National Workers’ Compensation Seminar
June 5 – 6, 2013 Ritz-Carlton

Wednesday, June 5
Welcome Reception at the Ritz-Carlton

• 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
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Thursday, June 6
Workers’ Compensation Seminar

• 8:00 a.m. – 8:30 a.m. Registration & Breakfast
• 8:30 a.m. – 8:45 a.m. Welcome
• 8:45 a.m. – 9:30 a.m.
  • Chronic Pain Treatment & Guidelines
    Dr. Katherine Mueller
• 9:30 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.  Cost Control Strategies & Programs
  • Industry Panel:
    • Janice Van Allen, Walmart
    • Dawn Kaup, Broadspire
    • Mark Stearns, RAS Co.
    • Brenda Hardwick, State of Colorado
• 10:45 a.m. – 11:35 a.m. -The New OPT OUT Movement – What is it?  Where is it coming from?  Who is behind it?
  • Kim R. Martens, NWCDN Kansas
  • Jane Lipscomb Stone, NWCDN Texas 
  • Jacque Brawner Dean, NWCDN Oklahoma
• 11:35 a.m. – 12:00 noon
  • MSA Update
    Delores Dafoe
• 12:00 noon – 1:00 p.m. Lunch
• 1:00 p.m. – 1:45 p.m. Evidence Based Medicine & Causality Analysis
  
  • Dr. Henry Roth
• 1:45 p.m. – 2:45 p.m. View from the Bench
  • Judges Panel
    
    • Judge Barbara Henk, Colorado
    • Judge Craig Eley, Colorado
    • Judge Lorrie Lima, Utah
    • Judge Miki McGovern, Iowa
    • Judge Bruce Moore, Kansas
•  2:45 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. Networking Break
•  3:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. Breakout Sessions
  •  California, Hawaii, Oregon & Utah
  •  North Carolina , Oklahoma & Texas
  •  Colorado, Nebraska & South Dakota
• 4:00 – 6:00 p.m. Cocktail Reception

All events are complimentary, but seating is limited.  For seminar registration visit “seminars” at www.nwcdn.com.  Questions?  Contact Jennie Smith at 303.297.7275 or jennie.smith@ritsema-lyon.com

Host Firms:
California: Hanna Brophy • Hawaii: Ayabe, Chong, Nishimoto, Sia & Nakamura • North Carolina: Teague, Campbell, Dennis & Gorham • Oklahoma: Jacque Brawner Dean Law • Oregon: Cummins, Goodman, Denley & Vickers •South Dakota: Boyce, Greenfield, Pashby & Welk • Texas: Stone, Loughlin & Swanson • Utah: Scalley, Reading, Bates, Hansen & Rasmussen • Colorado & Nebraska: Ritsema & Lyon

Sponsoring Vendors:
Access On Time • Accutext Court Reporting Services • Bridge Settlement Corporation • ExamWorks • TRIUNE Health Group • Workerscompensation.com