Moderator: Regina Brown - WCC Director, Support Services Speakers: Andrew Nussdorf - GENEX, Inc. Carole Stolte Upman, RN - Chesapeake Disability Mgmt. Carmel Snow, Esq. - Claimant Attorney

The Maryland Workers' Compensation Commission Vocational Rehabilitation Committee will conduct a comprehensive review of the law and COMAR regulations, which govern the delivery of vocational services to the injured worker. Our multidisciplinary panel will outline the proper procedures to be implemented by all participants in the process.

Moderator: Hon. Jeffrey Herwig - WCC Commissioner & Committee Chair Speakers: Regina Brown - WCC Director, Support Services Timothy McLaughlin, Esq. - Humphreys, McLaughlin, & McAleer Thomas Scheurich - DORS Michael Steinhardt, Esq. - Law Office of Michael D. Steinhardt Carole Stolte Upman, RN - Chesapeake Disability Management Kathy Stone - Stone Vocational Services Nicole Topper - Sedgwick CMS

What is the impact of surveillance on a claim? Our panel, which includes an investigator, defense counsel, claimant's counsel, physician, Commissioner and the "claimant" himself addresses the ways surveillance can change the course of a claim and how that impact can be minimized, or even avoided by good communication between claimant and his attorney. Learn how "zinger" films can reduce the exposure or value of a claim, and what the benefits and limits are, in handling the claim during treatment as well as in the courtroom.

Speakers: Hon. John Webster - WCC Commissioner Medical: William Tham, MD - Pain Management Assoc. Defense: Stuart Lesser, Esq. - Semmes Bowen & Semmes Claimant: Robert Flack, Esq. - Ashcraft & Gerel Investigator: Robert Jones - Maryland Investigations

An instructional seminar designed as a “how to” session for attendees. Speakers will provide a pragmatic review of current strategies involving settlements where Medicare Set-Aside Allocations are required.

Speakers: Danielle Marone, Esq. - Schmidt, Dailey, & O'Neill Jules Rosenberg, Esq. - IWIF