What's a Functional Capacity Evaluation (F.C.E.)?

Calhoon and Kaminsky P.C. | March 6, 2013 | Workers Compensation Q & A and News

Article by David Raptosh, MA, OTR/L, Regional Director of WorkStrategies, Select Physical Therapy, First Choice Rehabilitation, and NovaCare Rehabilitation

A Functional Capacity Evaluation (FCE) is an objective, systematic process of identifying and assessing an individual’s ability to physically function in relation to work and in the performance of activities of daily living (ADL’s). The FCE solution based approach is used to determine “What the individual can safely do,” and to identify the person’s “current ability level” for a successful return to gainful employment or to establish a baseline level of function. The FCE is typically a 4 hour evaluation that will assess material handling (lifting, carrying, pushing and pulling) and positional tolerance levels (sitting, standing, walking, climbing stairs, climbing ladders, reaching, balancing, stooping, kneeling, crouching, crawling, object handling, fingering, simple/firm grasping and fine/gross hand manipulation. Job specific testing will also be incorporated into the evaluation to determine safe work performance and work tolerance.

Workers’ Compensation: After a work related injury, the FCE can be used to objectively determine the individual’s physical demand level and work capacity. The objective, functional information is useful to assist the physician, medical team, case manager, employer and attorney when developing an appropriate plan of care that eventually can lead to closure of the case. An FCE has been successfully used during the rehabilitation treatment process to identify the individual’s current, safe level of functioning and to promote a positive treatment progression. An objective classification of the individual’s abilities can be compared to the job position physical demands and work levels for return to full-time or part-time employment. If the individual is unable to return to work in a full-time or full-duty capacity, then modified work hours and modified work duties can be an appropriate alternative to justify a successful return to work plan. The FCE is used to establish a final, objective physical demand level when the physician determines maximal medical improvement (MMI). Temporary or permanent work restrictions can be identified for safe, future functioning.

Short and Long Term Disability cases utilize a Functional Capacity Evaluation to determine the individual’s ability to perform either their “Own Occupation” or identify if the person is capable of functioning at a level for “Any Occupation.” Short and long term disability is a wage replacement policy. Short-term disability provides an income for the early part of a disability, which may be from two weeks to two years. Long-term disability helps replace income for an extended period of time, usually from two to five years or when the disabled person turns 65 years of age. The claimant must demonstrate that they are unable to perform their own occupation or any occupation, based on the wording of their policy. The objective information and documentation provided by a FCE is necessary for an effective disability claim management process.

Insurance: FCE’s can be used in conjunction with the insurance claim process. The claim investigation can be accelerated by the early determination of functional performance and work related information. Auto and personal liability cases can benefit from the objective and functional documentation provided by the FCE. Many cases of this type have a legal representation; therefore, objective documentation of functional performance and work related function, ability or a lack of ability, and consistency are essential for case settlement.

In summary, a Functional Capacity Evaluation can provide objective documentation that will eliminate the “guess work” out of determining if the individual can return to their job position, perform full or modified duty work or if they are capable of functioning at an any occupation level. The FCE can be used either during a rehabilitation program for effective and successful return to work planning or when the case has reached a maximal medical improvement (MMI). ******

David Raptosh is a Board Certified Occupational Therapist that performs F.C.E.s in the Harrisburg area and can provide expert testimony. When there is a dispute between the treating doctor and the I.M.E. doctor as to an injured workers’ restrictions and capabilities, we, at Calhoon and Kaminsky P.C., will often have Dave perform an objective F.C.E. to support the treating doctor and to help prove that the subjective opinion of the opposition’s physician is wrong. His reports are very large, detailed and easy to follow with colored charts. They are impressive compared to a one page check list of restrictions attached to an I.M.E. report and are very useful in a termination, suspension or modification petition.

DavidRaptosh, MA, OTR/L
Select Medical Physical Therapy
4800LinglcstownRoad, Suite 102
Harrisburg, PA 17112
Phone: 717-652-8511 Fax: 717-412-1596
Email: DRaptosh6&HO.NovaCarc.com
Regional Director of Work Strategies – Select Medical Physical
Therapy, NovaCare Rehabilitation, Kessler Rehabilitation
Board Certified/ Registered Occupational Therapist/ Licensed
Occupational Therapy Expert Witness
Peer Review Specialist
Portage Area High School, Portage, PA
Mount Aloysius College, Cresson, PA. Associate Degree,
Occupational Therapy, COTA.
Community College of Allegheny County, Boyce Campus,
Monroeville, PA. Pre-requisite course work.
College Misericordia, Dallas,PA. Bachelors Degree,
Occupational Therapy, OTR/L. Pi Theta Epsilon.
Saint Francis College, Loretto, PA. Masters Degree,
Human Resource Management & Industrial Relations, HRM/IR.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

