AMA Guides: Understanding Their History and
Application
The AMA Guides play an integral role in workers’ compensation cases. This comprehensive session provides workers’ compensation judges with essential knowledge about the historical context, latest developments, and practical application of the AMA Guides, with particular emphasis on its implications for judicial decision-making.
Links
Recording of Full Presentation (1:14:44)
Slides – Live presentation
Slides – Full Presentation
Resources
- AMA Guides Digital Website (official AMA site)
- AMAGuides.com (training, complimentary for judges and hearing officers)
Checklists
Studies on AMA Guides 2024
Moderator
- Judge David Langham, Deputy Chief Judge, Florida Office of the Judges of Compensation Claims (judgelangham@yahoo.com)
Speakers
- Chris Brigham, MD, President, Brigham and Associates, Inc. (cbrigham@cbrigham.com)
- Kenneth Eichler (keneichler1@gmail.com)
AMA Guests
- Erin Kalitowski, Director, Print, Digital and Guides Impairment (erin.kalitowski@ama-assn.org)
- Ronald Capterson, Project Manager (ronald.caperton@ama-assn.org)
AMA Guides
AMA Guides® to the Evaluation of Permanent Impairment. (AMA Guides) are the property of the American Medical Association.
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Note: This session is neither endorsed nor sponsored by the AMA, and the opinions and content of the training presentations and learning content represent the views of the presenters and are not necessarily the views of the AMA, particularly on matters of medical policy.
