LIVE Napa Convention 10-16/17/18/19-2025 (Under Construction)

Published Scientific Literature for Chiropractors 

Speakers: Drs. Deed Harrison, Dan Murphy, John Maltby, and others

$1495 QME Series (includes up to 4 days with IIE Certification, CBCE and/or X-ray credit)
$329 Early-bird (CBCE credit only / $159 for ICAC members)
$379 Late registration (CBCE credit only / $195 for ICAC members)
$159 Staff, CAs, Spouses & Students (non-DC)
$195 X-ray only (5 hrs.)
$295 QME License Renewal (CE only), includes anti-bias training (8 hrs.)
$65/ea.  Banquet tickets (COPIA special) - Friday Night

Culinary Institute of America
500 First Street
Napa, CA  94559
      Phone: (707) 967-2500

 Thursday, 10/16/25 - (9 hours) Live: James Musick, DC, QME (Conference Room)

This is part of the live 13 hours QME series, as a prerequisite to take the QME examination, with the DWC Medical-Unit, State of California (DWC Medical-Unit approved and CBCE approval pending)

11:00 AM – 12:00 PM     Introduction AMA Guides, impairment

12:00 PM – 1:00 PM       AMA Guides, impairment (cont.)

1:00 PM – 2:00 PM        Impairment AMA Guides, Cervical Spine

Break

2:20 PM – 3:20 PM        Impairment AMA Guides, Lumbar Spine

3:20 PM – 4:20 PM        Impairment AMA Guides, Upper Extremities

4:20 PM – 5:20 PM        Impairment Lower Extremities Boot Camp

Break

5:20 PM – 6:00 PM        Visit Exhibitors – sign Timeslips

6:00 PM – 7:00 PM        AMA Conversion Rules

7:00 PM – 8:00 PM        AMA Combining Rules

8:00 PM – 9:00 PM        Apportionment under the AMA Guides (Conference Room)

Sign Timeslips - Visit Exhibitors – to receive tickets for door prizes (Banquet)

Friday, 10/17/25 - (4 hours) Live: James Musick, DC, QME (Conference Room)

Continuation of QME Series (Total 13 of 25 hours required for a Certificate of Completion)

7:00 AM – 8:00 AM        Visit Exhibitors – to receive tickets for door prizes (Banquet)

8:00 AM – 9:00 AM        Apportionment under L.C. §§4663 – 4664

9:00 AM – 10:00 AM      Ethical Billing under 8 CCR §§9793 – 9795

Break 10:00 AM – 10:10 AM 

10:10 AM – 11:10 AM       Electronic Adjudication Management System (EAMS)

11:10 AM – 12:10 PM       Report Writing 8 CCR §46 - Review Take-Home Exam

 Turn-in Timeslips - Visit Exhibitors – to receive tickets for door prizes (Banquet)

Friday,10/17/25 - (5 hours) Live: Jennifer Pedley, MS, D.C., DACBR (Atrium)

This 5-hour Spinal Imaging seminar includes 5 hours each from California Department of Radiological Health and CBCE

7:00 AM – 8:00 AM       Visit Exhibitors – to receive tickets for door prizes (Banquet)

8:00 AM – 8:50 AM       Introduction to Spinal X-ray, MRI, and CT scans; biomechanics, positioning, views, measuring, and angulations

8:50 AM – 9:40 AM       Spinal imaging signs of instability, gravity lines, lordosis, introduction to spinal pathologies

Break Visit Exhibitors – sign Timeslips

9:40 AM – 10:30 AM   Sign Timeslips)

10:30 AM – 11:20 AM   Spinal Imaging case studies, diagnosis, CT versus MRI

11:20 AM – 12:10 PM   Spinal Imaging scoliosis, spinal stenosis, spinal instability, spondylolisthesis, spinal surgeries

12:10 PM – 1:00 PM    Spinal Imaging of spinal fractures, disc lesions, soft tissue lesions, review of case studies including personal injury auto accidents

End - Turn in Timeslips for CBCE & X-ray Credit (California Department of Radiological Health)

Friday, 10/17/25 - (4 hours) Live 

Instructor: Dan Murphy, D.C., FICA (Atrium)

This is a LIVE 4-hour Research CBCE seminar (Atrium)

1:00 AM – 2:00 AM       Visit Exhibitors – to receive tickets for door prizes (Banquet)

2:00 PM – 2:50 AM       Research Topic

 2:50 PM – 3:40 AM       Research Topic

Break

3:40 PM – 4:00 PM       Visit Exhibitors – to receive tickets for door prizes (Banquet)

 4:00 AM – 4:50 AM       Research Topic

4:50 AM – 5:40 AM       Research Topic

Saturday,10/18/25 - (8 hours) Live:

Instructor: Deed Harrison, D.C., FICA (Atrium)

This is a LIVE 4-hour Research CBCE seminar (Atrium)

7:00 AM – 8:00 AM       Visit Exhibitors – to receive tickets for door prizes (Banquet)

8:00 AM – 8:50 AM       Research Topic

8:50 AM – 9:40 AM       Research Topic

Break

9:40 AM – 10:00 AM      Visit Exhibitors – sign Timeslips

10:00 AM – 10:50 AM   Research Topic

10:50 AM – 11:40 AM   Research Topic

Lunch

11:40 AM – 1:00 PM    Visit Exhibitors – to receive tickets for door prizes (Banquet)

Instructor:                    John Maltby, D.C., FICA (Atrium)

1:00 PM – 1:50 PM      Research Topic

1:50 PM – 2:40 PM      Research Topic

Break

2:40 PM – 3:00 PM      Visit Exhibitors – to receive tickets for door prizes (Banquet)

Instructor:                    Scott Heun, D.C., FICA (Atrium)

3:00 PM – 3:40 PM      Research Topic

3:40 PM – 4:40 PM      Research Topic

4:40 PM – 6:00 PM      Visit Exhibitors – to receive tickets for door prizes (Banquet)

6:00 PM – 9:00 PM     Purchase Banquet Tickets & Return Drawing prize tickets received from vendor booths

• Culinary Insitute Dinner 
• Annual Awards (visit the website for the nomination form)
• Door Prizes (must visit Sponsors to receive door prize tickets)

Sunday,10/19/25 - (8 hours) Live: James Musick, D.C., QME (Conference Room)

This 8-hour QME seminar covers LIVE 8 hours mandatory CBCE hours

8:00 AM – 10:00 AM     Antibias Training

                                     DWC Medical-Unit requires Quiz for DWC credit

                                     Ethics and Law

Break

10:00 AM – 10:10 AM   Sign Timeslips

10:10 AM – 12:10 PM   California Case Law in Workers’ Compensation

                                      Ethics and Law

12:10 PM – 1:10 PM     Medical-Legal Fee Schedule

                                      Ethical Billing

1:10 PM – 2:10 PM       AMA Guides Impairment (multiple body parts)

                                      History and Physical Exam

Break

2:20 PM – 4:20 PM       AMA Guides Impairment (multiple body parts)

End - Turn in Timeslips for CBCE & QME Credit (DWC Medical-Unit)