Addressing the cost of Future Medical Care for Medicare Set Asides 

The following information has been provided by the Golden Gate chapter of RIMS, republished by DAVID Corporation for the benefit of our clients and partners.

Webinar sponsored by the Golden Gate Chapter of RIMS

Wednesday, May 11, 2011 1:00 pm Pacific time

In this webinar, Dr. Feinberg will cover strategies for evaluating, addressing, and reducing the need for and cost of future medical care when preparing a Medicare Set-Aside. These strategies include early assessment of the potential for delayed recovery, ways of improving medical outcomes through functional restoration, and ways to accurately calculate only those costs for which an employer should be liable for future medical care. He will address proper prescribing of medication, especially opioids, and how to work with physician providers to decrease costs associated with medication overuse. Dr. Feinberg will also provide tips on how to evaluate physician reports regarding future medical care and provide you with the right questions to ask and have answered before you begin the calculation of the MSA.

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About the Presenter

Dr. Steven Feinberg is a practicing physiatrist and pain medicine specialist and Adjunct Clinical Professor teaching at the Stanford University Pain Service and in the Department of Orthopaedics (Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Division). Past president (1996) of the American Academy of Pain Medicine, he served as a CSIMS Year 2001 President, serves on the American Chronic Pain Association's Board of Directors, is lead author of the 2010 ACPA Consumer Guide to Pain Medication & Treatment, and is the Medical Director of Cedaron AMA Guides Software.
He has received the California Governor's Committee on Employment of the Disabled 1998 Professional of the Year Award, the 1999 American Academy of Pain Medicine Founders Award, the CSIMS 2006 Silver Scalpel Award, and the Stanford Pain Management Center Award for Teaching Excellence. He served on the ACOEM Chronic Pain Guidelines Panel Chapter Update and as Associate Editor and is a consultant to the Official Disability Guidelines (ODG).