ANNUAL MEETING & CONFERENCE JUNE 4-7 | DENVER, COLORADO
NCSI Hospitality Suite Hours – Sponsored by Carisk
Location: Mt. Sopris A
Sunday, June 4, 2023 – 2:00 – 6:00pm
Monday, June 5, 2023 – 4:00 – 9:30pm
Tuesday, June 6, 2023 – 3:00 – 5:30pm
NCSI 2023 ANNUAL MEETING AGENDA
SUNDAY JUNE 4, 2023
12:30 – 4:30pm
Registration Location: Colorado Ballroom Foyer
1:00 – 3:00pm
Self-Insurers’ Association Administrators Roundtable Location: Maroon Peak
6:00pm
President’s Reception Location: Crystal Peak
3:00 – 5:00pm
Guaranty Fund Meeting:
Credit Risk Management Considerations for State Self-insured Workers Compensation Programs
- Paul Geissler, Assistant Vice President & Brian Weitzman, Senior Vice President, Marsh Specialty
All state association leaders and members are invited to join this meeting
Location: Maroon Peak
MONDAY JUNE 5, 2023
All Sessions in Colorado Ballroom B
7:00 – 9:15am Registration and Breakfast
Location: Colorado Ballroom Foyer
8:30 – 9:00am
Call to Order, Welcome and Election of Board of Managers
- John Smolk, NCSI President
9:00 – 10:00am
How to leverage Loss Trend Analysis, Injury Investigations, and Training to reduce cost and keep claims down
- Adam Lopez and Claire Muselman, J Morey Company
10:00 – 10:45am
Medical Marijuana: Delving into the Weeds
- Kathy Collins PharmD, BCPS, Craig Hospital
10:45am
Break – Sponsored by MedPlus Hearing Solutions
Location: Colorado Ballroom A
11:00am – 12:00pm
The Impact of Specialty Drugs on Employers
- Phil Walls, Chief Clinical Officer, MyMatrixx
12:00 – 1:15pm
Lunch – Sponsored by Definiti Comp Solutions
Location: Colorado Ballroom A
1:15 – 2:15pm
Making Medicare work better…5 steps to improve Medicare practices to reduce risk and settle claims
- Mark Popolizo and Brian Cowan, Verisk; Tamie S. Maynard, Kaiser; Tyrone Spears, City of Los Angeles
2:15 – 3:00pm
Maintaining Professional Communication in a Whiny World - Tommie Jo Brode, Venice Solutions Group LLC.
3:00 – 3:15pm
Break – Sponsored by Care Bridge International, Inc. Location: Colorado Ballroom A
3:15 – 4:00pm
Solved: How Virtual Reality Technology Delivers Cost-Effective Pain Relief and Mental Health
- Gerry Stanley, MD - Senior Vice President & Chief Medical Officer, Harvard MedTech
ANNUAL MEETING & CONFERENCE
JUNE 4-7 | DENVER, COLORADO
4:00 – 4:45pm
Intelligent Litigation Strategies to Support Return-to-Work Endeavors
- Natalie Torres, Vice President of Business Development PriMedical, Inc.; Dr. Claire Muselman, Principal, CM Advising; Rosie Alvarez, Sr. RTW Analyst, Netflix; Jason Kolecke - Partner, Hennessy & Roach
4:45pm NCSI Board of Managers Meeting
5:00pm
Adjournment – Dinner on your own
TUESDAY JUNE 6, 2023
All Sessions in Colorado Ballroom B
7:00 – 9:15am Registration and Breakfast – Sponsored by Ritsema Law
Location: Colorado Ballroom Foyer
8:30 – 9:30am
Finding the Right Questions to Shut Down A Claim - Diann Cohen, MacroPro; Chris Champlin, C&W Group
9:30 – 10:15am
Why Mediation Should Be in Your Risk Management Tool Box - Alan Jordan, Founder & Owner, Prism Group
10:15 – 10:30am
Break – Sponsored by Sedgwick
Location: Colorado Ballroom A
10:30 – 11:30am
Connect the Dots: Bridging Technologies for Brilliant Claim Outcomes
- Dr. John Peters, Co-founder and Chief Science Officer of Gain Life; Brian Trick, Director of Risk, Wegmans; Ron Carter, CEO, Rx Bridge; Raja Sundaram, CEO, Plethy; Todd Brown, Rising
11:30am – 12:15pm
Alcohol Use Disorder poses a serious risk for employers. Finally, a novel solution that works
- Amanda Wilson, MD and Lisa Chiodo, PhD - Northstar Care; Mamie Goff, Beta Healthcare Group; Diann Cohen, MacroPro
12:15 – 1:15pm
Lunch – Sponsored by Ambassador Service Group
Location: Colorado Ballroom A
1:15 – 2:15pm
The Patient is the Wildcard! - Harvey Warren - Author of “The Optimized Patient”; Melissa Tonn, MD, OccMD; Branko Skovrlj, MD, Nu-Spine; Self-Insured WC manager TBD
2:15 – 3:00pm
How to defend couch claims? The new remote worker and workers’ compensation liability
- Kent Smith, Shareholder, Smith Mills Law P.C.
3:00 – 3:45pm
Are Non-Submit MSAs Under Attack by CMS? - Heather Sanderson, Sanderson Firm PLLC; Michele Maffei, Director of Workers Compensation, Publix
6:30 – 10:00pm
Reception and Closing Dinner with Special Activities and Entertainment
Location: Crystal Peak
Photobooth sponsored by Hathaway Settlements and Marker28
WEDNESDAY JUNE 7, 2023
9:00am – Adjournment Breakfast
Location: Mt. Sopris Foyer
9:45am – Breakfast Presentation - The growing world of whole person recovery management
- Sam McMurry, ED, Texas Self-Insurance Association; Donald Abrams, PA, Executive Vice-president for Business Development, WorkCompCollege.com
Location: Mt. Sopris
WELCOME TO OUR NEW MEMBERS:
Zenjuries • Ambassador Service Group
First Managed Care Option, Inc.
Corporate Pharmacy Services
• RxBridge
• AMIkids, Inc.
• The IMA Group
