Session— Choose session (1) or (2) from the list below.

12:00 P.M.—Luncheon—Imperial Salons

Concurrent Break Out Sessions: There will be two different sessions available in the afternoon. Each session will be held twice. Decide the order in which to attend the sessions keeping in mind room capacity.

1:20 P.M.— Break Out Session— Choose session (1) or (2) from the list below.

(1)    The Processing of Claims: How to Do, What Not to Do and When to Do It— Empire Ballroom A, B & C

Claims Administration

Stephanie Gay, Builders Mutual Insurance Company, Raleigh, NC

Michelle Jones, N.C. League of Municipalities, Raleigh, NC

J. Griffin Morgan, Elliot Pishko Morgan, Winston-Salem, NC

M. Andrew Avram, Cranfill, Sumner & Hartzog, Charlotte, NC

Karissa J. Davan, Claims Administrator, NCIC, Raleigh, NC

(2)    The Adjuster and the Medical Case Manager/Vocational Rehab Specialist—You Want Me to Do WHAT?!—Empire Ballroom D & E

Working Within the Rehabilitation Rules

Barbara Armstrong, RN, CDMS, CCM, CLCP            Armstrong & Associates, Charlotte, NC

Dale Warrick, BS, RN, FNP, CCM, American Rehabilitation, Charlotte, NC

George Page, MS, CVE, CDMS, CCM, Page Rehabilitation Services, Charlotte, NC

Sherri Helms, St. Pauls Travelers, Charlotte, NC

Ann O’Connell, Synergy, Charlotte, NC

Jane Landry, The Hartford Insurance, Charlotte, NC

Medical Billing and Authorization

Scarlette Gardner, Assistant Counsel, N.C. Medical Society

2:30 P.M.—Break

2:50 P.M.— Break Out Session—General audience choose session (1) or (2) from the list above.

4:00 P.M.—Adjournment

Friday, October 20, 2006:
General Session 9:00 A.M.-12:50 P.M.

8:00 A.M.—Continental breakfast served in Imperial Salons

9:00 A.M.—Significant Workers’ Compensation Decisions in the Last Year

Bruce A. Hamilton, Teague Campbell Dennis & Gorham, Raleigh, NC

Alice J. Tejada, Scudder & Hedrick, , Raleigh, NC

Manuscript prepared by Bruce A. Hamilton, Julia Hooten, and William Bulfer, Teague Campbell Dennis & Gorham, Raleigh, NC.

Questions from the Floor

10:30 A.M.—Break

10:50 A.M.—Mediation Update

John A. Schafer, Deputy Commissioner, NCIC, Raleigh, NC

Mock Mediation—“Vladimir, The Russian Hairdresser”—McAngus, Goudelock & Courie

12:50 P.M.—Adjournment

For Further Information

Telephone the IWCF office at (386) 304-1993; Fax: (386) 304-8820; or write International Workers’ Compensation Foundation, Post Office Box 11697, Daytona Beach, Florida 32120-1697.

The conference will be held at the The Sheraton Imperial Hotel and Convention Center, located in the Research Triangle Park.  Use Exit 282—Page Road off Interstate 40. The conference center's toll free number is (800) 325-3535, or you may dial direct, (919) 941-5050 or fax (919) 941-5156.