continuing education seminar43

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)

5:20 PM - 6:20 PM         Introduction: QME Exam Kit, Review Syllabus & QME Study Guides

                                       Principles and Practice (1 hour) 

                                       Total 9 hours - Thursday

Friday 8/15/25 - (9 hours) QME Certification (Zoom): James Musick, DC, QME

8:00 AM – 9:00 AM        AMA Evaluation of the 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)