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*Presentations are in the order in which they appeared on the Program Agenda
Monday, March 24th, 2025:
- The Hidden Toll of War Trauma
- What’s New in Occ Med: OEM in a Flash
- Climb the Mountain: Overcoming the Challenges of Substance Use Disorder
- It’s YOUR Business: Why Employee Health & Safety Is a Bottom-Line Business Activity
- Whose Injury Is This? How Patient-Cetered Care Improves Outcomes
- Disruptive Technologies in Prosthetics
- We’re Not Spring Chickens Anymore: Return-to-Work and the Aging Worker
- Medical Meets Legal: Equipping Medical Providers to Write Legally Sufficient Causation Opinions
- About that Chip on Your Shoulder: Shoulder Injuries & Treatment
- No High Fives Here: Hand & Forearm Injuries & Treatment Options
- Sink or Swim: Deep Dive into IMEs
- Talking it Out: Temporary Conference Order
- Stick Your Neck Out: Cervical Spine Review & Updates
Tuesday, March 25th, 2025:
- Beep Beep! Motor Vehicle Accidents Complicating Workers’ Compensation Injuries
- Open Your Mind: Complementary Medicine & Claims Adjusters
- Commit to Change: Motivational Interviewing
- Does Gross Negligence by the Employee or Employer Impact the Handling of a MA Compensation Claim
- Specialized Physical Therapy Care
- Foot on the Gas: Running a High Efficiency Occ Med Clinic
- Your Workers’ Comp Case Is Approved! Your Workers’ Comp Case Is Denied! Now What?
- Words that Make Your Squirm: Aggravation, Exacerbation, & Recurrence – Legal & Medical Perspectives
- Plant Your Carcass Here: Physical Therapy Live Demo
- Fun with Feet: Foot & Ankle Injuries & Treatment Options
- Emerging Treatments: Face of the Future or Flop
- Mystery of Concussions: Ethical Dilemmas
- Your Back Is Killing Me: Does the Cost of Spine Treatment Matter?
- Back to Back to Back: Lumbar Spine Review & Updates
- The Magic Wand: How to Create Successes in Difficult Situations
- La Fin with Ken: “Ygdrassil” (The World Tree) – A Psychological Metaphor in the Treatment of Traumatic Injuries
2024 Webinar Recordings
Deep Dive into Utilization Review: Sink or Swim, October 2nd, 2024
*Presentations are in the order in which they appeared on the Program Agenda
Monday, March 25th, 2024:
- Next Gen Decision Making: Using AI to Predict Patient Selection and Treatment Outcomes
- What’s New in Occ Med: OEM in a Flash
- The Sooner, the Better: RTW as a Health Outcome
- Get Up and Get Moving: Innovative Physical Therapy Techniques
- I’m OK, You’re OK…Or Not: Promoting Mental Wellness
- Claims Management Conundrums: Finding the Path Forward
- Case Management for the Win!
- When Opportunity Knocks: Making Voc Rehab Work for You
- Put a Sock In It: Foot & Ankle Anatomy
- Safe Workers, Safe Workplace: Primary Prevention Through Designing Work Practices
- The Primary Spine Care Model: Front-end Efficienty in Workers’ Comp
- Thinking Outside the Box: The Benefits of Alternative & Complementary Medicines
- Pain in the Neck: Cervical Spine Review & Updates
Tuesday, March 26th, 2024:
- Settlement Authority
- Lawyers & Doctors: Let’s Be Frenemies
- A Shot in the…PRP Injections
- Broad Shoulders: Shoulder Review & Updates
- Shake it Up: Hand, Wrist & Forearm Review & Updates
- Emerging Treatments: Face of the Future or Flop
- The Bee’s Knees: Knee Review & Updates
- It’s Not Just Physical: Cognitive Work Capacity
- Simplifying CRPS: CRPS Treatment Updates
- Long COVID in the Workplace: Impact & Accommodations
- Pain in the Butt: Lumbar Spine Review & Updates
- Gloves Off: Complications & Costs of MIS vs. Open Spine Surgery
- 15 Tips in 15 Minutes
- Image Schemas & the Periaqueductal Gray
*Presentations are in the order in which they appeared on the Program Agenda
Monday, March 27th, 2023:
- Welcome & Overview to the Provider Community
- Keynote Address: Burn Out: How to Explain It, How to Mitigate It
- The Employer Perspective on Return to Work Following a Workplace Illness or Injury
- The Transformative Effect of COVID on the Work from Home Paradigm
- Updates in Cervical Spine Treatment
- The Impact of COVID Virtual Technology on Workers’ Compensation Litigation and Dispute Resolution Process
- Advances in Orthotics & Prosthetics
- How to Manage the Utilization Review Process
- Updates in Physical Therapy
- Best Practices in Ankle Injuries
- Best Practices in Shoulder Injuries
- Legal Discussion: The Value & Art of…
Tuesday, March 28th, 2023
- Updates in Lumbar Injury Treatment
- Inspiration vs. Desperation: Inspiring Employees Through an Integrated Injury Prevention Program
- Best Practices in Forearm & Hand Injuries
- Spine: Anterior Cervical Fusion & Total Disc Arthroplasty
- Hand & Wrist: Anatomy & Physical Exam
- The Benefits of Neuromonitoring
- Best Practices in Knee Injuries
- Optimizing Pre & Post-Surgical Education
- The Ethics of Negotiations
- OEM in a Flash
- Image Schemas: The Purpose of Injury
2022 Webinar Recordings
- PRP: Factual, Futile or Just Fancy, September 28th, 2022
2022 Webinar PowerPoints
PRP: Factual, Futile or Just Fancy:
- Michael Erdil, MD, FACOEM: Current Evidence & Literature Limitations Regarding PRP for MSK Pain
- Tiger Li, MD, FAOA, FAAOS: Clinical Application & Benefits to PRP
- Kimberly Ferris, RN, CCM: Under What Circumstances are PRP Injections Approved?
