National Workers’ Compensation and Disability 2017

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Continental Breakfast (Room South Pacific C)

07 Dec 17
7:45 AM - 8:30 AM
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Living Abled! Achieving Shorter Disability Durations and Better Outcomes (Room Islander F-H)

07 Dec 17
8:30 AM - 9:45 AM

Tracks: Mega Session

Speaker(s): Christopher Brigham
Medical providers, attorneys, insurers, employers, and an individual’s coping and resiliency strengths all contribute to determining why peop... More...

Steal These Ideas! Teddy Award-Winning Employers Showcase Their Successful Strategies (Room Islander B-C)

07 Dec 17
8:30 AM - 9:45 AM

Tracks: Mega Session

Speaker(s): Frank Altiere ; Roberto Ceniceros
Gain direct insight into how risk managers and safety professionals created some of the most successful programs in the nation in this roundtable d... More...

Refreshment Break in Expo

07 Dec 17
9:45 AM - 10:45 AM
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Anatomy of a Pain Management Practice: When Was the Last Time a Patient Graduated from a Pain Management Physician’s Care? (Room Expo Hall Booth 4112)

07 Dec 17
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Speaker(s): Fernando Branco MD., FAAPM&R ; Steven Moskowitz MD
The pain management “industry” has seen an unprecedented explosion in number of physicians and cost to the WC system over the last 15 y... More...

Avoid Turning Workers’ Comp Cases Into Bad Faith Claims (Room Islander B-C)

07 Dec 17
10:45 AM - 11:45 AM

Tracks: Legal/Regulatory

Speaker(s): Sandra Little ; Robert Vaught
Employers and insurers risk becoming targets for bad-faith claims when workers’ comp cases are mishandled. Yet the line between appropriate a... More...

How Will “Insurtech” Impact the Claims World? (Room South Pacific D)

07 Dec 17
10:45 AM - 11:45 AM

Tracks: Technology

Speaker(s): Jeffrey Austin White
Workers’ compensation is not immune to the disruptive technologies impacting nearly every other industry and line of insurance. Medical manag... More...

Real Robocop: Returning a Spinal Cord Injured Policeman Back to Work (Room Islander I)

07 Dec 17
10:45 AM - 11:45 AM

Tracks: Medical Management

Speaker(s): Patricia Elizalde ; Jeremy Romero
Case management intervention can help injured workers reach their greatest functionality following severe accidents. Jeremy Romero will explain how... More...

The Double Play-Process: A Blueprint for Closing Complex, High-Value Claims (Room Islander F-H)

07 Dec 17
10:45 AM - 11:45 AM

Tracks: Claims Management

Speaker(s): Barry Bloom
Employers and other claims payers have reduced their costs by adopting the double-play process, a hands-on, practical strategy for resolving diffic... More...

The Intersection of Medicine and Disability — A Doctor’s View (Room South Pacific F)

07 Dec 17
10:45 AM - 11:45 AM

Tracks: Disability Management

Speaker(s): Marcos Iglesias
With qualification for benefit programs like non-occupational disability insurance, social security and workers’ compensation often dependent... More...

Where's the "Care" in Managed Care? Fixing Misaligned Incentives (Room Islander D-E)

07 Dec 17
10:45 AM - 11:45 AM

Tracks: Program Management

Speaker(s): Denise Algire ; Frank Pennachio
Workers' compensation managed care is well-intentioned. But entrenched system incentives regularly misalign employer and service provider inter... More...

Retooling Your Medicare and Claims Practices: Staying Compliant, Reducing Risk and Improving Claims Outcomes in a New World Order (Room Expo Hall Booth 4112)

07 Dec 17
11:15 AM - 12:15 PM
Speaker(s): Robert Lewis ; Mark Popolizio
With lightning speed, major changes are hitting the Medicare Secondary Payer and general claims landscapes.  It is critical that claims payers... More...

Box Lunch in Expo

07 Dec 17
11:45 AM - 1:45 PM
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Integrating Virtual Telemedicine To Reduce Workers’ Compensation Cost (Room Expo Hall Booth 4112)

07 Dec 17
12:45 PM - 1:45 PM
Speaker(s): Kishlay Anand ; Melinda Lanier ; Robb Leigh
Akos is a pioneer in telemedicine for workers' compensation, offering patient-centered solutions that benefit employers, patients and insurance... More...

