Chronic Pain Management

At the 2018 Comp Laude Gala, the Alliance of Women in Workers’ Compensation hosted sessions focused on rethinking pain management. The panel for this session was: Mark Walls – Safety National (moderator) Patricia Cole PhD – Shirley Ryan Ability Lab Marcos Iglesias MD – Broadspire Alan Pierce – Pierce, Pierce & Napolitano Becky Curtis – […]

Treating Pre-Pain and Acute Pain

At the 2018 Comp Laude Gala, the Alliance of Women in Workers’ Compensation hosted sessions focused on rethinking pain management. The panel for this session was: Anita Breedlove – One Call (moderator) Maja Jurisic, MD – Concentra Frank Lovecchio, DO – Banner Health Chrysten Shea – AkosMD Dawn Watkins – LAUSD Pain by definition is […]

Managing Complex and Catastrophic Claims

At the 2018 Comp Laude Awards and Gala, a panel discussed the challenges of managing complex claims. The panel was: Eddy Canavan – Sedgwick Tamara Ulufanua-Ciraulo – Stater Brothers Darin Hampton – International Paper Susanne Walden – Scripps Health Dawn Watkins – LAUSD One of the challenges in managing complex claims can be employee unions. […]

Creating an Advocacy Claims Culture

At the 2017 Comp Laude educational event a panel discussed how to evolve your claims model to be more focused on being an advocate for injured workers. The panel included: Rachel Fikes – Rising Medical Solutions (moderator) Denise Algire – Albertson’s Company Darrell Brown – Sedgwick John Riggs – Disneyland Resorts Advocacy means taking a […]

Treating Pain Beyond Opioids

At the 2017 Comp Laude education event, a panel discussed the need to look beyond opioids for the treatment of chronic pain. The panel included: Kimberly George – Sedgwick (moderator) Beth Darnall, PhD – Stanford University Steve Stanos, DO – Swedish Medical Group James Atchison, DO – Shirley Ryan Ability Lab These speakers are some […]

A Conversation About Healthcare in the U.S.

At the 2017 Comp Laude Gala, Kimberly George from Sedgwick hosted a conversation with Dr. Robert Pearl, former CEO of The Permanente Medical Group. Under Dr. Pearl’s leadership he had responsibility for 35,000 staff, 9,000 physicians, and the care of 4 million Kaiser Permanente members on the east and west coasts. The discussion focused on […]

The Image of Workers’ Comp

At the 2015 Comp Laude Gala, a panel discussed The Image of Workers’ Compensation and What We Can Do About It.  The panel consisted of: Moderator: Dave DePaolo – Work Comp Central Christine Baker – Director, California Department of Industrial Relations Dan Walters – Political Columnist, The Sacramento Bee Steve Cattolica – Director Government Relations, […]

Word on Workers’ Compensation

At the 2015 Comp Laude Gala in Burbank, CA, David DePaolo, President and CEO of WorkCompCentral presented his thoughts on the state of the workers’ compensation industry. Dave feels the fundamental purpose of workers’ compensation is to make it affordable for an employer to take care of it’s injured workers and to provide security to […]

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