Medical Benefit Management and Complex Medical Conditions
One Day Course | 7 Hours
On-Demand
Cost: $225 Members, $375 Non-Members
Level: Intermediate
Issues Covered: Medical Benefit Management, Work Disability Prevention
The fourth step in our IIU's comprehensive, goal-oriented workers' compensation curriculum, this full-day workshop builds on the medical principles in prior introductory trainings and focuses on the importance of facilitating early access to quality medical care, accurate interpretation of medical reports, and authorizing appropriate treatment.
Topics Covered
- Medical Specialties
- Diagnostic Testing
- Syndromes
- Medical Management
- Nurse Case Manager Assignments
- Medical Authorization WAC's
- Medical Reports
- Medical Review Form
- Medical Management Resources
- Independent Medical Examinations
- Consultations
- Medical Aid Rules and Fee Schedule
- Provider Bulletins
- Medical Provider Network (“MPN”)
- Office of the Medical Director
- Segregation of Conditions
- Pre-existing/Unrelated Conditions
- Temporary Treatment of Unrelated Conditions
- Unrelated or Newly Contended Conditions
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.