SaintFrancis Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA. COTA/L.
Acute/Chronic Psychiatric Staff Certified Occupational Therapy
Assistant Student fieldwork coordinator OTA Program.
Mechanicsburg Rehabilitation Hospital, Mechanicsburg, PA.
COTA. Acute/Sub-Acute Inpatient Rehabilitation. Certified Occupational Therapy Assistant/Licensed. Student field work coordinator OTA Program.
East Hills Rehabilitation and Fitness Institute, Johnstown, PA.
OTR/L, Comprehensive Outpatient Rehabilitation Facility. Work Hardening Coordinator/Staff Occupational Therapist. Responsible for evaluation and treatment of patients in the Industrial Rehabilitation Center. Evaluations consisted of Functional Capacity Evaluation (FCE), Job Site Analysis, Pre/Post Offer Employment Testing, B-200 Isoinertial BackTesting, Lido Work Simulator Testing, Employer Job Description Development, Acute Orthopedic/Upper Extremity Occupational Therapy Evaluation/ Treatment. Student fieldwork coordinator for OTA Program.
Health South / Mechanicsburg Rehabilitation System, Regional Work Performance & HandCenter, Wormleysburg, PA.
Registered Occupational Therapist/Licensed,OTR/L. Work Hardening Director, Clinical Specialist CARF Work Hardening Program. Responsible for interdisciplinary team consisting of physical/occupational therapists, psychology, vocational rehabilitation, and physician. Management of budget, network development, education and Work/Industrial Rehabilitation Program operations. Student fieldwork coordinator for OTA and OTR programs.
Disability Management Associates, Springfield, PA. Occupational Therapy PeerReview Specialist.
Doctors Review Service, West Deptford, NJ. Occupational Therapy Peer Review Specialist
Health South Regional Industrial Rehabilitation, Clinical Specialist Responsible for coordination of Industrial Rehabilitation Programs/Clinical Education Northeast Region.
National Implementation/Clinical Services Team. Instructor for industrial rehabilitation clinical education seminars for Health South clinicians (Work, Spine, and Hand Therapy).
National Board Certification in Occupational Therapy, NBCOT.
Item Writer Task Force. Northeast regional item writer for board certification examination in Occupational Therapy.
American Occupational Therapy Association, AOTA. Conference Seminar Proposal Peer Review Committee.
Health South Work Performance Center of Carlisle,PA.
Health South Mechanicsburg Rehabilitation System,Clinical Site Coordinator, Registered Occupational Therapist/Licensed, OTR/L. Outpatient Rehabilitation Center. Responsible for facility operations, budget, staffing, direction of Physical / Occupational TherapyRehabilitation. Occupational Therapy Student Fieldwork Coordinator. Responsible for development of Industrial Programs September 1997 including Functional / Work Capacity Evaluation (FCE / WCE), On-Sitc Industrial Rehabilitation, consultation services to Liberty Mutual Insurance Power Program for On-Site Work Evaluation and Rehabilitation, Job Site Analysis, ADA Accommodation Assessment, Ergonomic Assessment, Industry Safety and Injury Prevention Consultant, Expert Witness Consultant.
HealthSouth National Coordinator of Industrial Rehabilitation Clinical Education, Birmingham, AL. Responsible for national industrial rehabilitation clinical education curriculum design, development of course objectives, training manuals, presentation/ audio-visual materials, course instructors, and clinician training.
Developed clinician network in 50 states for Standardized Health South Functional Capacity Evaluation (FCE). Perform quality assurance audits on FCE’s to maintain highest clinical standards for evaluation services. Provide education services to Physicians, Insurance Companies, Employers, Insurance Brokerage and Legal Firms. Developed FCE E-Leaming Education Program.
Regional Director of Evaluation Services, Health South Corporation. Responsible for evaluation center development in the following states, AK, AZ, CA,CO, DE, HI, IA,ID,MD, MN, ND,
NE, NM,NV, OR, PA, SD, UT, VA, WA,WI, WV, and WY.
Responsible for management of Functional Capacity Evaluation (FCE) program, physician/clinical staff recruitment, physician and clinician instruction/training, computerized testing equipment installation and upgrade, and IME/FCE program quality assurance.
Health South Clinical Career Ladder Advisory Board, Birmingham, AL.
Health South Industrial Rehabilitation Clinical Specialist III – This level is designated for the extremely competent clinician who has demonstrated clinical excellence and leadership. Requirements at this level include a minimum of four years experience in the area of specialization, additional continuing education, advanced training or certification, completion of Health South educational opportunities in the product line specialty, and evidence of professional expertise. Individuals at this level are capable of program development, clinical supervision, professional service, and/or clinical research and teaching.
Director, Industrial Medicine, East Region – Select Medical Corporation, NovaCare Rehabilitation, Joyner Sports Medicine Institute. Responsible for the development and operations of
Workers’ Compensation and Industrial programs, national clinical functional capacity evaluation instructor and evaluator.
Work Strategies Advisory Board, Select Physical Therapy, NovaCare Rehabilitation, Kessler Rehabilitation.
Regional Director of Work Strategies – Select Medical Corporation, NovaCare Rehabilitation, Select Physical Therapy, Kessler Rehabilitation. Operations and implementation of all industrial rehabilitation programs, provide industrial clinical training and education programs, assist with industrial business development, perform quality assurance and utilization management auditing and participate in direct patent care.

PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENTS;

National Board Certification in Occupational Therapy (NBCOT) – Certification # 324050
Faculty – Council on Education in Management
Faculty- CEU Institute
Faculty – Pennsylvania Bar Institute
Faculty- Select Medical Corporation – Clinical Education
Faculty – PA Bureau of Labor&Industry – Bureau of Workers’ Compensation
Certified Instructor and Evaluator, EPIC Lift Capacity
Certified Instructor and Evaluator, Advanced Ergonomics Incorporated, Physical Ability Testing
Certified Instructor and Evaluator, BTE Technologies – Functional Capacity Evaluation
Certified Instructor and Evaluator, BTE Technologies – Post Offer Employment Testing
Certified Instructor and Evaluator, Work Well Systems-Pre Work Screening And Work Fit Testing
Certified Instructor and Evaluator, Select Medical Functional Capacity Evaluation
Certified Evaluator, Ergo Science – Physical Work Performance Evaluation (PWPE)
Certified Evaluator, Work Steps® Employment Testing
Certified Technician, Car Fit Program – American Society on Aging, AAA, AARP and AOTA
Clinical Advisory Board – Central Penn College – Occupational Therapy Assistant Program
Car Fit Technician – AARP and AAA

