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Event Archive

Current Event Programs, Documents and Presentations

37th Annual Educational Conference on Workers' Compensation

Marriott Myrtle Beach Resort & Spa at Grande Dunes
Myrtle Beach, SC

National Trends in Workers’ Compensation
David J. DePaolo, JD, MBA, President
WorkCompCentral

Camarillo, CA

Longshoremen Update
Alan Westerlund

Trask & Howell, LLC

Mt. Pleasant, SC

Lawyer Marketing: The Ethical Aspect
Barbara M. Seymour, Esq.
Office of Disciplinary Counsel, SC Supreme Court

Columbia, SC

• Ethical Considerations in the Use of Social Media

An Employer’s Guide to THE GREAT BALANCING ACT
Caroline Cleveland, Esq.
Cleveland Law, LLC

Charleston, SC

Workplace Safety Best Practices, Best Solutions
Denise Godwin, Clemson University, Clemson, SC
Tami Barnette, Santee Cooper, Moncks Corner, SC
Jennifer Redmond, Santee Cooper, Moncks Corner, SC
Andrew Walker, BMW, Greer, SC

Quick Tips: Form 14B, Informal Conferences and Reducing Fines
Greg Line
SC Workers’ Compensation Commission

Columbia, SC

• Informal Conference Quick Tips
  

What Drives an Injured Worker to an Attorney
Mark T. Arden, Esq.
Chappell Smith & Arden, PA

Columbia, SC

South Carolina Workers’ Compensation:
Nuts and Bolts Medical Version
Sarah S. Alphin, Esq.
Willson Jones Carter & Baxley, PA

Columbia, SC

The Mild Traumatic Brain Injury Disability Debate: Both Sides
Ford Vox, MD, FAAPMR, Staff Physiatrist
Shepherd Center

Altanta, GA

Physical Brain Damage: A discussion of Sparks v. Palmetto Hardwood and Crisp v. SouthCo., Inc.
The Honorable Jean H. Toal, Chief Justice,
SC Supreme Court, Columbia, SC
Vernon F. Dunbar, Turner Padget, Greenville, SC
Kathryn Williams, Kathryn Williams, PA, Greenville, SC

• Traumatic Brain Injury Claim

Past Event Programs, Documents and Presentations

February 27

- March 1, 2011

32nd Annual Medical Seminar on Workers' Compensation

Francis Marion Hotel

Charleston, SC

Pain Medication/Opioid Dependence
Matthew P. Foster, PharmD,
PMSI, Tampa, FL

Proactive Prescription Management
Matthew P. Foster, PharmD, PMSI, Tampa, FL

Avascular Necrosis:  An Overview and Causes of Treatment

Coleman D. Fowble, MD, Midlands Orthopaedics, PA, Columbia, SC

Forensic Neuropsychological Evaluations: Issues and Controversies
L. Randolph Waid, Ph.D. Clinical Neuropsychologist & Clinical Associate Professor, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC

Health Care Reform
Joan E. Winters, Esq., Winters Law Firm, Chester, SC Chester County Attorney & Professor, Winthrop University

Responding to a Large Catastrophe
Lawrence H. Bergmann, Ph.D.,
Post Trauma Resources, Columbia, SC

An Update from the SC Workers’ Compensation Commission
Commissioner T. Scott Beck, Esq., 
Interim Chairman, SC Workers' Compensation Commission, Columbia, SC
Gary M. Cannon, Executive Director, SC Workers' Compensation Commission, Columbia, SC

October 17 - 20, 2010

34th Annual Educational Conference on Workers' Compensation

Embassy Suites at Kingston Plantation

Myrtle Beach, SC

The Power of Branding and Marketing (ppt)
Colleen Troy, Marketing Professor, College of Charleston, Charleston, SC

Spine Surgery: New Advances and
Treatments (ppt)
Dr. Donald R. Johnson, II, The Southeastern Spine Institute, Charleston, SC

2010 Ethics Update (pdf)
Lee Coggiola, Esq.Disciplinary Council
SC Supreme Court, Columbia, SC

The Aging Workforce (ppt)
Suzanne B. Cole, Esq.,Collins & Lacy, Greenville, SC

Dissolution of the Second Injury Fund (ppt)
Latonya D. Edwards, Esq,. General Counsel,
Second Injury Fund, Columbia, SC
Terri M. Lynch, Esq., Clawson & Staubes, LLC, Charleston, SC

