Guides to the Evaluation of Permanent Impairment – Part 1

Session Information

Regional Event: national
Start Date: 08/19/2023 8:00 am
End Date: 08/19/2023 9:40 am
Location: Bayhill 20

Speakers in this session...

  • Ronald Wellikoff

    Ronald Wellikoff DC

    Dr. Ronald J. Wellikoff is a 1976 graduate of the Columbia Institute of Chiropractic.  He has completed course work in Orthopedics from National College of Chiropractic and Industrial Consulting from Northwestern College of Chiropractic.  His postgraduate studies also include Primary Care Othopedics, Rehabilitation, and Neurology for the Non-Neurologist from Harvard Medical School/Department of Continuing Education.  Additional postgraduate studies include Disability and Impairment Evaluation from the University of Michigan/National Association of Disability Evaluating Physicians (NADEP).  He has also completed and taught the State of Florida Workers’ Compensation Certification Course.

    Dr. Wellikoff currently serves as Vice-Chair of the Florida Board of Chiropractic Medicine and is the chairman of the Disciplinary Committee.  He is on the Executive Committee of the Coding and Reimbursement Committee of the American Chiropractic Association and served as president of the Florida Chiropractic Association and the Broward County Chiropractic Society.  He was named Chiropractor of the Year, twice each, for the Florida Chiropractic Association and the Broward County Chiropractic Society.

    Dr. Wellikoff lectures on the subjects of Documentation, Recordkeeping, Coding, Florida Laws and Rules, Ethics, Risk Management and Prevention of Medical Errors.  He is also the author of a workbook covering these subjects, entitled “An Overview”, A Guide to Office Coding, Office Procedure and Documentation.

    Sessions...

    Guides to the Evaluation of Permanent Impairment – Part 1
    Regional Event: national
    Start Date: 08/19/2023 8:00 am
    End Date: 08/19/2023 9:40 am
    Location: Bayhill 20
    Session details

    This 6 hour course is designed to familiarize the field practitioner with the use of the American Medical Association’s “Guides to the Evaluation of Permanent Impairment”, 6th Edition and will include the instruction of independent medical examinations (IME’s), expert witness preparation and testimony, documentation, etc. The lecture series will enable the physician to properly evaluate a patient’s functional impairment and produce an accurate impairment evaluation.  This course provides each physician the various orthopedic and neurologic procedures needed to obtain an exact, objective numerical value when evaluating.

    Learning Objectives

    • Discussion for physicians performing medical impairment ratings and disability evaluations and answers most asked questions
    • Describes the process of independent medical evaluation with respect to physician examination and reporting requirements
    • Reviews common assessment tools for medical impairment rating and work disability determination
    • Demonstrates the development of a model guideline for life care planning for the disabled
    • Illustrations of evaluation techniques provide graphic explanation of important concepts.
    Guides to the Evaluation of Permanent Impairment – Part 2
    Regional Event: national
    Start Date: 08/19/2023 10:20 am
    End Date: 08/19/2023 12:00 pm
    Location: Bayhill 20
    Session details

    This 6 hour course is designed to familiarize the field practitioner with the use of the American Medical Association’s “Guides to the Evaluation of Permanent Impairment”, 6th Edition and will include the instruction of independent medical examinations (IME’s), expert witness preparation and testimony, documentation, etc. The lecture series will enable the physician to properly evaluate a patient’s functional impairment and produce an accurate impairment evaluation.  This course provides each physician the various orthopedic and neurologic procedures needed to obtain an exact, objective numerical value when evaluating.

    Learning Objectives

    • Discussion for physicians performing medical impairment ratings and disability evaluations and answers most asked questions
    • Describes the process of independent medical evaluation with respect to physician examination and reporting requirements
    • Reviews common assessment tools for medical impairment rating and work disability determination
    • Demonstrates the development of a model guideline for life care planning for the disabled
    • Illustrations of evaluation techniques provide graphic explanation of important concepts.
    Guides to the Evaluation of Permanent Impairment – Part 3
    Regional Event: national
    Start Date: 08/19/2023 1:00 pm
    End Date: 08/19/2023 2:40 pm
    Location: Bayhill 20
    Session details

    This 6 hour course is designed to familiarize the field practitioner with the use of the American Medical Association’s “Guides to the Evaluation of Permanent Impairment”, 6th Edition and will include the instruction of independent medical examinations (IME’s), expert witness preparation and testimony, documentation, etc. The lecture series will enable the physician to properly evaluate a patient’s functional impairment and produce an accurate impairment evaluation.  This course provides each physician the various orthopedic and neurologic procedures needed to obtain an exact, objective numerical value when evaluating.

    Learning Objectives

    • Discussion for physicians performing medical impairment ratings and disability evaluations and answers most asked questions
    • Describes the process of independent medical evaluation with respect to physician examination and reporting requirements
    • Reviews common assessment tools for medical impairment rating and work disability determination
    • Demonstrates the development of a model guideline for life care planning for the disabled
    • Illustrations of evaluation techniques provide graphic explanation of important concepts.

This 6 hour course is designed to familiarize the field practitioner with the use of the American Medical Association’s “Guides to the Evaluation of Permanent Impairment”, 6th Edition and will include the instruction of independent medical examinations (IME’s), expert witness preparation and testimony, documentation, etc. The lecture series will enable the physician to properly evaluate a patient’s functional impairment and produce an accurate impairment evaluation.  This course provides each physician the various orthopedic and neurologic procedures needed to obtain an exact, objective numerical value when evaluating.

Learning Objectives

  • Discussion for physicians performing medical impairment ratings and disability evaluations and answers most asked questions
  • Describes the process of independent medical evaluation with respect to physician examination and reporting requirements
  • Reviews common assessment tools for medical impairment rating and work disability determination
  • Demonstrates the development of a model guideline for life care planning for the disabled
  • Illustrations of evaluation techniques provide graphic explanation of important concepts.