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Store HomeWhat attendees are saying about the 2021 No-Fault Institute:
- Best-run seminar I attend. Wayne does a fantastic job keeping the program moving, which is not easy when you give some lawyers a platform to talk about their niche practice areas.
- Can't improve on perfection.
- Dynamite all the way around!
- Very well done for the virtual viewer.
- NF practice is now much more complex--it is an imperative to view this first-class program.
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DAY 1: OCTOBER 7, 2021 – PIP DAY |
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Update on PIP Cases |
Wayne Miller, Miller & Tischler PC, Farmington Hills |
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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 |
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Fee CAPS: Medicare (3157(2)-(6)): Intro to Medicare; Intro to Codes. Medicare Fee Schedules: For Hospitals, For Physicians, 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 |
Richard Hillary, Miller Johnson, Grand Rapids |
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Fee CAPS: Non-Medicare (3157(7)): What Benefits are Governed by This? Home Care Agencies? Residential Facilities? Family Attendant Care? Strategies: Can Business Entities by Reorganized to Avoid Fee Caps? Can Medicare Codes be Found? |
Andrew Horne, Miller & Tischler PC, Farmington Hills |
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DIFS: What is the Role of DIFS in the New Law? |
Maureen Kinsella, Miller & Tischler PC, Farmington Hills |
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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 |
Katie Tucker, Sinas Dramis Law Firm, Lansing |
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PIP Skills: Case Evaluation |
Omar Sheriff, Seva Law Firm, Troy |
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PIP Skills: Claim Rep Deps |
Adrienne Logeman, Logeman, Iafrate & Logeman, PC, Ann Arbor |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Retroactivity: Are the New Fee Caps and Attendant Care Limits Retroactive? Status of the Andary Case |
Mark Granzotto, Mark Granzotto, PC, Berkley |
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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 |
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DAY 2: OCTOBER 8, 2021 – Negligence |
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Auto Neg/Tort Threshold Update |
Tom Sinas, Sinas Dramis LawFirm, Grand Rapids |
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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 |
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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 |
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Noneconomic Loss Claims: How to Argue Damages? Can an RBI Opt Down be Challenged? |
David E. Christensen, Christensen Law, Southfield |
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Intro to Trucking Liability Cases |
Tom James, Michigan Auto Law, Farmington Hills |
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Auto Neg Skills: Police Officer/Accident Reconstruction Dep |
Kevin Seiferheld, Michigan Auto Law, Farmington Hills |
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Auto Neg Skills: Defendant Driver Dep |
MAJ Past President Robert Raitt, Raitt Law PLLC, Southfield |
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Auto Neg Skills: What do Insurers Believe Adds Value to Your Tort Claim? |
Jennifer Damico, Buckfire Law Firm, Southfield |
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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 |
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Excess Economic Loss: How to Argue Damages? When do You Need a Life Care Plan? |
Josh Terebelo, Michigan Auto Law, Farmington Hills |