CHOICE To Hold Physician Seminar In Orlando.

Business Editors/Health/Medical Writers

TAMPA, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 5, 2003

CHOICE Medical Management Services, Inc. will hold a physicians seminar at the 58th Annual Workers Compensation Educational Conference on Sunday, August 17, from noon to five. Designed to equip physicians and their staff to better navigate Florida's workers compensation system, the seminar provides four continuing education credits for licensed Florida physicians, psychologists, and psychiatrists. Cost is free to those who register by August 7.

This is the fourth in a series of seminars being held around the state. Approximately 55 attended the first one in Tampa on April 10, and a total of 70 attended two half-day seminars held on May 15 in Fort Lauderdale. The unique format brings together the different industry players - providers, case managers and employers - to foster better understanding of each segment's role and needs.

The seminar in Orlando will feature the following sessions: 1) "Managed Care Law Review," presented by Jim McConnaughhay, Esq. and Lou Stern, Esq. from the Tallahassee law firm of McConnaughhay, Duffy, Coonrod, Pope & Weaver, PA; 2) "Treating Patients for Successful Return to Work: The Role of the Primary Care Physician," led by Richard Dolsey, M.D., of Physician's Health Centers of South Florida; and 3) "Managed Care and the Employer," an open forum in which employers, physicians and case managers ask and answer questions about current issues.

"Our open-dialogue format between physicians and employers received rave reviews from attendees at the Tampa and Ft. Lauderdale seminars," said Tom Barrett, president and CEO of CHOICE. "It gives employers and carriers a better understanding and appreciation of the issues workers' compensation physicians face on a daily basis."

Approved by The American Board of Quality Assurance and Utilization Review Physicians (ABQAURP), the seminar offers physicians four CMEs (Continuing Medical Education credits). Nurses and psychologists can also earn four continuing education credits for attending the seminar.

CHOICE is currently planning to hold additional physicians seminars in Tallahassee, Jacksonville, Panama City, Boca Raton and Miami later this year. For more information or to register for an upcoming seminar, call Yvonne Halvaei, Marketing Manager at 813-282-9801 or [e-mail].

Based in Tampa, Fla., and founded in 2001 CHOICE Medical Management Services, Inc., is a full service, fully integrated workers' compensation managed care organization built upon proven cost-saving, return-to-work strategies that deliver tangible, measurable results. CHOICE serves insurance carriers, third-party administrators, municipalities and other governmental entities, and self-insured employers.