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The Host Hotel Is The Orlando World
Center Marriott, 8701 World Center
Drive, Orlando, FL 32821. Reservations must be made via website or
call (800) 621-0638 and ask to be
transferred to Passkey reservations.
Be Sure To Mention The WCI Convention
Backup Convention Hotels– 1 Block Away
The Caribe Royale All-Suite Hotel located at
8101 World Center Drive, Orlando, FL
Call (800) 823-8300 / (407) 238-8000 for info.
or make your reservations online.
The Buena Vista Suites at 8203 World Center
Drive, Orlando, FL / Rate $105
Email: [email protected] for details.
Mark Your Calendar & Plan to Join Us this August
at The Regulators College © in Orlando, FL
...an educational program specifically designed for both the newly appointed and experienced state leaders providing resources, contacts, and critical information essential to
address the full scope of regulatory responsibilities faced by today’s state officials.
Admission to the Regulators College© is open to all state regulators, officials, judges, and legislators… whether elected or appointed… plus non-state officials providing a regulatory
service to a state workers’ comp system.
A College Designed With You In Mind.
The 2015 National Workers’ Compensation
Regulators College
August 24-25, 2015 in Orlando, Florida at the
World Center Marriott.
Application For Admissions Form
The curriculum for the 2015 National Workers’
Compensation Regulators College © is a program
designed by veteran state regulators and renowned
industry experts who will also serve as the college
faculty leading discussion-oriented sessions.
Tuition is $250 for the 2-day college and includes:
All Course Material & Handouts
Breakfast & Lunch Both Days
AM/PM Refreshment Breaks
Contact List of Faculty & Students
Complimentary WCI Convention Registration
Yes...for the college tuition of $250 each “student” will also be
registered for WCI’s 70th Workers Compensation Educational
Conference at no extra cost.
Attend The College … Stay For WCI’s Conference
Please Complete The Following And Submit With Payment
Registrants Name:_____________________________
Title:_________________________________________
Jurisdiction:___________________________________
Address:______________________________________
City:_____________________ State:____ Zip:_______
Phone:___________________ Fax:________________
Email:________________________________________
Signature:_________________________ Date:_______
For questions contact [email protected]. Please submit a separate form for each individual you wish registered for the college. You may mail the form to: SAWCA, PO Box 910373, Lexington KY 40591. Or fax to: 859-219-0170. Or Email to: [email protected]. Payment may be made by
check or credit card. Online payment option at: store.sawca.com.
2015 National Workers’ Compensation
Regulators College ©
College Deans:
Honorable Melodie L. Belcher Honorable Roger L. Williams ALJ Georgia State Board of WC Chairman, Virginia WCC
Monday August 24th Session 1: “Workers’ Comp 101: A History & Overview”
9:00am – 9:30am
Presenters: Hon. Melodie L. Belcher, GA State Board of WC
Hon. Roger L. Williams, Chair of VA WCC
Introduction and overview of topics to be covered and issues discussed during this 2-day seminar beginning with a brief history of
the origins of the state workers’ compensation programs.
Session 2: “Management Challenges”
9:30am – 10:40am
Presenters: Hon. Karl Aumann, Chair of MD WCC
Hon. David DePaolo CEO, President, WorkCompCentral
Topics covered include personnel issues, public relations & the press, securing a safe worksite, reporting to the Governor & Legislature, & more.
10:40am – 10:50am Morning Refreshment Break
Session 3: “EDI – What You Need To Know & Why You Should Care”
10:50am – 11:40am
Presenters: Larry White, Deputy Director, LA Workforce Comm.
Ed Marynowitz, Division Executive, NCCI
Al Faber, Director, ISO
Electronic Data Interchange…A 30K foot view of EDI explaining the key elements & answering the question “What is it & why should I care?”
11:40am – 1:00pm Lunch Provided Special Guest Speaker Bob Wilson, President & CEO of WorkersCompensation.com shares
insights on the ingrained culture existing in many government agencies and how a new leader or a leader with new responsibilities might address the historical and “corporate culture challenges” when assuming leadership.
Session 4: “Industry Update – State of Affairs - 2015 ”
1:00pm – 1:50pm
Presenter: Jeff Eddinger, Senior Division Executive
Regulatory Business Mgmt. (NCCI) Presents the latest research conducted by NCCI with findings on the
critical issues impacting the nation’s workers’ compensation systems.
Session 5: “5th Annual National Regulators Roundtable ” ©
2:00pm – 5:00pm
Moderator: Honorable Melodie L. Belcher
GA State Board of Workers’ Comp
The National Regulators Roundtable© brings together regulators from throughout the country to discuss challenges, concerns and issues facing
individual jurisdictions in the oversight of the ever-changing workers’ compensation industry. Problems faced by one jurisdiction may have
already been successfully addressed by another. A developing issue or concern in one state may be an omen for future developments in another
and certainly, legislative issues know no boundaries. The National Regulators Roundtable© is a forum where regulators share lessons learned
and seek timely answers to their most pressing issues.