PROFESSIONAL AFFAIRS & LICENSURE

State of Pennsylvania – Bureau of Professional &Occupational Affairs – OC-002851-L
State of Washington – Department of Labor&Industries -197163
State of Maryland – Workers’ Compensation Commission – VR5133
American Society of Safety Engineers – 010035919

PROFESSIONAL CLINICAL CONTINUING EDUCATION;

Adapted Seating Seminar, Hershey, PA.
Industrial Rehabilitation I, Blankenship, Pittsburgh, PA.
Human Resource Management, Graduate Course, Saint Francis College, Lorelto, PA.
Workers’Compensation, Graduate Course,Saint Francis College, Lorelto, PA.
Physical Agent Modalities, Current Clinical Concepts, Detroit, MI.
Isostation B-200Course, Isotcchnologies, Hillsborough, NC.
Symptom Magnification Syndrome, Matheson, Pittsburgh, PA.
Pain and Return to Work, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
Collective Bargaining, Graduate Course, Saint Francis College, Loretto, PA.
History of American Labor, Graduate Course, Saint Francis College, Loretto, PA.
Sports Medicine Approach to Spinal Disorders in the Work Place, Pittsburgh, PA.
Labor Economics, Graduate Course, Saint Francis College, Loretto, PA.
Wage & Salary Administration, Graduate Course, Saint Francis College, Loretto, PA.
Health South Industrial Rehabilitation Residency Program, Richmond, VA.
Advanced Ergonomics Incorporated (AEI), Certified Ergonomic Specialist, Dallas, TX.
Employment Discrimination Law, Graduated Course, Saint Francis College, Loretto, PA.
Human Resource Management/Industrial Relations Research, Graduate course research, Saint Francis College, Loretto, PA.
Labor Law I, Graduate Course, Saint Francis College, Loretto, PA.
Employment Law, Graduate Course, Saint Francis College, Loretto, PA.
Health South & Liberty Mutual Insurance Company, Power Program Instructor Training Seminar, Boston, MA.
Central Pennsylvania Trucking Seminar/Workers’ Compensation, Carlisle, PA.
Work Injury Management ’98, Innovative Partnerships with Industry, New Orleans, LA.
Work Injury Management ’98, Integrating Physical Demand Analysis and Job Matching Techniques, New Orleans, LA.
Vemova, Functional Capacity Evaluation and Methods Time Measurement, Williamsburg, VA.
Hanoun Medical, Focus Functional Capacity, Denver, CO
Hanoun Eval Net System, Epic Lift Capacity Evaluator Certification, Denver, CO.
Employment Potential Improvement Corporation, EPIC Lift Capacity Evaluation, Professional Certification, Leonard Matheson, Ph.D., University ofWashington, St. Louis, MO.
Kerlan Jobe – Health South Case Manager Conference, Functional Capacity Evaluation, Los Angeles, CA.
Employment Potential Improvement Corporation, EPIC Lift Capacity, Certified Instructor, Leonard Matheson, Ph.D., University of Washington, St Louis, MO.
Post Offer Employment Testing, Mark Dakos, Hanoun Corporation, NADEP Course#5010, Chicago, JL.
Dale Carnegie Training, Step Up to Leadership, The Supervisor’s Advantage, Mechanicsburg, PA
Dale Carnegie Training, Leadership Training for Managers, Mechanicsburg, PA
HIPPA – Building a Privacy Foundation, Harrisburg, PA
On-Site Return to Work Programs, State College, PA
HIPPA Security Training, Select Medical Corp., Harrisburg, PA, 1 contact hour
Documentation Specific Risk Training Module, Select Medical Corporation, Harrisburg, PA, 1 contact hour
Select Medical Corporation, Compliance Training Program, Harrisburg, PA, 1 contact hour
Select Medical Corporation 2006 Medicare 10 Steps Training Program and NPI Application Process, Harrisburg, PA, 1 contact hour
Bureau of Workers’ Compensation 5th Annual Workers’ Compensation Conference,Harrisburg, PA, 16 contact hours
Pennsylvania Self Insurers’ Association Conference – Harrisburg, PA, 8 contact hours
CEU Institute ~ Issues in Physical Therapy – Clinical Management, Nationwide Insurance, Instructor, Harrisburg, PA, 1 contact hour
CEU Institute – Work Hardening – Nationwide Insurance, Instructor, Harrisburg, PA, 1 contact hour
