7:30 – 8:00 am           Late Registration for Golf Tournament

8:00 – 1:00 pm           Golf Tournament

12:00 – 6:00 pm         Exhibit Hall Setup

12:00 – 1:00 am         Shuttle Bus

12:30 – 1:45 pm         Moot Court Judges’ Luncheon  (Judges only)

2:00 – 5:00 pm           Convention Registration & Information

2:00 – 5:00 pm           E. Earle Zehmer Moot Court Preliminary Rounds

7:00 – 1:00 am           Shuttle Bus

8:00 – 5:00 pm           Registration and Information

9:00 – 9:20 am           Welcoming Speeches

9:20 – 9:40 am           Scholarship and Award Presentations

                                    -FWCI Scholarship Presentation

                                    -Friends of 440 Scholarship Presentation

9:40 – 10:00 am         Alex Sink

                                    Chief Financial Officer

                                    Florida Department of Financial Services

                                    Tallahassee , FL  

10:00 – 10:15 am       The National Underwriter Award for Excellence in             

                                    Workers’ Compensation Risk Management

10:15   am                   Introduction of Industry Keynote Speaker

10:15 – 11:00 am        Industry Keynote Speaker

                                    Neal S. Wolin

                                    President and Chief Operating Officer

                                    The Hartford ’s Property-Casualty Operations

                                    The Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc.

                                    Hartford , CT   

Mr. Wolin will discuss the challenges ahead for workers’ compensation carriers, adjusters and litigators, including the rise of claims and fraud in a slowing economy, soaring healthcare and drug costs, and the possibility of national health insurance reform in a new administration, among other threats to the industry’s prosperity.

11:00 – 12:00 pm       Guest Speaker and Keynote Address

                                    Football Legend - Terry Bradshaw                

11:00 – 5:00 pm         Exhibit Hall Open

4:45 pm                      Grand Prize Drawing Inside Exhibit Hall

1:30 – 2:30 pm           E. Earle Zehmer Moot Court Finals

2:00 – 4:00 pm           Case Law Update

Breakout For Risk Managers

1:00 – 4:00 pm

1:00 – 2:00 pm           Practical Experiences and Solutions in

                                    Workers’ Compensation Claims Management

2:00 – 2:15 pm           Break

2:15 –4:00 pm            Evidence Based Medicine

4:00 – 5:00 pm           Health, Wellness and Productivity

Breakout for Healthcare Providers

1:30 – 4:30 pm          

1:30 – 3:00 pm           Legally And Medically Complex  Cases

3:00 – 4:30 pm           Complementary Alternative Medicine: An Emerging

                                    Trend in Workers’ Compensation for the Treatment

                                    Of Chronic Pain Patients

Breakout On Employment Law

1:00 – 4:00 pm          

1:00 – 2:00 pm           Recent Developments in Sexual and Racial Harrassment  

2:00 – 2:55 pm           The Ten Commandments to Avoiding Employment Liability

2:55 – 3:10 pm           Break

3:10 – 4:00 pm           The Habitually Sick Employee:  What Employers

Can, Cannot and Must Do

National Trends  In Workers’ Compensation

Presented by the National Underwriter

1:00 – 4:15 pm          

1:00 - 2:30 pm            Hot Spots For WC Reform: A Progress Report

From Key States  

2:30 – 2:45 pm           Break

2:45 – 4:15 pm           How Do We Break The WC Drug Addiction?

THE DEFENSE RESEARCH INSTITUTE CONFERENCE: THE DRI COMES TO FWCI

1:00 – 5:00 pm

1:00 – 1:45 pm           MSA Wars: Strategic Thinking and Situational Tactics –

A Battlefield Update

1:45 – 2:30 pm           Esoteric Medical Benefits (From AAA Membership to 

                                    Zenith Plasma TV): Necessary or Nice?

