In advance of our conference (three days until the start!), I wanted to post a set of suggested reforms that we – as a community – can start pondering prior to the conference.
Please read the proposals below carefully.  Feel free to respond to them within this blog.  Start coming up with your own ideas for [...]

BY CHERYL MOROSONI — Navigating a clear path through the current environment of workers’ compensation can be a tumultuous experience. The environment surrounding claims examiners can be especially chaotic, demanding taking a structured approach.
After spending over 20 years auditing claims, I have developed several basic techniques that are necessary to optimize [...]

BY PHIL WALKER — In my previous post, I laid out the current status of California’s workers’ compensation system, and the path that got us here. These are more instances to reiterate why we need to act quickly to reform our broken system:
- The reforms of 2004 resulted in premium reductions of 56%.  Now, premiums [...]

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 [...]