Ergo Science, Physical Work Performance Evaluation Training, King of Prussia, PA, Deborah Lechner, PT, MS, Instructor, 24 contact hours
Select Medical Corporation, Compliance Training Program, Harrisburg, PA, Online Training, 1 contact hour
Select Medical Corporation, HIPPA Training, Harrisburg, PA, Online Training, 1 contact hour
50. PA Workers’ Compensation Commission, Chapter 121
Amendments, PA Bar Association, Mechanicsburg, PA, 2 contact hours
Work Steps® Objective Employment Testing Certification, Philadelphia, PA, 12 contact hours
Select Medical PT/Joyner Sports Medicine Institute, Vestibular Training Overview and Hands-On Training, Jamie Fiorenza, MSPT, Harrisburg, PA, 5 contact hours
Pennsylvania Bureau of Workers’ Compensation 7th Annual Workers’ Compensation Conference, Hershey, PA, 8 contact hours
Work Net Occupational Medicine, Aging Workforce, DavidFrank, MD and James Devine, Esquire, Mechanicsburg, PA, 2 contact hours
Nationwide Insurance, Acupuncture and Chronic Pain, CEU Institute, David Frank, MD, Harrisburg, PA, 1 contact hour
Nationwide Insurance, Diagnostic Testing: Traumatic versus Pre existing, Bruce Goodman,MD, Harrisburg, PA, 1 contact hour
AMA Guides to the Evaluation of Permanent Impairment, Masteringthe New Sixth Edition, Chicago, IL, 16 contact hours
Select Medical Online Training, HIPAA Re-Certification and Compliance Training Re-Certification,Harrisburg, PA, 1 contact hour
Nationwide Insurance, Degenerative Disease from Acute Trauma, Bruce Goodman, MD,Harrisburg, PA, 1 contact hour
Nationwide Insurance, MRSA- Methicillin Resistant Staph Aureus, Bobbi Bradford, FACHE, RN, Harrisburg, PA 1 contact hour
Accommodations in the Post Offer Process, James Rochester, MD and James Devine, Attorney, Lancaster, PA, 3 contact hours
Select Medical Online Training, Federal Program Guidelines for Support Staff, Harrisburg, PA, 1 contact hour
Impairment Rating, AMA Guides to die 5 lh Edition, Zach Sutton, DPT, Web Ex Presentation, Richmond, VA, 30 minutes.
Pennsylvania Labor & Industry,Worker’s Compensation Seminar, Judges Unplugged, Pain – Acute, Sub-Acute and Chronic Pain, Legal Updates, Hershey, PA, 12 contact hours
Select Medical Online Training,Compliance Awareness Training, Harrisburg, PA, 1 contact hour
Select Medical Online Training, HIPAA Awareness,Harrisburg, PA, 1 contact how – Select Medical Online Training, OSHA Safety Training, Harrisburg, PA, 1 contact hour
American Society f Hand Therapy/Select Medical Outpatient Division, Current Concepts in the Management of Upper Limb Pathology, Philadelphia, PA, 11.5 contact hours
Corvel/Northeastem Rehabilitation Associates,Testing and Treatment- Michael Wolk, MD, Assessing Injury Causation – Timothy G. Joganich, MS, CHFP, Updates in Case Law – Joseph Patterson, Esquire, Harrisburg, PA 3.5 contact hours
NovaCare Rehabilitation, The Elbow – Evaluation and Treatment, Alan, Evans, PT,MOMT, MCSP, Philadelphia, PA 14 contact hours
Select Medical, 2011 Work Strategies Symposium, TonyV iggiano, Med., ATC, CSCS, Steve Clark,OT, David Hoyle, MA, PT, OCS, MTC, Anne Marciniak, PT, Brian Peters, Elizabeth Petty, David Raptosh, MA, OTR/L, Chris Throckmorton, PT, Orlando, FL, 14 contact hours.
Orthopedic Institute of Pennsylvania, Building Bridges – Spine Surgery and the Pathological Problems Associated with the Cervical Spine, Workers’ Compensation, Brett Hiinmelwright, D.O., CampHill, PA, #790002961, 1 contact hour
Select Medical, 2012 Outpatient Documentation/Coding Training, Harrisburg, PA, 1 contact hour
Arlington Orthopedic / Select Physical Therapy, Workers’ Compensation Symposium, Harrisburg, PA, 5 Contact Hours
CarFit Technician Certification Training, Osteopathic Hospital – Helen R. Simpson Rehabilitation Hospital, Harrisburg, PA, 4 contact hours
Select Medical, The Basics of Performance Coaching: A Workshop for Supervisors and Managers, Mechanicsburg, PA, 4 contact hours