2:30 – 2:45 pm           Break

2:45 – 3:30 pm           Frontiers of Junk Science:  Harnessing the power of Frye  

                                    and Daubert in Everyday Litigation

3:30 – 4:15 pm            How to Get Business, And How to Lose it: A

Decision maker’s Perspective          

4:15 – 5:00 pm           ADA Implications on Workers’ Compensation Claims:

                                    25 Years Later

NIOSH /CDC/ University of South Florida Breakout

1:00 – 5:00 pm          

1:00 – 2:00 pm            NIOSH Activities for Hispanic Workers  

2:00 – 2:50 pm            Limitations and Applications of Risk Assessments

2:50 – 3:05 pm            Break

3:05 – 4:00 pm            News Flash!!! MRSA Found in the Community, 

                                     Workplace and Healthcare Settings

4:00 – 5:00 pm            Evaluating Individual Impairment from Drugs and Alcohol:

A Primer for Adjusters

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7:00 – 11:00 pm         Reception and Entertainment

                                    Featured Entertainment:

Bangles

Tuesday, August 19

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7:00 – 12:00 am          Shuttle Bus

8:00 – 5:00 pm            Registration & Information

9:00 – 5:00 pm            Exhibit Hall Open

4:45 pm                       Grand Prize Drawing Inside Exhibit Hall

Breakout for Adjusters

Program One

8:45 – 5:00 pm          

8:45 – 9:45 am            Live Arthroscopic Surgery

                                    (This same presentation will take place in Breakout

 for Adjusters, Programs One and Two)

9:45 – 10:00 am         Break

10:00 – 11:00 am        60 Tips in 60 Minutes: Successfully Closing Cases         

11:00 – 12:00 pm        Construction Issues

12:00 – 1:00 pm          Lunch (on your own)

1:00 – 2:45 pm            Oral Argument (the same presentation will take place in 

                                     Breakout for Adjusters, Program One and Program Two)

                                                 Presented by the First District Court of Appeal

2:45 – 3:00 pm            Break

3:00 – 4:00 pm            Litigation Management

4:00 – 5:00 pm            Everyday Ethical Dilemmas In Workers’ Compensation

Breakout for Adjusters

Program Two

8:45 – 5:00 pm          

8:45 – 9:45 am            Live Arthroscopic Surgery

                                    (This same presentation will take place in Breakout

 for Adjusters, Programs One and Two)

9:45 – 10:00 am         Break

10:00 – 12:00 pm        Issues and Answers: Hot Topics                       

12:00 – 1:00 pm          Lunch (on your own)

1:00 – 2:45 pm            Oral Argument (the same presentation will take place in 

                                     Breakout for Adjusters, Program One and Program Two)

                                                 Presented by the First District Court of Appeal

2:45 – 3:00 pm            Break

3:00 – 4:00 pm            Medicare Set-Asides:  Reasonable or not?

4:00 – 5:00 pm            Ethics in the Mediation Process

Breakout for Attorneys

8:15 – 9:00 am            Alumni Breakfasts

9:45 – 4:15 pm          

9:45 – 10:45 am          Strategy Session: Hot Topics

10:45 – 11:45 am        Constitutional Challenge of Section 440.34

as Amended in 2003

11:45 - 12:15 pm         Perspectives of the Office of the

Judges of Compensation Claims

12:15  – 2:15 pm         Lunch (on your own)

2:15 - 4:15 pm             Focus on Ethics and Professionalism-A New Game

Breakout for Paralegals And Legal Assistants

9:00 – 11:00 am        

9:00 – 10:00 am          Mock Trial Demonstration

10:00 – 10:50 am        E-Filing

10:50 – 11:00 am        Break

11:00 – 12:00 pm        Effective Time Management

Division of Workers’ Compensation Bi-Annual Re-Certification Course for Rehabilitation and Healthcare Providers

1:00  - 5:00 pm          Workers’ Compensation Reemployment Services (RES)

Chiropractic Breakout

Presented by the Florida Chiropractic Association

10:00 – 12:00 noon   

10:00 – 10:20 am       How Does Chiropractic Work, Scientifically?

Explaining the anatomy, physiology and principles of chiropractic

10:20 – 10:40 am       Backs and Shoulders and Knees, Oh My!

Defining what and when injuries are appropriate for chiropractic

10:40 – 11:10 am       Adjustments, And So Much More!

Revealing the techniques, therapies, and modalities used by chiropractors

11:10 – 11:40 am       You Know You’re in Trouble, When . . .

