QME Seminars

                                                                                   $1495 (includes CBCE & QME credit)
                                               $119 (CBCE & QME credit only / FREE for ICAC members)

Zoom Live Interactive Seminar

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

Thursday 7/30/26 - (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 the 25 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)

                                                                                   $1495 (includes CBCE & QME credit)
                                               $119 (CBCE & QME credit only / FREE for ICAC members)

Live in Classroom (face-to-face) Seminar

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

Friday, 8/14/2026 - (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

Saturday, 8/15/2026 - (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.).