PROFESSIONAL SPEAKING – CLINICAL INSTRUCTION:

Health South Industrial Rehabilitation Skills III, Instructor, Job Task Analysis,Job Site Analysis, On-Site Industrial Rehabilitation, Managed Care, Albuquerque, NM Job Specific Body Mechanics, Quaker Oats Company, Instructor, Camp Hill, PA.
Health South Industrial Rehabilitation Skills I & II, Functional Capacity Evaluation and Return to Work Programs, Instructor, Edison, NJ.
Health South Industrial Rehabilitation Skills EI, Industrial Outreach, Instructor, Mechanicsburg,PA.
Health South Industrial Rehabilitation Skills III, Industrial Outreach, Instructor, Albuquerque, NM.
Ergonomics Trainer Education, Capital Blue Cross, Instructor, Job Specific Body Mechanics/Injury Prevention, Square D Company, Instructor, Mechanicsburg, PA.
Health South Claims Communicator, Functional Capacity Evaluation and Return to Work, Presenter, Mechanicsburg, PA.
Job Specific Body Mechanics/Injury Prevention, Waste Management of Central PA, Instructor, Camp Hill, PA.
Health South Industrial Rehabilitation Skills I, Functional Capacity Evaluation, Instructor, Birmingham, AL.
Health South Industrial Rehabilitation Skills I & N, Functional Capacity Evaluation and Return to Work Programs, Instructor, Chicago, IL.
Health South Industrial Rehabilitation Skills I & N, Functional Capacity Evaluation and Return to Work Programs, Instructor, Mechanicsburg, PA.
Health South Spine Skills I, Functional Baseline Assessment and Functional Activities, Instructor, Baltimore, MD.
Health South Carpal Tunnel Syndrome and Work Management, Presentation, Insurance Institute of Pennsylvania, Mechanicsburg, PA
Health South Occupational Medicine Seminar, Instructor, Functional Capacity Evaluation, Occupational Prevention Diagnostics, Americans with Disabilities Act, Job Descriptions, Boston, MA.
American Academy of Disability Evaluating Physicians (AADEP), Co-presenter at physicians conference with Bruce Goodman, MD, Independent Medical Evaluation/Work Capacity Assessment: A Tool for Return to Work, Tucson, AZ.
Health South Industrial Rehabilitation Skills EI, Industrial Outreach,Instructor, Dallas, TX.
Health South Industrial Rehabilitation Skills I, Functional Capacity Evaluation, Instructor, Orlando, FL.
Health South & Liberty Mutual Insurance Company, Power ProgramandReturn to Work, Instructor, Charlotte, NC.
Health South & Liberty Mutual Insurance Company, Power Program and Returnto Work, Instructor, Philadelphia, PA.
Health South Industrial Rehabilitation Skills I, Functional Capacity Evaluation, Instructor, San Diego, CA.
Ergonomic Management Training, Instructor, Ross Store Management Team, Carlisle, PA.
Job Specific Body Mechanics Education, Instructor, Waste Management of Central PA, Camp Hill, PA.
Health South Industrial Rehabilitation Skills I, Functional Capacity Evaluation, Instructor, Richmond,VA.
Health South Industrial Rehabilitation Skills I, Functional Capacity Evaluation, Instructor, Dallas, TX.
Health South Cumulative Trauma Prevention, Instructor, Birmingham, AL.
Health South Industrial Rehabilitation, Functional Capacity Evaluation and Return to Work Programs, Instructor, Maui, HI.
Health South Physicians Conference, Interpreting Functional Capacity Evaluations, Faculty, Austin, TX.
Functional Capacity Evaluation and Long Term Disabihty, CIGNA GroupInsurance, Instructor, Pittsburgh, PA.
Functional Capacity Evaluation and Long term Disability, CIGNA Group Insurance, Instructor, Dallas, TX.
Functional Capacity Evaluation and Long term Disability, CIGNA Group Insurance, Instructor, Rochester, NY.
Health South Industrial Rehabilitation Skills I, Functional Capacity Evaluation, Instructor, Boston, MA.
Health South Deposition Litigation and Defensive Documentation, Instructor, Richmond, VA.
Health South University, Independent Medical Evaluation and Functional Capacity Evaluation, Instructor, Birmingham, AL.
Health South Industrial Rehabilitation Skills IE, Industrial Outreach, Instructor, Atlanta, GA.
Functional Capacity Evaluation, CIGNA Group Insurance Senior Management, Long Term Disability, Instructor, Philadelphia, PA.
Health South Functional Capacity Evaluation and Industrial Therapy, Instructor, Houston, TX.
Health South Industrial Rehabilitation Advanced Clinical Skills, Instructor, Denver, CO.
Health South Automated Functional Ability Testing, Instructor, Santa Clara, CA.
Health South Automated Functional Capacity Evaluation, Instructor, Los Angeles, CA.
Health South Functional Capacity Evaluation and Long Term Disability, Instructor, Mechanicsburg, PA.
Health South Automated Functional Capacity Evaluation, Instructor, Pittsburgh, PA.
Health South Automated Functional Capacity Evaluation, Instructor, Philadelphia, PA.
Health South Functional Capacity Evaluation, Instructor, Salisbury, MD.
12th Annual Compensable Disability Forum, University of Utah and Rocky Mountain Center for Occupational and Environmental Health. Presentation: The Physiological basis for Determining the Validity, Limitations, and Predictive Value of Functional Capacity Evaluations. In addition, Co-Presentation with Dick Johns, MD and David Raptosh, MA, OTR/L: FCE Applications to Fitness for Duty and Contested Disability. Salt Lake City,UT.
Health South Functional Capacity Evaluation, Instructor, Columbus, OH.
Seminar: Rehabilitation of the Injured Worker, Rehabilitation Time Line, Therapeutic Plan Using Job Specific Criteria, Work Injury Programs, Documentation, Objective Measurement and
Results: Lead Instructor, Baltimore Therapeutic Equipment Company, Royal Derby Infirmary, Derby, England.
Seminar. Rehabilitation of the Injured Worker, Rehabilitation Time Line, Therapeutic Plan Using Job Specific Criteria, Work Injury Programs, Documentation, Objective Measurement and Results: Lead Instructor, Baltimore Therapeutic Equipment Company, BG Un Falkunklinic, Ludwigshafen, Germany.
