NUCO Presents National Track During Florida WC Conference
The state of the market, ergonomics and fraud prevention technology are just a few of the topics to be discussed as part of "Workers Compensation on the National Scene," the national issues track presented by The National Underwriter Company in conjunction with the 56th Annual Florida Workers Compensation Educational Conference, Aug. 19-22 in Orlando.
"Dramatic changes in the workers compensation environment continue to take place on a national level," said Anita Glasmeier, marketing director at Cincinnati-based NUCO.
"In our second year of this conference, National Underwriter has brought together panels of industry experts to address the changes and trends in privacy, ergonomics, litigation management and claims data standardization, among other topics important to workers comp professionals," she added.
The Florida Workers Compensation Educational Conference also provides breakout sessions for physicians, adjusters, attorneys, medical case managers, rehabilitation providers, and paralegals and legal support staff, as well as risk managers, and public and private sector safety professionals.
Registration for the conference, including the national session and other breakout programs, can be made at www.fwciweb.org or by calling (850) 425-8156. The cost of pre-registration is $195, or $230 after Aug. 3.
Discussing national trends in workers comp claims will be Marcia Satlow, M.D., vice president and medical director of The Hartford; Vincent Armentano, vice president of claims services at Travelers Property Casualty Corp.; George Neal, vice president of workers comp at Kemper Insurance Companies; and attorney James McConnaughhay, who is FWCI's general chairman.
They will provide their perspective on recent tendencies in claims involving carpal tunnel, RSD, psychiatric disability, and exposure to chemicals, among other areas.
Other topics during the 2-1/2 day national track include a discussion of the reality that, while OSHA's controversial ergonomics regulations were killed this past March just months after they had been promulgated, risk managers and workers' comp insurers are not off the hook.
Industry experts will also discuss how the privacy debate affects healthcare providers, employees, insurers and employers in handling workers comp claims.
The national track also includes discussions of handling the difficult claims customer, self-management and time management, benchmarking, litigation management, the state of the market, and the standardization of claims management.
Reproduced from National Underwriter Property & Casualty/Risk & Benefits Management Edition, June 29, 2001. Copyright 2001 by The National Underwriter Company in the serial publication. All rights reserved.Copyright in this article as an independent work may be held by the author.
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