What’s New in the Workers’ Comp World (ppt)
Commissioner Susan S. Barden, Esq., SC Workers’ Compensation Commission, Columbia, SC
Linda Hanf, RN, The Directions Group, Inc.,
Mt. Pleasant, SC

A Practical Approach to South Carolina’s New Rehab Regulations (ppt)
Linda Hanf, RN, The Directions Group, Inc.,
Mt. Pleasant, SC

Overview of the new Repetitive Trauma Statute (ppt)
Jeffrey S. Jones, Esq., Willson Jones Carter & Baxley, P.A. Greenville, SC
Richard V. Davis, Esq., Christian & Davis Law Firm, Greenville, SC
Commissioner Andrea C. Roche, SC Workers’ Compensation Commission, Columbia, SC

Third Party Liability (pdf)
W. Hugh McAngus, Jr., Esq., Chappell Smith & Arden, Columbia, SC

May 7, 2010

2010 One Day Seminar
Radisson Hotel and Conference Center
Columbia, SC

SC Workers’ Compensation Commission Administrative & Procedural Updates
Gary M. Cannon, Executive Director, SCWCC
Greg Line, SCWCC

• Commission Preferences (pdf)
• Update & Fines and Penalties (ppt)

A Practical Approach to South Carolina’s New Rehab Regulations (ppt)
Linda D. Hanf, RN,
   The Directions Group, Inc, Mt. Pleasant, SC

Margaret McLarney, RN

   Zurich Services, Charlotte, NC

Future Medical Exposure & Changes of Condition
William B. “Bret” Salley, Jr., Esq.,
Salley Law Firm, PA, Lexington, SC
Matthew J. Story, Esq.
Clawson & Staubes, LLC, Charleston, SC

• Brief (pdf)
• Change of Condition (ppt)
• Life Care Plans (ppt)
• Dodge v. Bruccoli and its Progeny - Lifetime Medical Care? (pdf)
  
  
  

February 28
- March 2, 2010

31st Annual Medical Seminar on Workers' Compensation

Francis Marion Hotel

Charleston, SC

The Graniteville Disaster (ppt)
Mark Arden, Chappell, Smith & Arden, PA
Columbia, SC

Orthopaedic Surgery IME’s and Workers’ Compensation (ppt)
Richard J. Friedman, MD, FRSCS,
Charleston Orthopaedic Associates
Charleston, SC

New Advances in Spine Surgery
Dr. Donald R. Johnson, II
The Southeastern Spine Institute, Charleston, SC

What’s Behind Door #3: Non-Covered Medical Cost Issues

• Medicare Set Asides (ppt)
  Karen Shelton, Project Works, Inc.
  Charleston, SC
• More on Medicare Set Asides (ppt)
  Hoke & Margaret Wilder, RFC Administrators, Inc., Athens, GA

Change is Good: Simple Ways to Lower Pharmacy Costs (ppt)
Tim Covington, MS, Pharm.D.
Covington Healthcare Associates, LLC,
Birmingham, AL

eCase Status
Gary M. Cannon,
SC Workers’ Compensation Commission,
Columbia, SC

October 18 - 21, 2009

33rd Annual Educational Conference on Workers' Compensation

Embassy Suites at Kingston Plantation
Myrtle Beach, SC

A Primer on Mental Health Treatment in a WC Setting pdf
Lawrence H. Bergmann, Ph.D.
Post Trauma Resources

Diabesity in the Workplace ppt
Brian J. Caveney, MD, JD, MPH
Duke University Medical Center

New Advances in Spine Surgery
Dr. Donald R. Johnson, II
Southeastern Spine Institute, Charleston, SC

Orthopaedic Surgery IME’s and Workers’ Compensation
Richard J. Friedman, MD, FRSCS
Charleston Orthopaedic Associates
Charleston, SC

Communicating with the Commission
Virginia L. Crocker
SC Workers’ Compensation Commission
Points of Contact

• Judicial
• Commissioners
• Claims
  

Some Assembly Required: Joint Replacements
Richard J. Friedman, MD, FRCSC
Charleston Orthopaedic Associates

Take Control of Your Life
Kenny Harrell, Esq.
The Joye Law Firm, North Charleston, SC