Computer Assisted Functional Capacity Evaluation, Instructor, Erie, PA.
Health South Functional Capacity Evaluation, Instructor, Reading, PA.
Health South Functional Capacity Evaluation and Long Term Disability, Instructor, Harmarville, PA.
Evaluating Long Term Disability, Presenter, Houston, TX.
Computer Assisted Functional Capacity Evaluation, Instructor, Berkeley, CA.
Health South Functional Capacity Evaluation, Instructor, Tyler, TX.
CIGNA Integrated Care, Short/Long Term Disability Evaluation, Instructor, Rochester,NY.
CIGNA Integrated Care, Short/Long Term Disability Evaluation, Instructor, Pittsburgh, PA.
Health South Advanced Industrial Rehabilitation Forum, Lead Instructor, Harmarville, PA.
Health South Computer Assisted Functional Capacity Evaluation, Instructor, Salisbury, MD.
Health South Functional Capacity Evaluation and Work Programs, Lead Instructor, Baltimore, MD.
CIGNA Integrated Care, Short/Long Term Disability Evaluation, Instructor, Dallas,TX and Los Colinas, TX.
Health South Functional Capacity Evaluation, Instructor, NittanyValley / Pleasant Gap, PA.
Health South Functional Capacity Evaluation, Instructor, Johnstown, PA.
Health South Computer Assisted Functional Capacity Evaluation, Instructor, Haddonfield, NJ.
Health South Computer Assisted Functional Capacity Evaluation, Geisinger/Health South Rehab Center, Instructor, Danville, PA.
Health South Integrated Medical Services, Functional Capacity Evaluation, Workers’ Compensation, Short/Long Term Disability, Instructor, Salt Lake City, UT.
Health South Functional Capacity Evaluation, Instructor, Harmarville, PA.
Health South Computer Assisted Functional Capacity Evaluation, Instructor, Morgantown, WV.
Healdi South Functional Capacity Evaluation, Instructor, Bakersfield, CA.
Health South Computer Assisted Functional Capacity Evaluation, Instructor, San Diego, CA.
High Mark Life and Casualty, Functional Capacity Evaluation and Long Term Disability, Instructor, Pittsburgh, PA.
Health South Functional Capacity Evaluation, Instructor, Altoona, PA.
Health South Computer AssistedFunctional Capacity Evaluation, Instructor, Cherry Hill, NJ.
Health South Functional Capacity Evaluation, Instructor, Plains, PA.
Healdi South Functional Capacity Evaluation and Work Programs, Instructor, Osh Kosh, WI.
Health South Computer Assisted Functional Capacity Evaluation, Instructor, Lancaster, PA.
Health South Functional Capacity Evaluation, Instructor, Harrisburg, PA.
Health South Integrated Medical Services, Functional Capacity Evaluation, Instructor, Minneapolis, MN.
Highmark Life and Casualty, Ergonomics and Return to Work, Instructor, Pittsburgh,PA.
Health South Functional Capacity Evaluation, Instructor, Harrisburg, PA.
Vemova Functional Capacity Evaluation Training, Instructor, Carlisle, PA.
Health South Computer Assisted Functional Capacity Evaluation, Instructor, Lancaster, PA.
Health South Functional Capacity Evaluation and Work Programs, Instructor, Waipahu, HI.
Health South Functional Capacity Evaluation, Instructor, State College, PA.
Health South Advanced Ergonomic Applications, Industrial Rehabilitation Specialty Course, Instructor, Birmingham, AL
Health South Compute Assisted Functional Capacity Evaluation, Instructor, Huntington Beach, CA.
Health South Functional Capacity Evaluation, Instructor, Beckley, WV.
Health South Functional Capacity Evaluation, Instructor, Salt Lake City, UT.
Health South Functional Capacity Evaluation, Instructor, Berwick, PA.
Pennsylvania Office of Vocational Rehabilitation (OVR), Functional Capacity Evaluation, Monroeville, PA.
Health South Functional Capacity Evaluation, Instructor, Spokane, WA.
Health South Functional Capacity Evaluation, Instructor, Omaha, NE.
Health South Functional Capacity Evaluation, Instructor, Las Vegas, NV.
Health Soudi Computer Assisted Functional Capacity Evaluation, Instructor, San Lcandro, CA.
HealthSouth Functional Capacity Evaluation, Instructor, Scottsdale, AZ.
HealthSouth University In patient – Industrial Rehabilitation and Functional Capacity Evaluation, Speaker, Birmingham, AL.
“Using Functional Capacity Evaluations to Determine Return to Work Ability in Workers’ Compensation, Long Term and Short Term Disability Cases”, Instructor, Health South Claims Communicator, Mechanicsburg, PA.
Physical Ability Testing, Certified Advanced Ergonomics tic. Instructor, Harrisburg, PA.
Functional Capacity Evaluation, Instructor, Fortis Benefits, Minneapolis, MN.
Functional Capacity Evaluation, Instructor, Case Manager, Presentation, Baltimore, MD.
Physical Ability Testing, Certified Advanced Ergonomics Inc. Instructor, Pittsburgh, PA.
Physical Ability Testing, Certified Advanced Ergonomics Inc. Instructor, Baltimore, MD, 4 contact hours
“Using Functional Capacity Evaluations to Determine Return to Work Ability in Workers’ Compensation, Long Term and Short Term Disability Cases.” Central Pennsylvania Case Managers Meeting, Instructor, Mechanicsburg, PA, 2 contact hours
Health South University Marketing – Functional Capacity Evaluation and Hanoun FCE, Birmingham, AL, 8 contact hours
Health South Industrial Rehabilitation Clinical Mentoring Program, Course Coordinator and Instructor. EPIC Lift Capacity Evaluation, Birmingham, AL, 20 contact hours
Health South Functional Capacity Evaluation, Instructor, Hagcrstown, MD, 16 contact hours
Health South Functional Capacity Evaluation, Instructor, Hanoun System, EPIC Lift Capacity Training, Instructor, Kansas City, MO, 16 contact hours
Health South Functional Capacity Evaluation, Instructor, Oceanside, CA, 16 contact hours
Cambridge Insurance Company – Functional Capacity Evaluation, Los Angeles, CA, 16 contact hours
