Events

Tuesday

Zoom

5:00 pm - 6:40 pm Ethics/Legal, Charles Davis, DC

6:45 pm - 8:35 pm History/Examination, Charles Davis, DC

Tuesday

Zoom

5:00 pm - 6:40 pm Ethics/Legal, Hugh Lubkin, DC

6:45 pm - 7:35 pm History/Examination, Hugh Lubkin, DC

7:40 pm - 8:30 pm Wellness/ Anti-Aging, Thumper Bloomquist, DC

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)

Thursday, August 28, 2025

AC Hotels - Marriott (Santa Clara)
2970 Lakeside Drive
Santa Clara, CA 95054
Reservations: (408) 496-2950

This 12-hour seminar also covers the mandatory 12 hours required by the State Board

8:00 AM - 8:50 AM            A) Ethics/Law  History of Reforms, Laws, Rules & Regs. 

                                         Instructor: James E. Musick, D.C., QME

8:50 AM  - 9:40 AM           B) Principles of Practice  Workers' Comp terminology, Intro to Rating Disability 

                                          Instructor: James E. Musick, D.C., QME

9:45 AM  - 10:35 AM          A) History & Exam  Intro to Spinal Exam and Impairment 

                                          Instructor: James E. Musick, D.C., QME

10:35 AM  - 11:25 AM        B) Principles of Practice  Intro to Apportionment (LC §§4663 & 4664) 

                                          Instructor: James E. Musick, D.C., QME

11:30 AM  - 12:20 PM        A) Ethics/Law  Reporting Obligations of Physician

                                          Instructor: James E. Musick, D.C., QME

12:20 PM - 1:00 PM          Lunch "Brown Bagger's" (on your own)

1:00 PM - 1:50 PM           A) History & Exam  Doctor's 1st report & Progress report (PR-2) 

                                         Instructor: James E. Musick, D.C., QME

1:50 PM - 2:40 PM           A) History & Exam  Permanent and Stationary Reports (PR-3 & PR-4) 

                                         Instructor: James E. Musick, D.C., QME

2:45 PM - 3:35 PM           A) Ethics/Law  Chiropractic WC studies, court decisions, filing grievances & Q&A

                                         Instructor: James E. Musick, D.C., QME

3:40 PM - 5:20 PM           Technique

                                         Instructor: Ulyss Bidkaram, D.C.

5:25 PM - 7:05 PM           Technique 

                                         Instructor: Ulyss Bidkaram, D.C.

• Turn in Time-slips
• Visit ICAC website for this coming year's awards nomination form

By attending this Basic WC seminar you may receive up to triple credit as follows:

• 13 of 25 live hours required to apply and take the QME examination, DWC Medical-Unit, State of California.
• 12 live hours of CE credit for re-licensure by the California Board of Chiropractic Examiners (CBCE).
• 13 of 29 hours to be certified by the ICAC as an Industrial Injury Evaluator (I.I.E.).

Precision Health: analyze. adjust. restore, precisely.

                                                                      $1495 (includes both days & CBCE credit)
                                                           $219 (CBCE credit only / $79 for ICAC members)

AC Hotels - Marriott (Sunnyvale/Cupertino)
597 East El Camino Real 
Sunnyvale, CA 94087
Reservations: (408) 496-2950

This 13-hour QME seminar covers LIVE 13 hours/13 mandatory CBCE hours

Thursday, 9/18/25 - (6 hours) Live

                                       Instructor: James E. Musick, D.C., QME

1:00 PM – 2:00 PM        Introduction AMA Guides, impairment

2:00 PM – 3:00 PM        AMA Guides, impairment (cont.)

3:00 PM – 4:00 PM        Impairment AMA Guides, Cervical Spine

Break

4:20 PM – 5:20 PM        Impairment AMA Guides, Lumbar Spine

5:20 PM – 6:20 PM        Impairment AMA Guides, Upper Extremities

6:20 PM – 7:20 PM        Impairment Lower Extremities Boot Camp

Friday, 9/19/25 - (7 hours) Live

                                       Instructor: James E. Musick, D.C., QME

8:00 AM – 9:00 AM        AMA Conversion Rules

9:00 AM – 10:00 AM      AMA Combining Rules

Break

10:20 AM – 11:20 AM    Apportionment under the AMA Guides

11:20 AM – 12:20 AM    Apportionment under L.C. §§4663 – 4664

Lunch

12:40 PM – 1:40 PM   Ethical Billing under 8 CCR §§9793 – 9795

1:40 PM – 2:40 PM       Electronic Adjudication Management System (EAMS)

2:40 PM – 3:40 PM       Report Writing 8 CCR §46 - Review Take-Home Exam

By attending this QME seminar you may receive up to triple credit as follows:

• 13 of 25 live hours required to apply and take the QME examination, DWC Medical-Unit, State of California.
• 13 live hours of CE credit for re-licensure by the California Board of Chiropractic Examiners (CBCE).
• 13 of 29 hours to be certified by the ICAC as an Industrial Injury Evaluator (I.I.E.).