DESCRIPTION
Motor Vehicle Accidents: A Back-to-Basics Course
Workshop Leaders:
Chad Kelliher, Andrea Rust, Jacob Rowe, Dan Hays, Matt Wade, and Kelly Bishop
Learning Objectives: An interactive workshop addressing the following topics:
- Sample contract
- Sample intake questionnaire
- Letter of representation
- Spoliation letter
- Medical auth; HITECH auth; Medicare forms; Health insurance subrogation requests
- Provider list
- Sample demands
- Reduction requests
- Distribution sheets
From First Contact to Contract, Chad Kelliher
- Case Screening
- Intake Meetings: in-person vs. virtual; paper vs. digital
- Forms
From Contract to Settlement – Opening a File
Panel Moderator: Chad Kelliher; Panel Members: Andrea Rust, Matt Wade, and Kelly Bishop
- Docketing
- Assigning Personal
- Case Management Systems
- Investigating Liability
- Confirming and Understanding Coverage
- Managing Medical
- Monitoring treatment
- Facilitating care
- Requesting medical records and billing
- Understanding Medical Jargon
- Case Valuation and Client Expectations
- Demands
- Negotiations
- Know your adjuster
- Negotiation Techniques that Work
- How the Adjuster’s Settlement Authority is Restricted and Going Beyond it
- Overcoming case weakness
- Tips and tricks for overcoming delay, stalled negotiations, inadequate authority
- Client Communications
From settlement to payday, Matt Wade and Kelly Bishop
- Release and Settlement Agreements
- Managing Liens
- Medical Liens
- CS Liens
- Health Insurance and ERISA
- Work Comp
- Medicare and Medicaid
- Lawsuit Lenders
- Distribution of Funds and Closing the file
Wrap-up for Ethics – things to consider, especially before practicing in this area of law
Dan Hays
- Marketing Do’s and Don’ts
- Cost and Time Constraints
- IOLTA Trust Accounts
- Malpractice Coverage
- Advancing Funds to Clients and Lawsuit Lenders
- Addressing Potential Conflicts of Interest
- Client Confidentiality
- Communication with Represented Parties
- Confronting Coverage Issues
Disclaimer: All views or opinions expressed by any presenter during the course of this CLE is that of the presenter alone and not an opinion of the Oklahoma Bar Association, the employers, or affiliates of the presenters unless specifically stated. Additionally, any materials, including the legal research, are the product of the individual contributor, not the Oklahoma Bar Association. The Oklahoma Bar Association makes no warranty, express or implied, relating to the accuracy or content of these materials.