Either party may appeal the decision of a conference judge by requesting a hearing which is a formal trial at which witnesses testify under oath and are cross-examined. If a conference order relating to a medical issue is appealed, then the party requesting the appeal must pay a filing fee of $350.00. This fee will be used to pay for an “impartial physician” to examine you. Once this examination has been conducted and the impartial doctor’s report has been sent to the judge, no other medical evidence will be admissible at the hearing unless the judge decides that the medical issue before him is unusually complicated or that the report of the impartial doctor is inadequate.