Zoom Live Interactive Seminar
This 25 OR 44-hour QME seminar also covers mandatory 12 hours required by the State Board (CBCE)
Tuesday 8/12/25 - (9 hours) QME Certification (Zoom): James Musick, DC, QME
8:00 AM – 9:00 AM Glossary: Physician’s Guide to Medical Practice in Work Comp
Ethics and Law
9:00 AM – 10:00 AM Chapter 1: Physician’s Guide – Worker’s Comp. System (4th ed)
Special Population Care
Break
10:20 AM – 11:20 AM Chapter 2: Worker’s Compensation Organization
Special Population Care
11:20 AM – 12:20 PM Chapter 3: Compensability
History and Physical Examination
Lunch
1:00 PM – 2:00 PM Chapter 4: Participation in the Worker’s Compensation System
Special Population Care
2:00 PM – 3:00 PM Chapter 5: Benefits and Payments to Employees
Special Population Care
Break
3:20 PM – 4:20 PM Chapter 6: The Role of the Duties of a Physician
Ethics and Law
4:20 PM – 5:20 PM Chapter 7: Reports And Timeliness in The System
Ethics and Law
5:20 PM – 6:20 PM Chapter 8: Evidence-Based Guidelines (MTUS)
Principles and Practice
Wednesday 8/13/25 - (9 hours) QME Certification (Zoom): James Musick, DC, QME
8:00 AM – 9:00 AM Chapter 9: UR and IMR
Principles and Practice
9:00 AM – 10:00 AM Chapter 10: Evaluating Permanent Disability
History and Physical Exam
Break
10:20 AM – 11:20 AM Chapter 11: Duties in the System and Role of the QME
Special Population Care
11:20 AM – 12:20 PM Chapter 12: Writing the Medical Legal Report
Principles and Practice
Lunch
1:00 PM – 2:00 PM Chapter 13: Pmts to QME's, OMFS, RBRVS, E-billing & IBR
Ethical Billing and Coding
2:00 PM – 3:00 PM Chapter 14: Monitoring Compliance with Rules and Enforcement
Ethics and Law
3:20 PM – 4:20 PM Chapter 15: Physician Conduct & Ethics in Med Legal Eval.
Ethics and Law
Break
4:20 PM – 5:20 PM Chapter 16: Information for Office Staff
Principles and Practice
5:20 PM – 6:20 PM Chapter 16: Information for Office Staff (cont.)
Principles and Practice
Thursday 8/14/25 - (8 hours) Basic Worker’s Compensation (Zoom): James Musick, DC, QME
8:00 AM – 9:00 AM Introduction: including History of Reforms, Laws, Rules and Regs
Ethics and Law
9:00 AM – 10 00 AM Work Comp. Terminology, Intro. to Rating Disability
Principles and Practice
Break
10:20 AM – 11:20 AM Introduction to Spinal Examinations and Impairment
History and Physical Examination
11:20 AM – 12:20 PM Introduction: Apportionment under Labor Code §§4663 and 4664
Ethics and Law
Lunch
1:00 PM – 2:00 PM Reporting Obligations of the Physician
Principles and Practice
2:00 PM – 3:00 PM Doctor’s First Report (DFR) and Progress Reports (PR-2)
History and Physical Examination
Break
3:20 PM – 4:20 PM Permanent Stationary Reports (PR-3 & PR-4)
History and Physical Exam
4:20 PM – 5:20 PM Chiropractic WC Studies, Court Decisions & Filing Grievances
Ethics and Law
Certificate of Completion: “Fundamentals California Worker’s Compensation System” (8 hours)
Friday 8/15/25 - (9 hours) QME Certification (Zoom): James Musick, DC, QME
8:00 AM – 9:00 AM AMA Introduction: Exam Kit, Evaluation of Spine-Cervical
History and Physical Exam
9:00 AM – 10:00 AM Combining Impairment & Duplications
Principles and Practice
Break
10:20 AM – 11:20 AM Conversion of Body Parts to Whole Person Impairment (WPI)
Principles and Practice
11:20 AM – 12:20 PM AMA Evaluation of the Spine-Lumbar
History and Physical Exam
Lunch
1:00 PM – 2:00 PM AMA Evaluations of the Upper Extremities (UE)
History and Physical Exam
2:00 PM – 3:00 PM AMA Ratings of the Lower Extremities (LE)
History and Physical Examination
Break
3:20 PM – 4:20 PM Review: Conversion & Combining Intro to Causation
Ethics and Law
4:20 PM – 5:20 PM Apportionment: AMA Guides v. Labor Code §§4663 & 4664
Ethics and Law
5:20 PM – 6:20 PM Physician Compensation under 8 §§CCR 9793 – 9795
Ethical Billing and Coding
Saturday 8/16/25 - (9 hours) QME Certification (Zoom): James Musick, DC, QME
8:00 AM – 9:00 AM Electronic Adjudication Management System (EAMS)
Principles and Practice
9:00 AM – 10:00 AM Almaraz-Guzman AMA Ratings
History and Physical Examination
Break
10:20 AM – 11:20 AM Antibias Training Introduction, History & Page v Parisotto
Principles and Practice
11:20 AM – 12:20 PM Antibias Training (Cases: Requires test/exam)
Principles and Practice
Lunch
1:00 PM – 2:00 PM Case Law
Ethics and Law
2:00 PM – 3:00 PM Case Law (Continued)
Ethics and Law
Break
3:20 PM – 4:20 PM Report Writing: Overview; using the 8 CCR §46 Model
Principles and Practice
4:20 PM – 5:20 PM Report Writing (Continued)
Principles and Practice
5:20 PM – 6:20 PM Review Take-Home Exam using the AMA Model
Principles and Practice
Certificate of Completion: “Certification in California Workers’ Compensation” (44 hours – QME credit)
Certificate of Attendance: CBCE (maximum zoom allowed per year is 12 hours)
TOTAL CBCE Hours (by Subject Category):
Ethics and Law 12 hours Category A (CBCE)
History and Physical Exam 10 hours Category A (CBCE)
Ethical Billing and Coding 2 hours Category A (CBCE)
Special Population Care 5 hours Category A (CBCE)
Principles of Practice 15 hours Category A (CBCE)
| Event Date | 08-12-2025 8:00 am |
| Event End Date | 08-16-2025 6:20 pm |
| Capacity | Unlimited |
| Individual Price | $1495 for 25 OR 44 hour Tracks, OR CBCE hours (only) $219 or Free for Life-time or Current ICAC members |
| Location | Zoom: Link details to be E-mailed |