Tuesday August 25th
Session 6: “Self Insurance / Insurance / Bankruptcies
& Guaranty Funds”
9:00am – 10:30am
Presenters: Hon. Dwight Lovan, Commissioner, KY DWC
Hon. C. Wade McGuffey, Goodman, McGuffey
Lindsey & Johnson, LLP
Hon. Jack Reale, GA Self-Insurers Guaranty Trust
Brian Gee, FL Self-Insurers Guaranty Association
Charles Hough, AL WC SI Guaranty Assoc.
An overview of the challenges, responsibilities, and goals of regulating individual self-insured employers & group self-insured funds including discussions of reserving, types of security and amounts, importance of
specific excess and aggregate stop-loss insurance, self-insured defaults, property & casualty insurance guaranty associations, self-insured guaranty
funds, bankruptcies, & resources to assist with related decisions.
10:30am – 10:45am Morning Refreshment Break
Session 7: “Employer Compliance & A Level Playing Field ”
10:45am – 11:40am
Presenter: Hon. Andrew Sabolic, Asst. Dir. FL WC
A state’s workers’ comp system is routinely considered by employers, both those currently in your state as well as those looking to locate in your state, as one of the cost factors that impact profitability. Andrew Sabolic shares
the importance and key elements of a comprehensive enforcement program that encourages voluntary compliance with the WC laws, levies appropriate
penalties for non-compliance, and serves to create an economically level playing field for all employers.
11:40am – 1:00pm Lunch Provided
Tuesday August 25th
(continued)
Session 8: “All Things Medical ”
1:00pm – 1:50pm
Presenter: Rod Bordelon, Work Loss Data Institute
Medical issues and their related costs have grown over the past 20 years
untill they now represent the majority of every dollar spent on workers’
comp. “All Things Medical” will provide an introduction into the various
medical components including treatment guidelines, pharmaceuticals,
utilization, and many more issues with which regulators struggle with as
they strive to balance the needs of the injured workers and the desires of
the industry amid the reality of constantly changing medical technology.
Session 9: “Document Management & Work Flow Processes ”
1:50pm – 2:50pm
Presenters: Honorable Frank McKay, GA
Honorable Roger Williams, VA
Mona Carter, NCCI
Discussion will focus on issues to consider as you strive to make the
system efficient, responsive, and economically effective in its management
of the huge volume of documents that are part of today’s workers’ comp
process, including hearings via video-conferencing, preparing disaster
recovery plans, cyber-security and more.
2:50pm – 3:00pm Afternoon Refreshment Break
Session 10: “National Issues & Trends ”
3:00pm – 4:15pm
Presenters: Thomas Hebson, Safety National Vice President
Product Development & Government Relations
Tim Tucker, NCCI Holdings, Inc.,
Washington Affairs Executive
Laure Lamy, WCRI
An update of state workers' compensation changes & reforms, those
recently passed & those on the horizon, with an overview of Federal
Workers' Comp programs that operate in conjunction with state programs.
Session 11: “Developing Tools, Resources, & Networks”
4:15pm – 4:30pm
Presenters: Hon. Melodie L. Belcher, GA State Board of WC
Hon. Roger L. Williams, Chair of VA WCC
This final session will provide an overview of the various national, regional, and statewide associations that exist to support the workers' compensation industry concluding the program with an open discussion of workers’ compensation issues.
On August 24th at 2pm Workers’ Compensation Regulators from
throughout the nation will come together to discuss challenges,
concerns and issues facing jurisdictions in the oversight of an ever-
changing workers’ compensation industry. Problems facing one
jurisdiction may have already been successfully addressed by
another. Developing issues in one state may be an omen for future
developments in another and legislative issues know no boundaries.
The National Regulators Roundtable© is a forum where regulators
share lessons learned and seek timely answers to their most pressing
issues. Tentative topics are:
Emerging Medical Treatments
Employer Compliance
Self-Insurance, Bankruptcies, & Defaults
Managing the Legislative Environment
Alternative Workers’ Compensation Options
Advancing Technology
Increasing Economic Pressures
The discussion will end with an open forum providing the audience
the opportunity to raise their own issues & concerns for the
regulators to address.
This Session will be open to all WCI Convention Attendees.
5th Annual
National Regulators Roundtable©
Presented By
The Southern Association
of Workers’ Compensation Administrators
&
The 2015 National Workers’ Compensation Regulators College
Coming Attractions...Mark Your Calendar Now!
67th Annual Convention Of the
Southern Association of Workers’
Compensation Administrators
July 20-24, 2015
Colonial Williamsburg, Virginia
The 2015 Annual Meeting of the Self-Insurance Guaranty
Funds of America will be held August 31-September 1, 2015
at the historic Drake Hotel in Chicago.
Member registration is $50 / Non-Member is $350.
Convention room rates are $189 and may be reserved at (800)
553-7253 ...be sure to reference the IAIABC room block. For additional information
contact Gary Davis at: 859-219-0194 or at [email protected].
2015 SAWCA All Committee Conference
November 16-20, 2015
For additional information contact Gary Davis at: [email protected] / 859-219-0194
