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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.
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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.

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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, MP3, 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.

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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: $54.39 Special Pricing Available to CAAA Members Only.

The Guides Casebook, Second Edition presents over fifty new and adapted case examples that demonstrate the appropriate use of the new fifth edition of the Guides to the Evaluation of Permanent Impairment. The distinguishing feature of the second edition is that it draws on the knowledge-base of the fourth edition of the Guides, by demonstrating through example differences with the Guides Fifth Edition.

Also available as part of the complete AMA Guides Publications set.

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Master the AMA Guides

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

Master the AMA Guides - 5th Edition

Cost: $69.08 - 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.

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AMA Guides 5th edition

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

Guides to the Evaluation of Permanent Impairment, 5th Edition

Cost: $137.38 - 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.

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AMA: Practical Guide to ROM Assessment

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

AMA: Practical Guide to Range of Motion Assessment

Cost: $60.44 - 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.

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"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

Combo Rating Manual

caaaAdmin — Tue, 19 May 2009 22:03:00 GMT

Combo Rating Manual contains both Permanent disability rating schedules -
1997 & 2005
Cost: $70.00

This two sided schedule with the schedule is effective for dates of injury on or after Apr. 1, 1997 and the other side of the schedule is effective for dates of injury on or after Jan. 1, 2005 when there has been either no comprehensive medical-legal report, or no report by a treating physician indicating the existence of permanent disability, or when the employer is not required to provide a notice to the injured worker under Labor Code section 4061.

Permanent Disability Rating Schedules

caaaAdmin — Tue, 19 May 2009 21:37:00 GMT

Permanent disability rating schedule - 2005
Cost: $25.00

This schedule is effective for dates of injury on or after Jan. 1, 2005. This schedule will also be used to rate permanent disability in injuries that occurred before Jan. 1, 2005 when there has been either no comprehensive medical-legal report, or no report by a treating physician indicating the existence of permanent disability, or when the employer is not required to provide a notice to the injured worker under Labor Code section 4061. Plus contains charts through 2008.

Welcome to the CAAA Bookstore

caaaAdmin — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 05:22:00 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 offered as syllabi, MP3 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 download button 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	Coming Soon! Details
Coming Soon! 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