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Welcome to the CAAA Bookstore

caaaAdmin — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 04:22:00 GMT

(Our online shopping cart is currently under construction, but you still are able to shop via downloadable pdf order forms. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.)

The California Applicants' Attorneys Association provides an extensive collection of Workers' Compensation Training Programs and Medical Courses including syllabi and other online self-study materials through CAAAOnline.org, aimed at helping workers' compensation professionals with their training and development needs. CAAA also offers supplemental books needed in your everyday practice at discounted rates. Many of these self study courses are designed to advance careers, assist support staff or for industry newcomers.

For additional details or to place an order for a particular item, simply click the image of the desired course.

For any questions you may have regarding our programs contact Nathalie Leplat nathalie@caaa.org or call (916) 444-5155.

"CAAA U" Seminar Details	2012 WinterConvention Details	2012 Creative Settlement Strategies Details
2012 Support Staff Seminar Details	2011 Rating Seminar Details	Oglivie Seminar Details

MSA & CMS Survival Guide Details	Summer Convention 2011 Details	Winter Convention 2011 Details

AMA Guides 5th edition Details	Master the AMA Guides Details	AMA: The Guides Casebook Details

Guide to ROM Assessment Details	"Pearls" of the AMA Guides Details

2005 Permanent Disability Rating Schedules Details	Combo Rating Manual contains both Permanent disability rating schedules - 1997 & 2005 Details	Workers Poster - CAAA Design Details

While Supplies Last!

caaaAdmin — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 21:30:00 GMT

Hot Coffee, Documentary DVD

As part of our session: Politicization of Workers' Compensation at our Winter 2012 Convention, Susan Saladoff, producer and director of the documentary fim was a Keynote Speaker. For a limited time, we offer a few remaining DVDs for the documentary film, Hot Coffee. Click on the image or here to order.

Specially priced:
$25.00 for CAAA Members
$35.00 for Non-members

The VALDEZ / FERNIZA Session was a special presentation sponsored by Southland Spine during CAAA's Summer 2011 Convention in Las Vegas. It was not included in the summer convention registration fee. Enrollment was limited to Applicant Attorneys and Doctors.

Audio of the session is included with purchase through CAAAOnline.org.

Audio and syllabus for only $20.00. Click on the image or here to order.

2012 Support Staff Seminar

caaaAdmin — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 22:36:00 GMT

March 10, 2012 - from the Oakland location.

There have been many new changes in the law and procedures in this past year. This seminar is a must for all medical and legal practitioners and their staff. Here are a few of the topics covered.

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Petition for Penalties
Post Award Future Medical Issues
Is your medical report substantial evidence?
Role of the Law Office in 2012
Establishing a Paper Trail

2012 Creative Settlement Strategies

caaaAdmin — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 22:29:00 GMT

March 10, 2012 - One location only Crowne Plaza Hotel

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Are You Really Obtaining a Fair Settlement?
How to achieve a settlement that reflects the true value of the case.
How to Maximize Your Settlements
Preserving Long Term Disability. Don't Trade dollar for dollar.
Preserving SS Benefits using The Hartman Formula
Developing Those Cases Open for Future Medical Care.

2012 Winter Convention

caaaAdmin — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 23:04:00 GMT

The Westin Mission Hills Resort - Rancho Mirage - January 26th - January 29th, 2012

Cost: varies. Available options include: online video, syllabus download, flash drive, per session and syllabus only.
Click on the cover below to order or click here.

Sessions include:
􀀀 Total Disability, Labor Code 4662, and LeBoeuf
􀀀   AMA Guides and the Combined Values Chart
􀀀 Ogilvie - Rebuttal to the FEC modifier
􀀀 Back to Basics - Required Course: Ethics
􀀀 Most Important Cases
􀀀 Cola Cases
􀀀 The Politicization of workers' compensation
􀀀 Medicare Set Asides and CMS
􀀀 Them Pesky Offsets
􀀀 Protecting Your Client's Medical Care
􀀀 Compensable Consequences

Poster

caaaAdmin — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 22:40:00 GMT

Show your support! To order click on the image or here,

Display this in your office,

$20.00 (Shipping & Tax included)

2011 Winter Convention

caaaAdmin — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 00:27:00 GMT

San Diego Sheraton Hotel and Marina, January 20-23, 2011

Cost: Varies. Options available are MP3, per session only, syllabus, online viewing.

Click on the image or here to order.

Sessions include:
􀀀 The heart, cardiovascular injury, hypertension
􀀀 The rating, cross-X and rebuttal in the AMA world
􀀀 The Appellate Process
􀀀 Law Office Technology, Law Office Management
􀀀 Special Needs Trusts and MSAs
􀀀 Substance Abuse - "Double Bubble Jeopardy"
􀀀 New Look at Apportionment
􀀀 Latest updates on the SIBTF case
􀀀 Most Important Cases
􀀀 Are you missing something - the overlooked issues

2011 Summer Convention

caaaAdmin — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 18:48:00 GMT

Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino, Las Vegas - June 30th - July 3rd

Cost: varies. Available options include: online video, syllabus download, flash drive, per session and syllabus only.
Click on the cover below to order or click here.

Sessions included:
􀀀 Sanction Under Labor Code 5813
􀀀 Compensable Consequences AMA
􀀀 Side of Effects of Prescription AMA
􀀀 Back to Basics
􀀀 Most Important Cases
􀀀 Proving Brain & Head Injuries
􀀀 The Art of Deposing Doctors
􀀀 Proving the value of Home Care
􀀀 Using the "Montana Factors"
􀀀 Avoiding Problems with Subrosa
􀀀 Valdez / Ferniza

2011 Rating Seminar

caaaAdmin — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 18:13:00 GMT

2011 Rating Seminar - A Comprehensive Guide to Rating Post Ogilvie & Guzman

Recordings available from one of two panels: Northern CA and Southern California after December 20th, 2011.

