Industrial Claims Association,
Small Business California and
Kammerer & Company
Present
New Directions in Health Care and Workers’ Compensation for Employers
A Special Roundtable Educational Conference and Discussion on Integrating Health Care and
Workers’ Compensation
AGENDA
March 13, 2007, San Francisco Airport Marriott
March 27, 2007, Burbank Airport Marriott
8:00 am -- 4:30 pm
Special Guests
Health Care Reform in California
Herb Schultz (Confirmed)
Senior Health Care Policy Advisor
Office of Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger
Workers’ Compensation in California
The Honorable Steve Poizner (Invited)
Insurance Commissioner
California Department of Insurance
AGENDA
March 13, 2007, Marriott at SFO Airport
March 27, 2007, Marriott at Burbank Airport
8:00 am -- 4:30 pm
7:30 – 8:00 amRegistration and Continental Breakfast
8:00 – 8:30State of the State of California’s Health Care and
Workers’ Compensation Systems
Lori Kammerer, Kammerer & Company
Carrie Nevans, Administrative Director, DWC
8:30 – 9:30 The Governor’s Health Care Reform Proposal
Shared Responsibility, Shared Benefit
Herb Schultz
Senior Health Care Policy Advisor
Office of Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger
9:30 – 11:00Workers’ Comp and Health Care Integration Long Term Current W/C System Shortfalls Short Term
Tim East, The Walt Disney Company (Burbank)
Sean McNally, Grimmway Farms (San Francisco)
Scott Hauge, Small Business California
Tom Rankin, President Emeritus, California Labor Federation
Mark Webb, Employers Direct
11:00 – 11:10 BEND & STRETCH BREAK
AGENDA Continued…
11:10 - 12:10 MPNs, HCOs, ADRs, and Other Managed Care Options - How to Get the Most Out of Your Program
Doug Hikawa, Medex Health Care
Richard Gannon, Esq., ADR Consultant(Formerly CA’s DWC AD)
Don Dressler, Dressler Consuting(Formerly with Western Growers Assn Ins. Trust)
12:10 – 1:00Lunch, Networking and Exhibits
Special Guest and Keynote Speaker
The Honorable Steve Poizner
California Insurance Commissioner
California Deparment of Insurance
Priorities for California in the New Year
New Efforts to Fight Work Comp Fraud –
Latest Report on the Fraud Front
Laura Clifford, Executive Director, Employers’ Fraud Task Force
1:00 – 1:30 Federal Implications…Real Obstacles?
Stu Baron, Esq., Workers’ Compensation Claims Control
David Schmit, Law Offices of David Schmit
AGENDA Continued…
1:30 – 2:30 Results-Oriented Medical Delivery
Doug Benner, M.D., Kaiser Permanente
Bernyce Peplowski, M.D. Zenith Insurance
Steve Schumann, M.D., Concentra Health Care
Anne Searcy, M.D., Division of Workers’ Compensation
2:30 – 3:30Workers’ Compensation Medical Evaluations
The Most Recent research
Barbara Wynn, The RAND Corp.
Christine Baker, CA Commission on Health and Safety and Workers’ Compensation
3:30 – 4:30 Insurance Trends
Jeff Pettegrew, Self-Insured Security Fund
David Bramwell, CPCU, ARM, Monument Administrators
4:30 Adjournment