Employer Resource Institute Audio Conference

Wednesday, April 30, 2008
10:30 am to 12:00 noon (Pacific Time)

Order Option       Price   CD Recording Only       $199

As an additional benefit, you will receive a no-risk trial subscription to California Employment Law Answers when you register for this audio conference (or purchase a CD recording). You will receive 3 evaluation issues. If you want to continue to receive the newsletter, simply pay the invoice you will receive in the mail. If you decide the newsletter isn't for you, just write cancel on the invoice and return it. You will owe nothing, and all issues you receive are yours to keep. As with all ERI products, your satisfaction is guaranteed 100%. (Offer good for new subscribers only.)

Without close monitoring of open workers' compensation claims, you can lose hundreds of thousands of dollars from your bottom line in payouts relating to unnecessary medical treatment, surgery, lost time—and even employee litigation. You can't sit back and trust that the system will work to protect you. And failure to communicate regularly with your carrier about open claims is like writing a blank check for unlimited treatment and costs.

Scheduling reviews of open claims with your insurance carrier can help you close claims faster and resolve issues before they get out of control. A thorough, prompt review can also help you respond in a timely manner—which is particularly important in states that limit your rights to investigate or question a claim as a work-related event.

Join us on April 30 for an in-depth 90-minute audio conference. Our California workers' compensation experts will explain the best ways to stay in control and on top of your open claims, and to move those claims toward a faster and cheaper resolution.

You'll learn:

• Critical elements of effectively managing your open workers' compensation claims


• How and why to partner with your carrier's claims manager


• Successful tips for claims triage, based on severity


• Why one person in your organization must be designated as your workers' comp administrator—and how to select a good candidate


• Why ignoring open claims and hoping they will work themselves out can cost you thousands of dollars in increased litigation claims


• Tips on coordinating and communicating your open claims concerns with your carrier

About Your Speakers:

Stuart Baron, Esq. is a nationally recognized expert on managing workers' compensation claims. He is president of the Workers' Compensation Claims Control (WCCC) and principal in the law firm of Stuart Baron & Associates in Los Alamitos. Over the years, Baron has helped hundreds of employers reduce their financial exposure on workers' compensation claims and improve their bottom line. His experience as both a lawyer and a third-party claims administrator has helped him develop a multi-faceted program designed to bring cost containment to the workers' compensation arena.

Baron has been heavily involved in advocacy in Sacramento. He is quoted frequently by major workers' compensation and trade journals and is recognized as a leader in proactive management of workers' compensation claims in the public and private sectors.

Baron has been in the vanguard of reform since 1988. He and his staff have over 18 years of direct experience in all aspects of workers' compensation, including underwriting, class code determination, ex-mod calculation, related risk management, safety issues, and micro-managing claims. Baron provides claims management services to hundreds of employers to ensure each claim is handled in a timely and expeditious manner by either the carrier or TPA.

Joyce Schulman is vice president of claims for Employers Direct Insurance Company in Agoura Hills, California. Schulman has 22 years' experience in the workers' compensation insurance industry and as a consultant providing audits, expert witness testimony, training and insurance program evaluations, and developing best claims practices for the insurance industry.

Schulman began her career with the California State Compensation Insurance Fund and with Industrial Indemnity (as managing director of the California region). She then served as vice president at the Glendale, California office of Fremont Compensation Insurance Company, and later became vice president of claims for the entire western region. She continues to be active in many industry organizations supporting the development of best practices standards for claims professionals.

Approved for Recertification Credit

This program has been approved for 1.5 recertification credit hour toward PHR and SPHR recertification through the Human Resource Certification Institute (HRCI). For more information about certification or recertification, please visit the HRCI homepage at www.hrci.org.

How Do Audio Conferences Work?

An audio conference is remarkably cost-effective and convenient. You participate from your office using a regular telephone. You have no travel costs and no out-of-office time.

Plus, for one low price you can get as many people in your office to participate as you can fit around a speakerphone.

Because the conference is live, you can ask the speakers questions' either on the phone or via e-mail.

With your registration, you also receive conference materials with additional practical information from California Employer Advisor sent to you via e-mail shortly before the conference.

Why You Can Sign Up To Attend This Event with Confidence

As with all California Employer Advisor products, you're completely protected. If for any reason you are unsatisfied with this audio conference, simply let us know and we will return your entire registration fee.