Spring 2013 Educational Conferences

The following national associations have announced 2013 Spring educational conferences featuring settlement planning issues:

• Academy of Special Needs Planners (ASNP)
  • March 21-23 in Austin, Texas.
• National Structured Settlement Trade Association (NSSTA)
  • April 17-19 in Palm Springs, California (members only).
• National Alliance of Medicare Set-Aside Professional (NAMSAP)
  • April 25-26 in Baltimore, Maryland.
• National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys (NAELA)
  • May 1-4 in Atlanta, Georgia (members only).
• Society of Settlement Planners (SSP)
  • May 5-7 in Las Vegas.

S2KM has attempted to organize Spring conference settlement planning topics by category below without listing speakers. For additional information, check the links above. Note: SSP has not yet published a complete conference program description on its website.

Settlement Planning - General Issues

• ASNP: Settlement Planning Panel Discussion
• NAELA: Structured Settlements and Settlement Planning

Settlement Planning Participants

• NSSTA
  • Mediator Panel
  • P&C Company Panel
• NAELA: Representing Fiduciaries
• SSP
  • Marketing to Plaintiff Attorneys
  • Ancillary Service Providers
  • Benefit Analysis Experts
  • Retirement Solutions for Plaintiff Attorneys
  • Partnering with Trust Counsel

Legislative Updates

• ASNP: Affordable Care Act
• NSSTA
  • Structured Settlement Legislative Update
  • Tax Reform Update
• NAMSAP - MSA Legislative Update
• NAELA: Special Needs Law Update
• SSP: Affordable Care Act

Regulatory Updates

• ASNP
  • Special Needs Trust (SNT) issues at the Social Security Administration
  • Social Security SSI Update
• NAMSAP
  • Advanced Notice of Public Rule Making for Liability MSAs
  • CMS Update
• SSP
  • Investment Securities Compliance, Regulatory and Licensing Issues
  • Reforming the MSA Program

Case Law Updates

• ASNP: The Jimmo vs. Sebelius Medicare Settlement
• NSSTA: Legal Committee Case Law Update
• NAMSAP: Case Law Update
• NAELA: Case Law Update

Business Practices

• ASNP
  • Determining a Reasonable Fee
  • Establishing the Financial Needs of the Special Needs Beneficiary
  • Modifying Problem Trusts into Effective SNTs
  • Drafting SNTs
  • Administration of SNTs
  • Medicaid Third Party Liens
• NAMSAP: Lien Resolution
• NAELA
  • SNT Reviews
  • Competitive Compensation Packages
  • Positioning Practice for Changing Demographics
  • What Constitutes the Practice of Law?
  • Cultural Competency After the Repeal of the Defense Of Marriage Act
  • Impact of Medicaid Managed Care
• SSP
  • Professional MSA Administration
  • Settlement Planning Tax Issues
  • MSA Submissions
  • QSF Administration and Panel

Financial Needs, Products and Issues

• NSSTA
  • Structuring MSAs
  • Financial Security and Annuities
  • Special Needs Trusts
• NAMSAP - Medicare Advantage Plans
• NAELA
  • Long-Term Care Insurance
  • Future of Long-Term Care
• SSP
  • Funeral Trusts
  • Social Security Disability Benefits
  • Long Term Care Insurance
  • Trusts in Settlement Planning
  • Guaranteed Indexed Annuities

Technology Developments

• NSSTA
  • Virtual Structured Settlements and The E-Worker
  • Structured Settlement Podcasts
• NAELA
  • Protecting Digital Assets
  • Technology and Social Media Ethical Issues
  • Social Media Marketing
  • Technology Roundtable

Standards and Metrics

• NSSTA
  • Structured Settlement Facts and Figures
  • Structured Settlement Service Metric Survey
• NAMSAP: MSA Data and Development Update
• NAELA: Guardian Standards and Role of the Fiduciary

Medical Conditions and Issues

• NAMSAP: CMS Pharmacy Trends
• NAELA: Rehabilitation of Brain and Spinal Cord Injuries

For S2KM's past reporting of settlement planning conferences, see the structured settlement wiki.