Exploring reasonable expectations and options in assessing medical necessity

11:40 – 12:00 pm       Questions to the Panel

Orthopaedic Breakout

Presented by Florida Orthopaedic Society

2:45 – 4:30 pm          

2:45 - 3:00 pm            Management of Work Related Hand and Upper Limb 

                                    Injuries

3:00 - 3:05 pm            Question and Answer Session

3:05 - 3:20 pm            All-Arthroscopic Rotator Cuff Repair of the Shoulder

3:20 - 3:25 pm            Question and Answer Session

3:25 - 3:40 pm            Pitfalls in the Management of Work Related Shoulder 

                                    Injuries:  Routine to Catastrophic

3:40 – 3:45 pm            Question and Answer Session

3:45 – 4:00 pm            Partial Knee Replacements and Total Knee Replacements 

                                    for Traumatic Arthritis - What to Do and Why

4:00 – 4:05 pm           Question and Answer Session

4:05 – 4:20 pm           Symptom Magnification and Malingering

4:20 – 4:30 pm           Question and Answer Session

Breakout for Pain Management

Presented by Florida Academy of Pain Medicine

12:30 – 2:30 pm        

12:30 – 12:45 pm       Introduction and Overview

12:45 – 1:15 pm         Fraud, Abuse, and Misuse in Pain Management in Workers’ 

                                   Compensation

1:15 – 1:45 pm           Medicolegal/Regulatory Aspects of Pain Management:  

                                   Special Focus on Work Related Issues

1:45 – 2:10 pm           Failed Laminectomy Treatment:  Re-Operation vs. Spinal 

                                   Cord Stimulation

2:10 – 2:30 pm           Risk Management  for Claimants Receiving Controlled 

                                   Substances For Pain

Breakout for Medical Case Managers/Rehabilitation Providers

8:50 – 5:00 pm          

8:50 - 9:00 am            Welcome and Introductions

9:00 – 10:00 am         The Important Role of Physiatrists in the

Treatment of Low Back Pain

10:00  – 12:00 pm      The Dilemmas of Chronic Pain and How It Can Become 

                                    Catastrophic for the Injured Worker and the Payer

12:00 – 1:00 pm         Lunch (on your own)

1: 00 - 3:00 pm           The Effective Management and Cost Savings for Payers 

                                    When Rehabilitation Providers Utilize the Research Proven 

                                    McKenzie Method in Treating Patients

3:00 – 5:00 pm           Obesity/Bariatrics - The New Co-Morbidity, Managing 

                                   Complex Medical Claims Issues  

National Trends In Workers’ Compensation

Presented by the National Underwriter

9:00 – 4:15 pm          

9:00 – 10:30 am          State of the Market:                   

10:30 – 10:45 am        Break

10:45 – 12:00 pm       The Search For Excellence In Workers’ Compensation Risk 

                                     Management

12:00 – 1:00 pm          Lunch (on your own)

1:00 – 2:30 pm            Name That Emerging Exposure

2:30 – 2:45 pm            Break

2:45 – 4:15 pm            Industry Focus: Tackling Workers’ Compensation 

                                    Challenges In Retail Firms  

Employee Leasing: Professional Employer Organization Breakout, Florida and National in Scope

9:00 – 3:00 pm          

9:00 - 10:45am            State of the Market

10:45 - 11:00 am         Break

11:00 - 11:45 am         Mystery Mutual

11:45 - 1:00 pm           Lunch (on your own)

1:00pm-1:45 pm         Top 10 Most Abused Workers’ Compensation Codes

1:45-2:00 pm               Break

2:00-3:00 pm               Legislative Update – What’s Hot…..What’s Not

NIOSH/CDC/University of South Florida Breakout  

9:00 – 12:00 pm        

9:00 - 10:00 am           Fighting the Biting: Mosquitoes, Ticks, and Outdoor  

                                     Workers

10:00 - 11:00 am         Communicating with a Multilingual and Multicultural

                                     Workforce

11:00 - 12:00 pm         MRSA: How to Prevent and Respond to Exposures in 

                                     Community, Occupational and Healthcare Settings

Selected Topics in Management Techniques

Presented by WCCP

10:00 – 12:00 pm       Engaging the Trust: Lessons in Dynamic Leadership

Breakout On Using Health Science to Resolve Workers’ Compensation Claims:  Why Evidence Based Medicine is Important  

10:00 – 4:00 pm        

10:00 – 11:00 am       Evidence Based Medicine: Daubert and Beyond

11:00 – 12:00 pm       What Every Self-Insured Employer, TPA and

                                    Carrier Should Know About Evidence Based Medicine

12:00 – 1:00 pm         Lunch (on your own)

1:00 – 1:20 pm           CRPS (RSD, Causalgia) Claims – Fundamental Lack of 

                                    Work-Relatedness and Credibility

1:20 – 2:00 pm           Back Problems 2008 – Prevention, Work-Relatedness and 

                                    Treatment

2:00 – 2:20 pm           Is Pain Management A Failure in Workers Compensation? 