Topics covered:
    Rating upper extremities,
    Rating the spine,
    Mechanics of rating,
    Joint vs. advocacy AME/PQME letters,
    Ex parte communication with AMEs/PQMEs,
    Cross-examining AMEs/PQMEs on rating issues,
    Labor Code Section 4662, and
   Ogilvie.

Click on cover or here for the order form.

2009 Winter Convention Recordings

caaaAdmin — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 18:06:00 GMT

2009 Winter Convention - Signs at the San Diego Sheraton Hotel & Marina

Cost:

AMA: The Guides Casebook

caaaAdmin — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 17:53:00 GMT

The Guides Casebook: Cases to Accompany Guides to the Evaluation of Permenant Impairment - 5th Ed.

Cost: $63.96 Special Pricing Available to CAAA Members Only.

The Guides Casebook includes more than 70 clinical impairment scenarios that demonstrate the appropriate use of the the principles of the AMA Guides 6th, 5th and 4th editions. The casebook covers the different systems and diagnoses found in the AMA Guides^TM. The reader is walked through several patient cases guiding the thought process and mechanics necessary to arrive at the correct impairment percentage based on the AMA Guides edition.

The book is also available as part of the Complete AMA Guides Publications Set at $343.68.

Shipping not included.

Click on the image or here for the order form.

Master the AMA Guides

caaaAdmin — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 17:48:00 GMT

Master the AMA Guides - 5th Edition

Cost: $63.96 - Special Pricing for CAAA Members Only.

Master the Guides gives you a thorough assessment of how the Fifth Edition will change the way physicians evaluate disability. This will include its implications for the legal, regulatory, and reimbursement systems. It is designed for the full spectrum of disability professionals including physicians, lawyers, and public policymakers.

Available as part of the AMA Guides Publications Complete Set.

Click on the cover or here for the order form

AMA Guides 5th edition

caaaAdmin — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 17:37:00 GMT

Guides to the Evaluation of Permanent Impairment, 5th Edition

Cost: $159.80 - Special Pricing for CAAA Members only.

The new Guides to the Evaluation of Permanent Impairment Fifth Edition has been the disability professional's reference of choice for more than three decades. The new Guides Fifth Edition delivers state-of-the-discipline information you can put to practical use in your day-to-day applications immediately.

Available as part of a complete set.

Click on cover or here to order.

AMA: Practical Guide to ROM Assessment

caaaAdmin — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 19:15:00 GMT

AMA: Practical Guide to Range of Motion Assessment

Cost: $55.96 - Special Pricing Available to CAAA Members Only.

This companion to Guides to the Evaluation of Permanent Impairment, Fifth Edition, provides instruction on a standardized method for measuring range of motion (ROM). The Guides Fifth assumes the user is experienced in measuring range of motion.

Click on cover or here to order.

"Pearls" of the AMA Guides

caaaAdmin — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 18:37:00 GMT

"Pearls" of the

AMA Guides to the Evaluation of Permanent Impairment, 5th Edition
and
MASTER THE AMA Guides Fifth - June 2008

Cost: $80.00

Excerpted and written by Sherry E. Grant, Esq. Gordon, Edelstein, Krepack, Grant, Felton and Goldstein Los Angeles, California
with the advice and counsel of the AMA Committee of the California Applicants' Attorneys Association, and the many doctors who have provided invaluable medical insight into how best to utilize the Guides 5th Edition.

Selected CAAA Practice Tips that have been completed by the AMA Committee are included at the back of this booklet. As future Tips are completed and additional suggestions are brought to light, they can simply be added to this Notebook format. CONSIDER THIS A WORK IN PROGRESS!

AMA Guides to the Evaluation of Permanent Impairment, 5th Edition
By Linda Cocchiarella, MD, MSc, AMA Medical Editor and Gunnar B.J. Andersson, MD, PhD, Senior Medical Editor

MASTER THE AMA Guides Fifth
By Linda Cocchiarella, MD, MSc, Stephen J. Lord, JD

Book Store

Welcome to the CAAA Bookstore

While Supplies Last!

Hot Coffee, Documentary DVD

2012 Support Staff Seminar

March 10, 2012 - from the Oakland location.

2012 Creative Settlement Strategies

March 10, 2012 - One location only Crowne Plaza Hotel

2012 Winter Convention

The Westin Mission Hills Resort - Rancho Mirage - January 26th - January 29th, 2012

Poster

2011 Winter Convention

San Diego Sheraton Hotel and Marina, January 20-23, 2011

2011 Summer Convention

Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino, Las Vegas - June 30th - July 3rd

2011 Rating Seminar

2011 Rating Seminar - A Comprehensive Guide to Rating Post Ogilvie & Guzman

2009 Winter Convention Recordings

2009 Winter Convention - Signs at the San Diego Sheraton Hotel & Marina

AMA: The Guides Casebook

The Guides Casebook: Cases to Accompany Guides to the Evaluation of Permenant Impairment - 5th Ed.

Master the AMA Guides

Master the AMA Guides - 5th Edition

AMA Guides 5th edition

Guides to the Evaluation of Permanent Impairment, 5th Edition

AMA: Practical Guide to ROM Assessment

AMA: Practical Guide to Range of Motion Assessment

"Pearls" of the AMA Guides

"Pearls" of the

AMA Guides to the Evaluation of Permanent Impairment, 5th Edition and MASTER THE AMA Guides Fifth - June 2008

AMA Guides to the Evaluation of Permanent Impairment, 5th Edition
and
MASTER THE AMA Guides Fifth - June 2008