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Zoom: QME Training 25 OR 44 hour Tracks PLUS CBCE Credit 8-12/13/14/15/16-2025

08-12-2025 8:00 am - 08-16-2025 6:20 pm
Zoom: Link details to be E-mailed
$1495 for 25 OR 44 hour Tracks, OR CBCE hours (only) $219 or Free for Life-time or Current ICAC members

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)

Zoom: CBCE & QME Basic Work Comp (8 hrs) 9-23-2025

09-23-2025 8:00 am -5:20 pm
Zoom: Link details to be E-mailed
9-23-2025 (8 of 25 Hours for Certification for DCs who want to be QMEs ) Register online or Call 916-362-8816.

Zoom Live Interactive Seminar

This 8-hour Basic Work-comp seminar covers the mandatory 8 hours required by the State Board (CBCE)

 

Tuesday 9/23/25 - (8 hours) Basic Worker’s Compensation: 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

                                       Principles and Practice

Lunch

1:00 PM – 2:00 PM        Reporting Obligations of the Physician

                                       Ethics and Law

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 hrs)

Certificate may be applied to other CE providers teaching either the 25 or 44 hour QME seminar series as approved by the DWC Medical-Unit [see 8 CCR 14. Doctors of Chiro (b)(2)(A)].

 Certificate of Completion: 8 hours license renewal credit by the CBCE as follows:

 

TOTAL CBCE Hours (by Subject Category):

Ethics and Law                      3 hours      Category A (CBCE)

History and Physical Exam    3 hours      Category A (CBCE)

Ethical Billing and Coding      0 hours      Category A (CBCE)

Special Population Care        0 hours       Category A (CBCE)

Principles of Practice             2 hours       Category A (CBCE)