Event Information:

• Thu

  08

  Mar

  2018

  March Conference - CANCELLED DUE TO IMPENDING WINTER WEATHER

  9:00 amHoliday Inn Springfield in Enfield, CT

  MEETING CANCELLED - 

  We regret that due to the anticipated winter storm and out of concern for the safety of our members, participants and speakers travelling, we have made the decision to cancel the March 8, 2018 conference.   If you have pre-paid your registration fee,  you will be contacted to provide a refund. 

   

   

  8 am Registration and Breakfast

  9 am  Conference

  Holiday Inn Springfield Enfield
  1 Bright Meadow Boulevard
  Enfield, CT 06082
  860-741-2211
  Room Rate $99, Deadline for room rate is 2/21/2018, mention New England Claims Association

  From grating to gratifying- strategies to optimize client outcomes (without losing your mind)

   As Claims Specialists, you work with all kinds of people with different injuries, in a system that is not always easy to navigate. Every day can bring a new set of issues that directly affect your clients’ lives. This workshop will provide evidence-based tools and strategies designed to better manage challenging situations that show up with the “difficult” client, improve outcomes, and most importantly, decrease professional burnout.

  Lynn Festa OTR, CHT, CDWF has been a certified hand therapist since 1995, and has been a clinician in a variety of settings for over 29 years. She combines her work as an OT/CHT with providing training to other health care providers in promoting wellness and limiting burnout. Lynn has given national presentations and webinars on this topic, and runs workshops with an emphasis on empathy and compassion, using evidence based studies and strategies. She attained her certificate in positive psychology from the Wholebeing Institute, and is a Certified Daring Way™ Facilitator through The Daring Way ™. She has also completed life-coach training through the Martha Beck Institute. She is a Clinical Consultant at Berkshire Hand to Shoulder Center, and is the owner of Health Professional Coaching, LLC.

   

  Everything you always wanted to ask an orthopaedic surgeon, (but couldn’t get them on the phone)

  The 2010’s are the decade of integrated or collaborative medicine. Unfortunately this concept has not extended to the injured worker. Orthopaedic surgeons, a major player in the delivery of care, often view the system with hostility and contempt.

  This workshop will provide insight into the surgeon’s mind. Better understand why the provider expects all of his/her recommendations to be accommodated. Learn why they are so hard to reach and discover strategies to overcome these obstacles.

  Michael P Nancollas, MD is a board certified orthopaedic surgeon with a subspecialty certification in hand and upper extremity surgeon. He has been in private practice for over 25 years originally in New York State and now in Massachusetts. With no formal training during his residency in treated the injured worker, he has made a point of gaining knowledge through meetings with claims examiners and worker’s compensation attorneys.

  Online Registration has closed.

  Please contact Danielle Brennan, Treasurer at Danielle_Brennan@glic.com to inquire about registration availability

  Deadline to register is February 28, 2018