Workers’ Compensation Claims Before and After COVID-19

Type: Conference
Description: Coronavirus has accelerated the virtual workforce and has forever changed the compensability of workplace injuries. The panel will consider the employer, workplace injuries, the new work accident and comingled work life and home claims. The session will clarify how to determine whether an at home injury is compensable and review emerging exposures like telemedicine and the effect on valuing the compensability of at home injuries. The session will end with discussion on sharing information and common interests and provide attendees with a road map to navigating WC claims post COVID-19.
Location: The Gavel National Conference V - Key Largo, FL. Conference Presentation with Reinaldo Alvarez, Esq., of Luks, Santaniello, Paul Michienzie, Esq., of Michienzie & Sawin, LLC., and Amy Dun Hotard, Esq., of Salley, Hite, Mercer & Resor, LLC.
Date: May 19, 2021

Collaboration, Data Sharing 

Type: Webinar
Description: 
Location: Live Webcast with Attorney Valerie Edwards, Esq., and Deborah Watkins, Founder of Care Bridge International
Date: November 17, 2021

Ensuing Confusion: Navigating the Treacherous Waters of Ensuing Damages

Type: FDLA Webinar
Description: A look at ensuing loss as it pertains to First Party Property and cases from around Florida that further explain the difficulties when determining coverage.
Location: Zoom Webinar
Date: 1/7/2021

Experts Series: Rebut with a Billing & Coding Expert 

Type: Webinar FDLA Expert Series
Description: The webinar is sponsored by the Florida Defense Lawyers Association (FDLA) and hosted by AccuMed. Medical coding and billing remain complex areas for providers to navigate in the ever-changing healthcare landscape. Providers often knowingly and unknowingly violate correct coding and billing guidelines, which can result in highly inflated medical bills. This interactive session will deconstruct 5 specific examples of how medical bills are inflated by provider coding and billing practices and how you can identify these examples. 
Location: Zoom Webinar
Date: August 25, 2020

Artificial Intelligence in Legal Services: The Gavel National Conference IV

Description: The session on Artificial Intelligence in Legal Services will create awareness and educate risk managers and claims professionals on how to integrate AI tools and processes for organizations as professionals rapidly adjust to the advancements in technology in litigation management. The session will be presented by Claims Professionals and Attorneys using AI tools in litigation management.
Panelists will share perspectives on where we are now with AI and where we expect to be in 5 years.  Panelists will discuss AI products they are using in managing claims and lawsuits.  AI’s ability for predictive analytics and how it will emerge as a settlement and trial tactics tool will be highlighted. The law firm’s perspective and how they can work with AI for efficiency and accuracy of work product will be considered. Claims and risk professionals will benefit from the panelists’ perspective on how they see AI changing claims and litigation management as well as risk management.

Location: West Palm Beach, FL
Date: 1/21/2020

New Paradigms of Collaboration in a Digital World: The Gavel National Conference IV

Description: New paradigms of collaboration are required by the surge in data and emerging technologies to mitigate claims and lawsuits.  This session will provide the insurer’s perspective and identify the law firm’s approach in using key performance indicators in litigation. The session will also discuss emerging tools (claims review dashboard) and mechanisms for claims review that leverage claims analytics and technology for collaboration in litigation. New paradigms and the opportunities for collaboration and how to adapt the processes for your organization will be presented.

Analytics are yielding new knowledge that require new processes to generate greater use and leverage information to mitigate claims and handle matters efficiently.  Today there is more technology, data and analytics and connectivity than at any other point in history.  Artificial intelligence is processing natural language, reading complaints and producing draft answers, discovery requests and discovery responses. This session will assist attendees in leveraging claims analytics and technology for claims portfolio management.   
Location: Boca Raton, FL
Date: 1/20/2020