Guide Your Way to First: AMA Guides 6th Edition
John Kuhnlein, DO, MPH, CIME, FACPM, FACOEM
Medix Occupational Health Services

Pre-Texting & Dissembling: Lawyers and Little White Lies pdf
Barbara M. Seymour, Esq.
Office of Disciplinary Counsel,
South Carolina Supreme Court

Social Security: When the Injured Worker Qualifies
The Honorable Gregory M. Wilson
Chief Administrative Law Judge

October 19-22, 2008

32nd Annual Educational Conference on Workers' Compensation

Presentations and Documents

• Adjuster Ethics: Perception vs. Reality (pdf)
  Michael W. Burkett, Esq.,
  Anne V. Noonan, Esq.
  Willson Jones Carter & Baxley, PA
• Burn Care in the 21st Century
  James H. Holmes IV, MD
  Director, WFUBMC Burn Center
  Assistant Professor of Surgery
  Wake Forest University School of Medicine
• Ethics and Professionalism
  Eight Simple Ways to Lose Your Law License by Email (pdf)
  Disciplinary Opinion Summaries (October 2007-September 2008) (pdf)
  Barbara M. Seymour, Esq.
  Office of Disciplinary Counsel
  SC Supreme Court
• The Farmers Almanac of Workers’ Comp (ppt)
  Greg Line
  SC Workers’ Compensation Commission
• Harvesting the Claim Management Benefits of Emerging Neuropsychological Assessment Practices (ppt)
  Dr. David Fisher, President,
  PsyBar, Inc.
• Managing IntergenerationalRisk (ppt)
  Daniel S. McGarvey,
  Marsh, Inc.
• Reaping What You Sow: A Perspective from the SC Court of Appeals (pdf)
  Kenneth A. Richstad, Clerk of Court
  SC Court of Appeals
• SafetyFirst. The Miracle Grow for the Bottom Line (ppt)
  Mike Arntz
  Spartanburg Regional Medical Center
• What a Tangled Web We Reap: The AMA Guides to the Evaluation of Permanent Impairment, Sixth Edition (pdf)
  Perceptions, Myths, and Insights (pdf)
  Christopher R. Brigham, MD, MMS, FACOEM, FAADEP, CIME, President/CEO, Brigham & Associates, Inc.

February 24-26, 2008

28th Annual SCWCEA Workers' Compensation Medical Seminar

Presentations and Documents

• Presentation: A New Paradigm for Workers’ Compensation & Disability Benefits Systems: The Work Disability Prevention Model
  Jennifer Christian, M.D., M.P.H.
  President and Chief Medical Officer
  Webility Corporation
• Presentation: Hazard Recognition and Risk Analysis
  John Martin, Martin Safety Solutions
• Presentation: One Will Die: The John Martin Story
  John Martin, Martin Safety Solutions
• Presentation: Bye Bye: Brown v. Bi-Lo
  Harold J. Willson, Jr., Esq.
  Willson, Jones, Carter and Baxley PA

October 21-24, 2007

31st Annual Educational Conference on Workers' Compensation

Presentations and Documents

• Program (pdf)
• Presentation: Basic Medical Terminology 101 (ppt)
  Dr. Kevin W. Kopera, M.D., MPH
  Center for Health and Occupational Services
• Presentation: Our Changing Workforce: The Hispanic Population (ppt)
  Ted D. Wilburn, CSP
  Zurich Services Corporation
• Presentation: Ergonightmare! (ppt)
  Dr. Michael A. Alday, M.D., MPH
  Regional Occupational Health
• Presentation: Industrial Injuries to the Foot and Ankle (ppt)
  Dr. Michael J. Shereff, MD
  Orthopaedic Specialists of Charleston
• Presentation: Mediation—How to Do It (ppt)
  Richard L. Hinson, Esq.
  Turner, Padget Graham & Laney, PA
• Presentation: Workers' Compensation Reform in South Carolina (ppt)
  Handout: Act No. 111 of 2007 (pdf)
  Stanford E. Lacy, Esq., Collins & Lacy, PC
  Samuel F. Painter, Esq.
  Nexsen Pruet Adams Kleemeier, LLC
  David T. Pearlman, Esq.,
  The Steinberg Law Firm, LLP
• Handout: Time Management Is An Attitude (pdf)
  Roger Reece

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