Standard Insurance Company – Functional Capacity Evaluation, Portland, OR, 2 contact hours
Health South Functional Capacity Evaluation, Instructor, Hanoun System, EPIC Lift Capacity Training, San Diego, CA, 16 contact hours
Health South Functional Capacity Evaluation, Instructor, Hanoun System, EPIC Lift Capacity Training, Las Vegas, NV, 16 contact hours
Health South Functional Capacity Evaluation, Instructor, Hanoun System, EPICLift Capacity Training, Des Moines, IA, 16 contact hours
Health South Functional Capacity Evaluation, Instructor, Hanoun System, EPIC lift Capacity Training, Baltimore, MD, 16 contact hours
Jefferson Pilot Insurance Company – Functional Capacity Evaluation, CEU Presentation, Omaha, NE, 2 contact hours
Health South Functional Capacity Evaluation, Instructor, Hanoun System, EPIC Lift Capacity Training, Richmond, VA, 16 contact hours
Health South Functional Capacity Evaluation, Instructor, Hanoun Medical System, EPIC Lift Capacity Training, Fresno/Salinas, CA, 16 contact hours
Health South Functional Capacity Evaluation, Instructor, Hanoun System, EPIC Lift Capacity Training, Los Angeles, CA, 16 contact hours
Health South Functional Capacity Evaluation,Instructor, Youngstown, OH, 16 contact hours
Health South Functional CapacityEvaluation, Instructor, Hanoun System, EPIC Lift Capacity Training, Fresno, CA, 16 contact hours
Health South Functional Capacity Evaluation, Instructor, Hanoun System, EPIC Lift Capacity Training, Las Vegas, NV, 16 contact hours
“Functional Capacity Evaluation and Return to Work”, Case ManagementConference, Presentation, Danville, PA, 2 contact hours
Health South Functional Capacity Evaluation, Instructor, Hanoun System, EPIC Lift Capacity Training, Salt Lake City, UT, 16 contact hours
Health South Functional Capacity Evaluation, Instructor, Hanoun System, EPIC Lift Capacity Training, Denver,CO, 16 contact hours
Health South Functional Capacity Evaluation, Instructor, Hanoun System, EPIC Lift Capacity Training, Huntington Beach, CA, 16 contact hours
Health South Functional Capacity Evaluation, Instructor, Hanoun System, EPIC Lift Capacity Training, Baltimore, MD, 16 contact hours
Epic Lift Capacity Evaluation (EPIC), Los Angeles, CA.
Health Quest Functional Capacity Evaluation, Harrisburg, PA.
Health South Functional Capacity Evaluation, Instructor, Plantation,FL, 12 contact hours
Health South Functional Capacity Evaluation, Instructor, Harrisburg, PA, 12 contact hours
Health South Functional Capacity Evaluation, Instructor, Sports Medicine & Rehabilitation Center, Harrisburg, PA, 8 contact hours
Health South Industrial Rehabilitation “Product Champion” Specialty Course, Instructor, FCEE-Leaming Program, Dallas, TX, 20 contact hours
Healdi South On-Site Return to Work Programs, Presenter, State College, PA, 2 contact hours
Clinical and On-Site Return to Work, Performance Plus Staffing Conference, Presenter, Lancaster, PA, 1 contact hour
Ergonomics: Office Ergonomics and Job Evaluations, Land Transfer Company, Instructor, Lancaster, PA, 1 contact hour
Ergonomics: Office Ergonomics and Job Evaluation, Land Transfer Company, Instructor, Hershey, PA, 1 contact hour
Post Offer Job Testing, Advanced Ergonomics Incorporated (AEI), Instructor, Harrisburg, PA, 4 contact hours
Workers’ Compensation and Return to Work Programs, Instructor, Mechanicsburg, PA, 1 contact hour
Workers’ Compensation and Return to Work Programs, Instructor, Harrisburg, PA, 1 contact hour
Workers’ Compensation and Return to Work Programs, Instructor, Lancaster, PA, 1 contact hour
Workers’ Compensation and Return to Work Programs, Instructor, Hershey, PA, 1 contact hour
Workers’ Compensation and Return to Work Programs, Instructor, Lebanon, PA, 1 contact hour
Functional Capacity Evaluation: Determining An Individuals Ability To Function, Presenter, Dauphin County Bar Association, Presenter, Harrisburg, PA, 1 contact hour
Workers’ Compensation and Return to Work Programs, Instructor, New Cumberland, PA, 1 contact horn – Advanced Ergonomics Incorporated, AEI, Instructor, Post Offer Employment Testing, Harrisburg, PA, 4 contact hours
Getting Objective Results from Functional Capacity Evaluations, Presenter, North East Occupational Health and Safety Conference. Wilkes-Barre, PA, 2 contact hours
Functional Copacity Evaluation: The BTE Technologies/ Hanoun Evaluation &Rehabilitation Computerized Testing, 1/9/04 – 1/10/04, Instructor, NovaCare Rehabilitation, Philadelphia, PA, 12 contact hours
EPIC Lift Capacity, Employment Potential Improvement Corporation, Certified Instructor, 1/11/04, NovaCare Rehabilitation, Philadelphia, PA, 4 contact hours
Case Manager Seminar: Functional Capacity Evaluations, A Workers’ Compensation Question and Answer Session and Work Strategies Program. Halmon Banks, Esquire of Martin, Banks, Pond Lehocky and Wilson and Bill Smith, Work Strategies Specialist-NovaCare, 3/18/04, Presenter, NovaCare Complex, Philadelphia, PA, 3 contact hours
Are on the Job Sprains and Strains Inevitable?
Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce Seminar- Improve Your Bottom Line – Decrease Your Workers’ Comp Costs, 5/18/04, Presenter, Wyndham Hotel, Philadelphia, PA, 1 contact hour
Work Strategies Practice Management – Workers’ Compensation Clinical Update, Instructor, Joyner Sports Medicine Institute, Altoona, PA 6/17/04,3 contact hours
Workers Compensation Clinical Update, Instructor, Joyner Sports Medicine Institute, Camp Hill, PA 6/23/04,1.5 contact hours
NovaCare Functional Capacity Evaluation Training, Instructor, 6/29/04, Plantation, FL, 8 contact hours
Case Manager Seminar: Functional Capacity Evaluations, A Workers’ Compensation Question and Answer Session and Work Strategies Program. Halmon Banks, II, Esquire – Martin, Banks, Pond, Lehocky & Wilson and Bill Smith,Work Strategies Specialist-NovaCare,7/9/04, Presenter, NovaCare Complex, Philadelphia, PA, 3 contact hours
