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Join Dr. Heredia at the PARMA Conference in 2025

Dr. Ron Heredia will be a panel presenter at the PARMA Conference in February, 2025 at Disney. Topic: Psychiatric Injuries, Changing Times, and Evolving Approaches: Proactively Managing Your Workers' Compensation Program in a Post-COVID-19 Workforce.

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Kind Souls Foundation

Dr. Heredia proudly serves as an ambassador for the Kind Souls Foundation.

Kind Souls Foundation’s mission is to provide thorough emotional support to those navigating the unexpected reality of a work-displacing healthcare event, with groups of volunteers who offer callers compassionate listening and valuable information to local resources.

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Psych Depositions are War

The stage is set for the duel. The defense attorney, the applicant attorney and the court reporter all take their places with much anticipation. The doctor prepares for the deposition, and issues their bill for time-spent preparing, which usually consists of reviewing their report, reviewing the patient’s records and conducting any necessary research. What happens next? Read on…

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When, Why and How to Rebut and Defend Against PTSD Presumptions

There’s been a significant shift in mental injury claims across the country. Presumption laws pertaining to PTSD cover police, firefighters and peace officers place the burden on employers to disprove industrial causation. This panel session provided the perspectives of a psych expert, a legal approach and the viewpoint from a claims administrator, exploring, from a forensic expert standpoint, the components required in workers' comp psych reports to establish substantial evidence of a PTSD diagnosis. Read on for takeaways from that session.

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