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Sunday,
September 19
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September 20
Tuesday,
September 21
Wednesday,
September 22
REGISTRATION
Sunday, Sept. 19, 2:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Monday, Sept. 20, 8:00 am - 12:00 noon
Tuesday, Sept. 21, 8:00 am - 12:00 noon
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 20
8:30 am
PRESIDENT'S WELCOME - 20th Anniversary

Lynne Levin - Howard County Government
8:50 am
CHAIRMAN'S WELCOME

Hon. Thomas P. O'Reilly, Maryland Workers' Compensation Commission
9:00 am
KEYNOTE SPEAKER
The Honorable Michael S. Steele
Maryland Lieutenant Governor		 The Honorable Michael S. Steele
9:45 am
Break
10:00 am
Maryland Medical Fee Guide Revision

The Maryland Workers' Compensation Commission amended its "Guide of Medical and Surgical Fees" on February 12, 2004, which will take effect on or after September 1, 2004. The decision of the Maryland Workers' Compensation Commission replaces the existing Medical Fee Guide by incorporating the Resource Based Relative Value System or RBRVS. Presenting for the Commission are the Co-Chairs of the Fee Guide Revision Committee.

Commissioner: Hon. Cynthia Miraglia
Commissioner: Hon. Sheldon Press

10:45 am
A Primer on Self-Insurers:

How Claims Handlers Handle Claims and How to Handle the Claims Handler
An informative discussion regarding the best claim administration practices of self-insured employers, as well as the best methods for attorneys, vocational rehabilitation and medical professionals to get the most out of the relationship with self-insured claims professionals.

Moderator: J. Charles Szczesny, Esq. - Budow & Noble, PC
Attorneys Representing:
Employer: Joseph Zauner, Esq. - Zauner, Gawlik & Flax, PA
Claimant: Kenneth Berman, Esq. - Berman, Sobin & Gross, LLP
Self-Insured Employers
Private Sector: Edward Bernacki, MD - Johns Hopkins University
Public Sector: Paula Etting, Esq. - Harford County Government
Third Party Administrators
  Robert J. Mellendick, CPCU - SISCO

11:45 am
CONCURRENT BREAK-OUT SESSIONS
1a) New Procedures at the Uninsured Employer Fund (UEF)A presentation regarding recent changes in regulations pertaining to Uninsured Employer Fund

James O'Conor, Esq. - Uninsured Employers Fund

1b) Issues Relating to Immigrant and Non-Documented Workers
A timely discussion regarding the laws and regulations pertaining to the eligibility and other concerns specific to documented and non documented aliens

Alfredo Antezana, Esq. - Antezana & Antezana

2) Medical Presentation - Narcotics and the Injured Worker; Effect on Rehabilitation
Informative discussion of best practices regarding the use of narcotics as a part of the treatment plan for injured workers as well as narcotics related problems that adversely affect rehabilitation and return to work

Bruce Sicilia, MD - Health South Rehabilitation Hospital York
Scott Brown, MD - Sinai Hospital of Baltimore
Alberto Felix - Aurora Case Management

3) Claims Adjusting verses Claims Processing
Examine the difference in quality and outcomes, comparing the professional, integrated approach to claims adjusting verses the perfunctory processing of claims

Commissioner: Hon. John Webster
Adjuster: Tish Smith-Weisel - Sedgwick CMS

2:00 pm
AFTERNOON SESSION
A "Post-Harris" Statistical Review of Workers' Compensation Costs in Maryland
This session will review statistical data regarding current trends in Maryland's workers' compensation system. Added emphasis will be directed to the search for information that may assist the Maryland General Assembly's efforts to document any changes in the cost of workers' compensation attributed to the re-interpretation of "Accidental Injury" by the Maryland Court of Appeals (Harris vs. Howard County Board of Education).

Robert Moss, ACAS - National Council on Compensation Insurance, Inc.

  

See you at the 2010 MWCEA Conference,
September 19 - 22, 2010.
Registration opens after January 1, 2010.

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