Mosby’s 16* Annual Medical Case Management Convention: Functional Capacity Evaluations: A Key in Return to Work Strategy. Presenter, Washington, D.C., 1.5 contact hours
Virginia Association of Rehabilitation Professionals: Functional Capacity Evaluation. 10/23/04, Presenter, Fairfax, VA, 4 contact hours
NovaCare Rehabilitation, Computerized Post Offer Employment Testing, Daimler Chrysler / BTE Corporation, 10/28/04, Instructor, Detroit, MI, 12 contact hours
School District Insurance Consortium: Functional Capacity Evaluation, 11/17/04 and 11/18/04, Presenter, Philadelphia, PA, 2 contact hours
David Raptosh, MA, OTR/L, HRM/IR NovaCare Rehabilitation, Functional Capacity Evaluation, Clinical Instructor, Lancaster, PA, 8 contact hours
Liberty Mutual Insurance, Understanding Functional Capacity Evaluations, 12/1/04, Presenter, Philadelphia, PA, 1.5 contact hours
Argosy Health-The Boeing Corporation, Work Hardening and Work Conditioning Program, Everett, WA, 12 contact hours
NovaCare Rehabilitation, Functional Capacity Evaluation and Work Task Analysis, Instructor, Raleigh, NC, 13 contact hours
NovaCare Rehabilitation, Clinical Treatment Planning & Coding, Co-Instructor- Lynn Bradley, MS, PT, Lancaster, PA, 1.5 contact hours
Joyner Sports Medicine Institute, Functional Capacity Evaluation, Clinical Instructor, Tipton, PA, 12 hours
NovaCare Rehabilitation, Functional Capacity Evaluation, Instructor, McLean, VA, 6 contact hours
Joyner Sports Medicine Institute, Functional Capacity Evaluation, NovaCare Rehabilitation, Functional Capacity Evaluation, Instructor, McLean, VA, 6 contact hours
Excel Rehab, Functional Capacity Evaluation, Instructor, Indianapolis, IN, 12 contact hours
Joyner Sports Medicine Institute, Functional Capacity Evaluation, Lewistown, PA, 3 contact hours
Argosy Health – The Boeing Corporation, Functional Capacity Evaluation, Instructor, Everett,WA, 16 contact hours
NovaCare Rehabilitation/Argosy Health, Functional Capacity Evaluation, Instructor, Pensacola, FL, 16 contact hours
Pennsylvania Department of Labor & Industry: 4th Annual Workers’ Compensation Conference, Evaluation Alphabet Soup: IRE, IMEand FCE. Charles Beraras, Esquire, John Belek, Esquire, Michael Furman, MD, David Raptosh, MA, OTR/L, and Michael Wolk, MD, Hershey PA 1.5 contact hours
lsl Annual EPA Workers’ Compensation Medical Symposium. Understanding Multiple Perspectives in Workers’ Compensation, Managing Industrial Athlete with Low Back Pain, Presenter, NovaCare Complex, Philadelphia, PA 5 contact hours
Office and Computer Workplace Ergonomics. Visiting Nurse Association of Central Pennsylvania, Presenter, Harrisburg, PA contact hours
Joyner Sports Medicine Institute, Workers’ Compensation Update, Instructor, Roaring Spring, PA 4 contact hours
NovaCare Rehabilitation, Functional Clinical Coding and Industrial Rehabilitation, Presenter, Lancaster, PA 1 contact hour
Joyner Sports Medicine Institute, Functional Clinical Coding and Industrial Rehabilitation, Presenter Instructor, Chicago, IL, 8 contact hours.
NovaCare Rehabilitation, Woik Strategies Workers’ Compensation Management, Presenter, Washington, D.C. 2 contact hours
NovaCare Rehabilitation, Functional Capacity Evaluation, Instructor, Waldorf, MD, 8 contact hours
Health Motivation Center, Functional Capacity Evaluation, Instructor, Schererville, IN Instructor, 12 contact hours
NovaCare Rehabilitation, Functional Capacity Evaluation, Instructor, Chicago, IL, 12 contact hours
NovaCare Rehabilitation, Functional Capacity Evaluation, Instructor, Cleveland, OH, 14 contact hours
St Paul / Travelers Insurance, Managing the Industrial Athlete with Low Back Pain, Instructor, Wyomissing, PA, 1 Contact Hour
NovaCare Rehabilitation, Functional Capacity Evaluation, Instructor, Swarthmore, PA, 8 contact hours
NovaCare Rehabilitation, Functional Capacity Evaluation, Instructor, Frederick,VA, 8 contact hours
Council on Education, Pay Now or Pay Later Managing the Risks of Workplace Injuries and Illness Through Effective Ergonomics and Other Injury Prevention Programs, Presenter, Harrisburg, PA, 2 contact hours
NovaCare Rehabilitation, Functional Capacity Evaluation, Instructor, Wyncote, PA, 4 contact hours
NovaCare Rehabilitation, Functional Capacity Evaluation, Instructor, Willow Grove, PA, 8 contact hours
NovaCare FCE Instructor Training, Functional Capacity Evaluation, Harrisburg, PA, 16 contact hours
NovaCare Rehabilitation, BTE – NovaCare Functional Capacity Evaluation, Instructor, Bala Cynwyd, PA, 5 contact hours
Nova Care Rehabilitation, BTE Evaluation Rehabilitation System – NovaCare Functional Capacity Evaluation, Instructor, Philadelphia, PA, 8 contact hours
NovaCare Rehabilitation, NovaCare Functional Capacity Evaluation, Instructor, Cleveland, OH, 14 contact hours
NovaCare Rehabilitation, NovaCare Functional Capacity Evaluation, Instructor, Allentown, PA, 10 contact hours
Work Net Occupational Medicine, Essential Function Testing – Lentz Milling Company, Instructor, Reading, PA, 3 contact hours
Advanced Ergonomics Incorporated, AEI, Physical Ability Testing, Instructor, Mechanicsburg, PA, 4 contact hours
Advanced Ergonomics Incorporated, AEI, Physical Ability Testing, Instructor, Philadelphia, PA, 4 contact hours
NovaCare Rehabilitation, NovaCare Functional Capacity Evaluation, Instructor, Raleigh, NC, 12 contact hours

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For more than 20 years, our attorneys have been helping injured workers navigate the complex Pennsylvania workers’ compensation system. We empower workers with the information and the representation they need to make the best decisions for themselves and their families’ future.

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