Blending Oversight and Empowerment to Maximize Your TPA Results (Room South Pacific F)

07 Dec 17
1:45 PM - 2:45 PM

Tracks: Program Management

Speaker(s): Caroline Burhenne ; Caryl Russo
Take a behind-the-scenes look at how to bring out the best in third-party administrators, the five most important things employers need to know abo... More...

Confronting Comorbidities That Aggravate Disability Claim Durations (Room South Pacific D)

07 Dec 17
1:45 PM - 2:45 PM

Tracks: Disability Management

Speaker(s): Michael Lacroix ; Jeanne Walsh
Analysis of 75,000 of Aetna’s short-term disability claims triggered by musculoskeletal injuries revealed that disability durations lengthene... More...

Current Capabilities and Moving Forward With Telemedicine Treatment (Room Islander D-E)

07 Dec 17
1:45 PM - 2:45 PM

Tracks: Technology

Speaker(s): Melissa Burke ; Sangarapil Manoharan
One of the nation’s largest workers’ compensation insurers and a respected occupational medicine provider will share their efforts for ... More...

Reduce Costs by Eliminating Silos and Coordinating Physical Medicine Networks (Room Islander I)

07 Dec 17
1:45 PM - 2:45 PM

Tracks: Medical Management

Speaker(s): Kelly Ingram-Mitchell ; Steve Richards
Integrating wellness and injury-prevention efforts with post-injury, physical therapy services — based on claims-data analysis revealing opti... More...

Tell Me What I Need to Know About the ADA and FMLA (Room Islander B-C)

07 Dec 17
1:45 PM - 2:45 PM

Tracks: Legal/Regulatory

Speaker(s): Kathleen Bray ; Richard Mrizek
The intersection of workers’ compensation, Family and Medical Leave Act, and the Americans With Disabilities Act continually challenges claim... More...

Top Ten Best Claims Administration Practices (Room Islander F-H)

07 Dec 17
1:45 PM - 2:45 PM

Tracks: Claims Management

Speaker(s): Melissa Dunn ; Jeffrey Strege
Supercharge your claims-management performance with expert advice on ten fundamentals essential for workers’ compensation administration succ... More...

An Employer’s Job Analysis and Post-Offer Employment Integration Success Story (Room Islander B-C)

07 Dec 17
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Tracks: Claims Management

Speaker(s): Matthew Condon ; Aaron Greer
Cosentino’s Food Stores decreased employee lifting injuries 67 percent after conducting an essential functions analysis for each worker role ... More...

Client Service Instructions — Promise vs. Performance (Room South Pacific F)

07 Dec 17
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Tracks: Program Management

Speaker(s): Sam McMurry ; Ronda Ostrander
Client service instructions improve workers’ comp program operations by clarifying insurer, third-party administrator and employer objectives... More...

Improving Claims Management Through Effective Systems Integrations (Room Islander D-E)

07 Dec 17
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Tracks: Technology

Speaker(s): Bill Morgan ; Rebecca Morgan
Pulling claim-payment information, clinical data, prescription drug history and other reports from disparate sources hampers a claims manager&rsquo... More...

Strategies for Managing the Pandora’s Box of Comorbidities (Room Islander F-H)

07 Dec 17
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Tracks: Medical Management

Speaker(s): Richard Graham ; Eric Patten
With 10,000 employees — many in sedentary roles — the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority has ample experience implement... More...

Preventing, Investigating and Managing Claims for Temp or Leased Workers (Room Islander D-E)

07 Dec 17
4:15 PM - 5:15 PM

Tracks: Legal/Regulatory

Speaker(s): Jonathan Barrish
The hiring of temporary or leased employees clearly remains a popular labor-management option for employers. Less understood, however, are the pote... More...

The Double Play-Process: A Blueprint for Closing Complex, High-Value Claims (Repeated) (Room Islander F-H)

07 Dec 17
4:15 PM - 5:15 PM

Tracks: Claims Management

Speaker(s): Barry Bloom
Employers and other claims payers have reduced their costs by adopting the double-play process, a hands-on, practical strategy for resolving diffic... More...

The Intersection of Medicine and Disability — A Doctor’s View (Repeated) (Room Islander B-C)

07 Dec 17
4:15 PM - 5:15 PM

Tracks: Disability Management

Speaker(s): Marcos Iglesias
The Intersection of Medicine and Disability — A Doctor’s View (Repeated) More...