What You Don’t Know About Workers’ Comp Fraud and Abuse Could Cost You...

And for California Businesses—it’s millions annually!

  W/Comp Fraud: Spot It and Stop It!

Join us Tuesday, January 31, 2012 10:00 AM Pacific Time

 

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Just the cost of doing business in California is eating away at your profits—including Workers’ Compensation premiums on the rise 15% over last year!  When the average cost of an indemnity claim is up to $65,000, the last thing you need is someone making a fraudulent claim adding even more to your costs!

Early intervention and employer-driven fraud investigations is key to reducing your risk and keeping your premiums costs down.

Workers’ Comp Executive has assembled an expert panel dedicated to helping you cut your Workers’ Comp costs. By learning from our experts former CDI Deputy Commissioner, Enforcement Branch and current COO with J.D. Wesson & Associates, Inc., Dale Banda, COO, retired Workers’ Compensation Administration Law Judge and attorney with Floyd Skeren & Kelly, LLP, David W. O’Brien, and attorney W. Devon Craft, Esq. of the Law Offices of Laughlin, Falbo, Levy & Moresi LLP, you’ll get insights on the most practical, employer-level investigation techniques to uncover instances of fraud. In addition, you learn how to fight fraud through social media and engage the help of the injured employees to review their Explanation of Benefits (EOBs) for services provided by their medical provider networks.

Plan on attending W/Comp Fraud: Spot it and Stop It! webinar on January 31, 2012: Learn how to Conduct Employer Level Investigations by Using Proven Investigative Techniques to Reduce Fraud and Abuse Mitigating Workers’ Compensation Claims:

• The different types of fraud and how to be on the lookout for the most costly
• Why early intervention and investigations can reduce costs and reduce risk
• How to mitigate claims using step-by-step basic investigative techniques to identify fraud in its early stages
• The most effective way to conduct a post-incident investigation and the best ways to collect important information
• Why social media may be your best investigative partner when searching for deliberate misrepresentation and fraud
• Why documentation is critical—especially collecting key documents, conducting an accident inspection, and following-up with witnesses
• How early identification of potential liability and safety issues can reduce costs, injuries and lost time due to incidents
• The importance of communication with all parties (claims examiner, broker/agent, medical provider, etc.) associated with the claim
• How to spot fraud with medical providers and attorneys and why EOBs (Explanation of Benefits) may be one of your tools to fight fraud

 

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Get Credit for Attending

Need to ramp up and earn more CE credits? We’ve streamlined the process by including the assessments within your handouts, so you can take the test right after attending the program.

• 1.5 Hours California State Bar approved MCLE
• 1.0 Hour CDI Continuing Education pending
• AIHA, CSP and CUSP credits pending 

 

Who Should Attend?

• Agents/Brokers to learn for themselves how to help clients combat fraud.
• Self-Insureds—especially those with high deductibles who will want to apply investigative techniques to keep costs down.
• Safety Professionals who conduct accident investigations as a part of the responsibility

 

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** OCC Health Watch: Focus on Improving Lead Safety 

 

Every year, workers in California are poisoned by lead at work.  The OSHA lead standards require employers to take steps to protect their workers from lead hazards on the job; however, these standards are based on lead toxicity information that is now over 30 years old.  Current medical information clearly demonstrates harmful effects of chronic and low-level exposures to lead in adults, levels well below those currently allowed by the standards. 

The CDPH Occupational Lead Poisoning Prevention Program (OLPPP) reviewed the recent scientific information and made health-based recommendations to Cal/OSHA for revising the General Industry and Construction Lead Standards for the protection of workers who are exposed to lead on the job.  In response, Cal/OSHA has convened an Advisory Committee to look at revising the standards.

 

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