BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//jEvents 2.0 for Joomla//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York X-LIC-LOCATION:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:19700308T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:19701101T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:cf8041f09c8bc57a0b5ee348453ac9352 CATEGORIES:Events SUMMARY:2021.06.10 Joint NYACT - NICB Medical Seminar DESCRIPTION:
The Nationa l Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB) and the New York Anti-Car Theft & Fraud Association (NYACT) will be conducting a Medical Seminar as a virtual eve nt on June 10, 2021. Attendance will be open to members of NYACT, NICB and Law Enforcement personnel ONLY.
9:00am – 9:15am
Introduction
Kevin Gallagher, Regional Director
, NICB
Abby Curro, Executive Director, NYACT
Nichole Soriano, Cha
ir, NYACT
9:15am – 10:00am
Investigati
ons From The Perspective of EUOs and Verifications, Leading to Intelligence
Gathered and Patterns Developed
Michael Benjamin Gerstein Esq.
James D. Blumenthal Esq.
Alex R. Garriga Esq.
Bennett, Bricklin & Saltzburg LLC <
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Michael Gerstein is a partner at Bennett, Brickl in & Saltzburg’s Philadelphia office. Michael handles a variety of SIU first-party and third-party litigation matters throughout Pennsylvania and New Jersey. Additionally, Michael routinely assists insurance carriers with coverage evaluations associated with a variety of first-party claims rangi ng from property losses, jewelry thefts, medical benefits, and everything i n between.
Jim Blumenthal is manager of Ben nett, Bricklin & Saltzburg’s New York City office. An experienced trial attorney, Jim specializes in defending all aspects of SIU litigation in bo th New York and New Jersey. Jim also is involved in investigating first-par ty automobile claims through aggressive examinations under oath and other i nvestigative endeavors.
Alex Garriga is an attorney with Bennett, Bricklin & Saltzburg whose primary focus is on t he defense of New York first-party No-Fault matters. Alex has substantial e xperience in initiating declaratory judgment actions on behalf of insurers against medical providers, as well as their patient assignees, based on pol icy violations such as failure to appear for scheduled EUOs and/or IMEs, fa ilure to comply with an insurer’s verification demands, and rate evasion, t o name a few.
10:00am – 10:45am
Pr
eparing For and Handling Parallel Civil and Criminal Investigations and Law
suits
Frank S. Goldstein, Esq., Managing Partner
Gol
dstein Law Group
Frank S. Goldstein is the founder and managing partner of Goldstein Law Group, a premier AV-rated law firm concentrating on the investigation, detection and litigation of fraud ulent insurance claims. Mr. Goldstein concentrates his practice on the civi l prosecution of insurance fraud claims and the defense of insurance matter s, including personal injury protection (PIP), bodily injury and uninsured/ underinsured motorist claims. Mr. Goldstein serves as lead counsel in civil actions and recoveries, totaling multi-millions of dollars, and has filed several major civil fraud actions against organized crime rings, on behalf of major insurers.
Goldstein was recognized as Insurance Att orney of the Year at the annual Florida Insurance Fraud Education Committee (FIFEC) conference in 2013. In 2014, Mr. Goldstein was named Best Insuranc e Lawyer by Leaders in Law and his firm was recognized as Best Law Firm wit h less than 25 attorneys. Mr. Goldstein previously served on the Florida Di vision of Insurance Fraud Strategy Task Force, was a member of the Florida Insurance Council for Fraud Reforms and Legislation and has been a board me mber for the Medical Claims Defense Network (MCDN) for more than 20 years. He is a licensed and approved instructor by the State of Florida and Florid a Bar. Mr. Goldstein speaks throughout the country and has been a featured presenter at the statewide fraud conferences in Virginia, Minnesota, Michig an, Florida and New York.
Your Certificate of Atte ndance will reflect however you input your information so please use proper sentence case when completing registration (ie: Jane Smith, ABC Insurance Company).