Workers’ Compensation Fundamentals (OnDemand Webinar)

$149.00

SKU: 409583EAU

Description

Gain a better understanding of the various types and costs of workers’ compensation benefits for an injured worker.This topic will provide you with a thorough analysis and discussion of the various types of workers’ compensation benefits available to injured employees. This course will provide an indepth learning experience covering the various medical evidence, factual evidence, investigative evidence, and witnesses that can be utilized to reduce future claim exposure. This information will present specific strategies to assess return to work motivation, risks, and factors that can impact a prolonged period of disability and create barriers that influence return to work outcomes.

Date: 2022-03-24 Start Time: End Time:

Learning Objectives

Benefits Available to Injured Workers
• Wage Loss Benefits
• Medical Benefits
• Specific Loss Benefits
• Disfigurement Benefits
• Hearing Loss Benefits

Medical Evidence and Witnesses: Strategies to Reduce Claim Costs
• How IMEs Reduce Claim Costs
• Issues and Reasons for Scheduling
• Causal Relationship and Degree of Disability
• Timing
• Lowering Temporary Lost Earning Awards
• Limiting Established Injuries

Factual Evidence and Witnesses: Strategies to Reduce Claim Costs
• Type of Evidence
• Employment and Personnel, Financial Records, Educational
• Type of Witnesses
• Co-Worker and Supervisor, Vocational Expert, Investigator

Surveillance, Social Media, Background Checks, and Criminal Checks: Strategies to Reduce Claim Costs
• Surveillance
• Social Media Check
• Background Check; Criminal Check

Return-to-Work Strategy
• Accessing Return-to-Work Opportunities
• Issues/Situations Which Have Arisen as a Result of the Ongoing COVID-19 Pandemic
• Weighing Risks and Factors
• Barriers
• Return-to-Work Process
• Successful Outcomes

ASA ,BCSP ,HR Certification Institute ,SHRM ,Additional credit may be available upon request. Contact Lorman at 866-352-9540 for further information.

Mary Bergmann-Rawle & Henderson LLP, Zachary M. Rubinich – Rawle & Henderson LLP