FIG Coding & Costing Retreat
Thursday August 21st -Friday August 22nd, 2025
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FIG’s Coding and Cost Retreat 2025 is an immersive two-day event designed specifically for Life Care Planners who want to refine their approach to coding and cost analysis. This retreat delves deep into the critical components of accurate cost projections, equipping attendees with the knowledge and methodology necessary to strengthen their reports and expert opinions.
Set against the breathtaking backdrop of the western North Carolina mountains, this retreat offers a focused yet serene environment that fosters both learning and collaboration. Attendees will engage with a hand-selected lineup of expert faculty, each seasoned in the complexities of coding, medical cost research, and defensible methodology. Through interactive sessions, case studies, and in-depth discussions, participants will gain practical strategies to enhance the accuracy and credibility of their work.
Winner Outstanding Life Care Planning Educator Award
IARP awards Shelene Giles Outstanding Life Care Planning Educator Award. This award is for the individual professional member who has demonstrated outstanding leadership in the service of IARP, either at the section level, international level, or within a particular chapter. He or she is a commitment to the rehabilitation profession and has made significant and notable contributions both to the organization and profession throughout his/her career.
Grow Your Medical & Healthcare Career With FIG!
Classes, Certification, Coaching, & Continuing Education
Is Life Care Planning For You?
Have you thought about stepping away from the bedside and becoming your own boss in a specialty practice business? Changes in the medical and healthcare industries create opportunities for registered nurses, nurse practitioners, physical therapists, occupational therapists, vocational rehabilitation specialists, physicians, physician assistants and case managers to elevate their careers. Consider the specialty practice of medical damages. This specialty practice affords enhancement of your career, a change of scenery while still practicing your clinical skills, autonomy in your decision-making, earning more income, and enjoying quality time with loved ones.
FIG assesses individuals with a life-changing injury or illness to determine their future medical needs with associated costs and ensure the patient/client has the necessary funds to be cared for throughout their life. We blend our medical knowledge with the legal community – this is the specialty practice of medical damages. FIG specializes in Nurse Life Care Planning (NLCP), Life Care Planning (LCP), Medical Cost Projection (MCP), and Medicare Set-Aside (MSA). In these specialty practices, there are five common questions we strive to answer –
- 1. What do they have? - medical diagnosis
- 2. What do they need? - future medical care
- 3. Why do they need it? - manage symptoms, prevent complications, quality of life, & safe, independent function
- 4. How often do they need it? - frequency & duration
- 5. How much will it cost? - cost in today’s dollars
FIG Education teaches you how to answer these questions through our Classes, Certification, Coaching, and Continuing Education.
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Life Care Planning, Medical Cost Projections, & Medicare Set-Asides
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Why choose FIG?
We practice what we teach! Not only do we teach, but we also continue to provide services in these fields as consultants and expert witnesses through FIG Services. This allows FIG to bring in-the-moment knowledge and state-of-the-art technology into the classroom and provide a results-oriented learning experience in our FIG Classes in Nurse Life Care Planning, Life Care Planning, Medical Cost Projections, and Medicare Set-Asides.
FIG offers Certifications in Nurse Life Care Planning (NLCP), Life Care Planning (LCP-C), Medical Cost Projections (MCP-C), and Medicare Set-Asides (MSA-C) to recognize the competency, and comprehensive learning, that have been achieved and is necessary to be qualified in these specialty practices. Building on 20 years of experience in the courtroom and classroom, FIG’s reputation has been well-established in the industry. As such, FIG has become a cornerstone of wisdom and guidance for the specialty practices of Nurse Life Care Planning, Life Care Planning, Medical Cost Projections, and Medicare Set-Asides. FIG stresses the importance of being qualified over being certified; however, we understand the certification brings credibility.
We also understand your need for guidance and feedback once you receive referrals. We don’t leave you once the class is finished – continue your learning curve through FIG Coaching.
When you’re ready to renew your certification or need more wisdom on a specific topic – obtain your CEUs and advance your knowledge through FIG Continuing Education.
FIG has accumulated decades of experience, resources, samples, and templates, and shares this in an interactive website and private community page. Don’t reinvent the wheel – access our expertise in the FIG Treehouse. Think of FIG as health care for your career!
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