- Maria DelMuto, PT, CCM: Case Discussion
*Presentations are in the order in which they appeared on the Program Agenda
Monday, March 28th, 2022:
- Innovative Care Delivery Models & Technology Solutions for the Management of Back Pain
- Best Practices in Cervical Spine Treatment
- Cannabis: Impairment, Drug Testing & Return to Work
- Best Practices in Hand & Wrist Treatment
- MIS Lumbar Discectomy/Decompression
- Case Litigation & Cross Examination of IME Doc
- Pain in the Brain
- Culinary Medicine & Culinary Rehab
- Managing Catastrophic Injuries
- Best Practices in Chiropractic Treatment
- The Benefits of Managed Care Case Management
- Reframe & Resolve: The Alternative Dispute Resolution Toolbox
- EMG: How to Tell a Good Study from a Bad One
- Psyche – Soma – Work
- 20 Tips in 20 Minutes
Tuesday, March 29th, 2022
- Best Practices in Shoulder Treatment
- Emerging Industries in New England & the Impact on Occ Health: State of the Science
- Best Practices in Lower Back Treatment
- MIS Posterior Screws & Rods Placement
- Endoscopic Discectomy
- Complementary Medicine: Acupuncture & Yoga
- The Importance of Return to Work
- Ethical Practices for Case Management
- If You Had a Magic Wand ~ No slides
- Updates in Vocational Rehab by State
- The Occ Med Perspective
- Updates on the Opioid Epidemic
- Pan and the COVID Nightmare
- Live Recording: Pan and the COVID Nightmare
2021 Webinar Recordings
- Help! I Caught COVID at Work!…or Did I?, March 30th, 2021
- Telemedicine: Challenges & Opportunities, June 9th, 2021
- Post-Acute COVID-19 Symptoms & Return to Work, September 9th, 2021
- Reducing Risk of Spinal Surgery, January 12th, 2022
2021 Webinar PowerPoints
- Post-Acute COVID-19 Symptoms & Return to Work
Reducing Risk of Spinal Surgery
- Pre-op Optimization in Spinal Surgery ~ Eduard Vaynberg, MD
- ATP Minimally Invasive Approach to Spine Surgery ~ Tony Tannoury, MD
- Posterior Minimally Invasive Approach to Spine Surgery ~ Chadi Tannoury, MD
- Post-Op Recovery ~ Tarah Cantore, PT, CEAS II
2019 PROGRAM AGENDA
*Presentations are in the order in which they appeared on the Program Agenda
Monday, March 25th, 2019:
- The Workers’ Compensation System: What Does the Future Hold?
- Best Practices in Cervical Spine Treatment
- When Other Medical Issues Arise
- Hand & Wrist Treatment
- Understanding Spine Biomechanics
- Spinal Cord Stimulation
- Violence Risk Assessment and Gun Conundra: High Stakes, High Anxiety
- Physical Therapy & Rehab: When to Start, How Long, & When to Stop
- Traumatic Brain Injuries
- Ethical Issues Facing Case Managers
- Wellness
- Comparison of W/C Statutes Among the New England States
- Navigating Public Safety Roadblocks
- From the Perspective of the Adjuster
- Provider Role in ADA Mental Illness in the Workplace
Tuesday, March 26th, 2019:
- Best Practices in Knee Treatment
- Updates to the AAOS Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Management of Rotator Cuff Tears
- Best Practices in Lower Back Treatment
- DPH: Occupational Health & Surveillance Program
- Telemedicine: It’s Here to Stay
- Cervical Discectomy & Fusion Techniques
- Pain in the Brain
- Transitional Return to Work & Vocational Rehab
- Complementary Practices
- Groin Injury: Strain vs. Hernia, Diagnostic & Therapeutic Implications
- The Bread & Butter of Clinical Interface in Case Management
- Updates in the Opioid Epidemic
- Emerging New Technologies & the Impact on Occupational Health: State of the Science