On March 11, 2010, the Making Workers’ Comp Work Conference will honor each of the following individuals and organizations with the first annual Integrity in Workers’ Comp Awards. We invite you to meet them!
INTEGRITY AWARD RECIPIENTS
LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD: DR. JOSEPH BERNSTEIN
MEDICINE
AIS
Bob Barth, PhD
Douglas Benner, MD
Nortin Hadler, MD
Mark Hyman, MD
Walt Newman, MD
Panel of Consultants
RECOVERY [...]

SAN FRANCISCO –March 1, 2010 – Bill Barbagallo, co-author with the RAND Corporation and Navigant Consulting of a new groundbreaking study of California’s broken workers’ compensation system, will publicly reveal the study’s findings in his keynote at the inaugural Making Workers’ Comp Work Conference (www.makingworkerscompwork.com) in San Francisco on March 11-12.  This will be the [...]

BY LUIS PEREZ-CORDERO — The importance of the AMA Guides in determining impairment in Workers’ Compensation cases is fundamental to achieving reliable outcomes and reducing abuse of the system. I’d like to briefly cover a few areas of interest:
· First, it must be established that all impairment must have an objective foundation. It goes without [...]

BY BARBARA KARKULA — In my experience working with the U.S. Marine Corps, I’ve learned that to develop an effective workers’ compensation program, there are three elements which are critical for success: relationships, education and information.

Building relationships is the cornerstone of success.  We all know how important relationships are in business and in life.  By [...]