DAY 1: OCTOBER 7, 2021 – PIP DAY

9:00am

Welcome

9:05am

Update on PIP Cases

Wayne Miller, Miller & Tischler PC, Farmington Hills

9:30am

The PIP Opt Out:

• Can it be Challenged?
• How Does One Effectively Opt Out?
• What is the Insurer's Role in the Confirming that
  the Opt Out was Effective?
• Does the Insurer Have any Obligation to Review
  the Allegedly "Qualified Health Plan"?
• What if the Ostensible "Qualified Health Plan" Has
  an Auto Exclusion?
• What if One Loses Coverage During the Opt Out
  Period?
• What is the MACP's Role Where the Opt Outer
   Loses Coverage?

Tom Sinas, Sinas Dramis Law Firm, Grand Rapids

9:55am

Fee CAPS: Medicare (3157(2)-(6))

• Intro to Medicare
• Intro to Codes
• Medicare Fee Schedules:
  a. For Hospitals

b. For Physicians

c. For Ambulatory Surgical Centers (ASC)

• Are Indigent Fee Caps Limited to Use by Hospitals?
• Are Home Care Agencies Payable Under the
  Medicare Cap?
• Are Case Management Services Payable Under
  the Medicare Cap?

Richard Hillary, Miller Johnson, Grand Rapids

10:40am

Break & Exhibit Viewing

Sponsored by MAJ Gold Sponsor Physician Life Care Planning

10:50am

Fee CAPS: Non-Medicare (3157(7))

• What Benefits are Governed by This?

a. Home Care Agencies?

b. Residential Facilities?

c. Family Attendant Care?

• Strategies:

a. Can Business Entities by Reorganized to Avoid
Fee Caps?

b. Can Medicare Codes be Found?

Andrew Horne, Miller & Tischler PC, Farmington Hills

11:10am

DIFS:

• What is the Role of DIFS in the New Law?

Maureen Kinsella, Miller & Tischler PC, Farmington Hills

11:35am

Utilization Review:

• What are the Rules?
• What Have Been the Results of UR Appeals Thus
  Far?
• When is it Recommended to Use UR as opposed
   to the Providers Right of Independent Direct
  Action?

Katie Tucker, Sinas Dramis Law Firm, Lansing

12:00pm

Lunch

Sponsored by MAJ Diamond Sponsor Preferred Capital Funding

1:00pm

PIP Skills: Case Evaluation

Omar Sheriff, Seva Law Firm, Troy

1:20pm

PIP Skills: Claim Rep Deps

Adrienne Logeman, Logeman, Iafrate & Logeman, PC, Ann Arbor

1:45pm

Attendant Care:

• How Can Family Attendant Care Limits be Avoided?
• Do the Limits Apply to Nursing Care?
• Do the New Fee Caps Apply to Family Attendant
  Care?

MAJ Silver Sponsor/Treasurer Nick Andrews, Liss, Seder & Andrews PC, Bloomfield Hills

2:15pm

Cocktail Reception & Exhibit Viewing

2:30pm

Service Provider Claims:

• How Should They be Brought?
• Should Patients be Liable for Balance Bills?
• How and When Can Patients Challenge UR
  Decisions?
• How do Fee Caps Affect Jurisdiction?
• Can Providers Pursue Excess Claims in the
  Patients Tort Litigation?

Josh Havens & Adam Slingwein, Law Offices of Bruce K. Pazner, Grosse Pte. Farms

3:00pm

PIP Statutes of Limitations:

• How Should PIP Tolling Provisions be Effectuated?
• Does the New Tolling Provision Apply Retroactively?

Alisha Rubin, Kajy Law, PLLC, Farmington Hills

3:30pm

Retroactivity:

• Are the New Fee Caps and Attendant Care Limits
  Retroactive?
• Status of the Andary Case

Mark Granzotto, Mark Granzotto, PC, Berkley

4:00pm

Questions & Answers

DAY 2: OCTOBER 8, 2021 – negligence

9:00am

Welcome

9:05am

Auto Neg/Tort Threshold Update

Tom Sinas, Sinas Dramis Law
Firm, Grand Rapids

9:35am

UM/UIM Claims:

• What to do when the Insurer Won't Grant Consent?
• How to Prove that the Tortfeasor is Uninsured?
• What Happens when there is More than 1 UM/UIM Policy?

Steve Sinas, Sinas Dramis Law Firm, Lansing

10:00am

Technology:

• What is the Status of Electronic Data and Emerging Technologies to Document Crash Scenes?
• How Can these Technologies be used in Our   Cases?
• What is the Status of ADAS Systems and Autonomous Vehicles?

MAJ Gold Sponsor Peter "PJ" Leiss, Robson Forensic

10:30am

Break & Exhibit Viewing

Sponsored by Team Rehab

10:45am

Noneconomic Loss Claims:

• How to Argue Damages?
• Can an RBI Opt Down be Challenged?

David E. Christensen, Christensen Law, Southfield

11:15am

Intro to Trucking Liability Cases

Tom James, Michigan Auto Law, Farmington Hills

11:45am

Lunch

Sponsored by MAJ Diamond Sponsor Mark Vogel,
Ringler Associates

1:00pm

Auto Neg Skills:

• Police Officer/Accident Reconstruction Dep

Kevin Seiferheld, Michigan Auto Law, Farmington Hills

1:30pm

Auto Neg Skills:

• Defendant Driver Dep

MAJ Past President Robert Raitt, Raitt Law PLLC, Southfield

2:00pm

Auto Neg Skills:

• What do Insurers Believe Adds Value to Your Tort Claim?

Jennifer Damico, Buckfire Law Firm, Southfield

2:30pm

Break & Exhibit Viewing

2:45pm

Tort Liens:

• How Do the Lower PIP Limits Expose Our Clients to Tort Liens?
• How Do We Cope with Federal/ERISA Preemptive Liens?

Robert June, Law Offices of Robert June, P.C., Ann Arbor

3:15pm

Excess Economic Loss:

• How to Argue Damages?
• When do You Need a Life Care Plan?

Josh Terebelo, Michigan Auto Law, Farmington Hills

3:45pm

Legislative Update:

• Has the New Law Really Saved Premium Dollars?
• Have Insurance Profits Skyrocketed?
• Is There Any Hope For a PIP Fix?

Stephen Pontoni, MAJ Executive Director 
Bill Flory, MAJ Director of Governmental Affairs 
 

4:15pm

Questions & Answers