California Research
Colloquium on When: Thursday, May 1, 2003, 8 am
to 5 pm
Friday, May 2, 2003, 8 am to 4:30 pm
Registration: Starts at 7am
Where: UCLA Faculty Center
480 Circle Drive
Los Angeles, CA 90095
http://facultycenter.ucla.edu/access.htm Cost: $100.00
per participant
(Limited scholarships
available) CHSWC Fed. Tax ID #: 94 - 3160882 Hotel: Please see hotel
information on Colloquium site. Refunds: No refunds will be given. Substitute attendees are allowed at any time. CEUs: Continuing Education
Units may be earned by:
California Research
Colloquium on Workers' Compensation Medical Benefit Delivery and Return-To-Work is an activity
offered by the Center for Occupational and Environmental Health, a CMA accredited
provider. Physicians may report up to 13.25
Category 1 credit hours towards the California Medical Association Certification in
Continuing Medical Education and the American Medical Association's Physician's
Recognition Award. Qualified Medical
Evaluators: California Research
Colloquium on Workers' Compensation Medical Benefit Delivery and Return-To-Work is approved by the
California Industrial Medical Council for Qualified Medical Evaluator continuing
education. Physicians may report up to 4
hours of credit for QME reappointment. Provider
#420 Nurses COEH Continuing
Education is an approved provider by the California Board of Registered Nursing. Provider # 12983.
Industrial
Hygienists ABIH approved 2.0
Safety CM Points Attorneys State Bar of
California for approved a total of 10.75 MCLE credit hours Rehabilitation
Professionals CDMSC approved 9.0
hours credit and CRCC approved 9.0 hours credit for certificate maintenance purposes for
rehabilitation professionals. Case Managers CCMC approved 9.0
hours credit Insurance
Professionals An application is
pending with the Department of
Insurance License Bureau for CE provider certificate and course approval.
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Hosts California
Commission on Joint-Sponsor Center
for Occupational and Environmental Health Co-Sponsors California
Correctional The
California Wellness Foundation Institute
for Labor and Employment International
Workers’ Compensation School
of Public Health Workers’
Compensation Health Initiative Colloquium
Objectives ü Develop baseline
information on the current status of the California workers' compensation medical benefit
delivery system. ü Advance policy awareness and discussion on medical treatment, quality, outcome measures, access, and system costs. At the end of the Colloquium participants will be able to: ?
Review the current
scope of workers' compensation issues and occupational health ?
Report on a panel
discussion of labor management relations in the workers' compensation arena ?
Describe the current
state of medical care costs and cost drivers in California workers' compensation health
care and the trends in the non-occupational and occupational settings ?
Explain the cost
control levers we have at our disposal either in use or that could be used in both
non-occupational and occupational settings ?
Discuss the ways we
have of assessing quality and how we can meaningfully assess outcomes rather than inputs ?
Discuss patient
satisfaction with workers' compensation medical care from the point of view of worker
experiences and measurements to assess quality ?
Report on a panel
discussion of the inefficiencies in the workers' compensation system and how they might be
reduced ?
Review the lessons
learned from innovative approaches in other states ?
Review models for
organized delivery systems ?
Discuss the role of
medical care and medical professionals in the return to work process ?
Discuss mechanism
for dispute resolution of treatment issues ?
Discuss a new vision
of occupational and non-occupational medical care for workers' compensation |
