Loss of Earning Power Administration and Permanent Partial Disability
One Day Course | 6.5 Hours
On-Demand
Cost: $225 Members, $375 Non-Members
Level: Intermediate
Issues Covered: Medical, Compensation, Work Disability Prevention
The sixth step in our Industrial Insurance University's comprehensive, goal-oriented workers' compensation curriculum, this full-day workshop builds on the principles of compensability covered in prior introductory and intermediate trainings and takes a deep dive into calculation of Loss of Earning Power benefits and Permanent Partial Disability Awards. Students are given sample scenarios with designated classroom time for independent and group study exercises.
Topics Covered
- Calculating Gross Monthly Wage
- Loss of Earning Power Compensation
- Updating Wages for LEP Calculations
- Calculating Loss of Earning Power Compensation
- Reduction or Suspension of Benefits
- Issuing Overpayments
- Application of Social Security Offset
- Managing Case Reserves
- Permanent Partial Disability Awards
- Specified vs. Unspecified
- Categories of Impairment
- PPD Award Limits
- Calculating PPD Awards
- Calculating PPD Payment Schedule
- Preexisting Impairment
- Additional PPD – Same Claim
- Advances on PPD
- Payment of PPD to Surviving Spouse or Dependents
- Communication with workers and other system participants
As a condition of Labor & Industries approval for on-demand/self-study courses to satisfy the requirements of WAC 296-15-350 and 360 for state certification, we are required to have on-demand/self-study WWCP participants who intend to sit for the state certification exam complete an attestation form for each course in the curriculum verifying full participation, and successfully complete a brief quiz on the material covered. Each course quiz must have a 80 percent correct rate, and can be completed while reviewing the recording if necessary.