Description
Discover the biggest hurdles to your workers’ compensation settlement and how to prevent them.This course will help you understand current issues that impact a workers’ compensation practice and common issues all attorneys and stakeholders face. Reaching agreements, overcoming obstacles, and how the ACA and Medicare impact your case will be discussed. Learn how attorneys can overcome these hurdles and be zealous advocates for their clients.
Date: 2022-06-16 Start Time: End Time:
Learning Objectives
Workers Compensation: Settlements, Basics, and Beyond
• Proper Evaluation of Your Claim: Calculating the AWW, TTD, TPD, and PTD Exposures
• Dealing With Troublesome Clients From a Plaintiff and Defense Perspective
• Preparing for Settlement Negations and Mediation
• Thinking Outside the Box • Strategies for Case Settlement
• Properly Drafting the Stipulation for Settlement (and Employment Release)
The Impact of the ACA on Workers Compensation Settlements
• Understanding the ACA and Its Impact on Workers Compensation
• Claim Shifting, Cost Shifting, and Other Potential Impacts on Workers Compensation
• Settlement Negotiation Strategies: Insurance Premiums, Out-of-Pocket Expenses
Using Medicare Set-Asides in Your Workers Compensation Settlement
• Discussing the Issue of an MSA at the Time of Settlement
• Thinking of the MSA as a Contract
• Dealing With Settlement Delays and MSAs
• Educating Yourself and Others
CLE (Please check the Detailed Credit Information page for states that have already been approved) ,HR Certification Institute ,SHRM ,Additional credit may be available upon request. Contact Lorman at 866-352-9540 for further information.
Aaron Frederickson-MSP Compliance Solutions, LLC