2:20 – 3:00 pm           Impairment Evaluations Are Usually Wrong, Usually 

                                   Unfairly Favor the Claimant, and Usually Fail to Consider 

                                    Work-Relatedness

3:00 – 3:40 pm         How and Why to Keep Claimants at Work and Help Them 

                                   Return to Work

3:40 – 4:00 pm         Psychiatric Claims – Fundamental Obstacles to Establishing 

                                  Work-Relatedness

Wednesday, August 20

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7:00 – 4:00 pm            Shuttle Bus

8:00 – 11:00 am          Registration & Information

9:00 – 11:00 am          Exhibit Hall Open

10:45 am                     Grand Prize Drawing Inside

                                    Exhibit Hall

Florida Division Of Workers’ Compensation Breakout

8:30 – 12:00 pm        

8:30 – 9:00 am           Division of Workers’ Compensation Regulatory Update

9:00 – 9:30 am           Monitoring & Audit Update

9:30 -10:45 am           Update on the Reimbursement Dispute Rule 59A-31, the 

                                    most recent revisions to the Health Care Provider, 

                                    Ambulatory Surgery Centers and Hospital Reimbursement 

                                    Manuals and current status of the Carrier Report of Health 

                                    Care Provider Violations and Initiation of Investigations 

                                    Rule 59A-34

          (A Break will be given at 10:00 a.m.)

10:45 – 11:45 am       Claims EDI Mandate

11:45 – 12:00 pm       Question and Answer Session

Florida Bureau Of Rehabilitation Breakout

9:00 – 11:00 am        

9:00 – 11:00 am         Carrier Responsibilities in Workers’ Compensation

                                    Rehabilitation and Reemployment Services

Breakout on Medical Issues

(Adjusters and Nurse Case Managers)

8:45 – 12:00 pm        

8:45 – 9:45 am            It’s Just Business -  It’s Not Personal

                                     Psychology 101 for Adjusters                          

9:45 – 10:00 am          Break

10:00 – 11:00 am        Hey!  Get Off My Back!

                                    The Anatomy of the Spine and Injury Prevention

11:00 – 12:00 pm        Put Your Best Foot Forward

                                    The Complete Anatomy of the Foot and Ankle

Breakout on Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act

9:00 – 3:00 pm          

9:00 – 10:00 am          Jurisdiction Revisted

10:00 – 11:00 am        Keeping up with the Defense Base Act

11:00 – 12:00 pm        Defenses, Presumptions and Burdens of Proof

                                    Under the Longshore Act

12:00 – 1:00 pm          Lunch (on your own)

1:00 – 2:00 pm            Third Party Recovery and Subrogation

                                     Under the Longshore Act

2:00 – 3:00 pm            Case Law Update

Breakout On Advanced Mediation Techniques For Mediators, Attorneys And Adjusters

9:00  - 12:00 pm          

Breakout on Multi-State Workers’ Compensation Laws

8:45 – 3:00 pm          

8:45 – 9:30 am            Opening General Session: Legal Trends in Southeastern 

                                    States, Including Comments From the Regulators

9:30 – 9:45 am            Break

9:45 – 11:30 am          Individual State Overviews Covering Forms, Light Duty, 

                                     Defenses to Compensability, Regulator Input and 

                                     Settlements

 (Move into individual breakout rooms)

 Alabama

 Georgia

 South Carolina

 Tennessee       

 Mississippi

 North Carolina

11:30-12:30 pm           Lunch (on your own)

12:30 – 2:20 pm          Repeat of Individual State Overviews Covering Forms, 

                                    Light Duty, Defenses to Compensability, Regulator Input 

                                    and Settlements

2:20 – 2:30 pm            Break

2:30 – 3:00 pm            General Session and Panel Discussion with Regulators: 

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