Council on Education in Management to Present 2010 Indiana Worker's Comp Forum

NEW YORK, Sept. 16 /PRNewswire/ -- Council on Education in Management will hold the Indiana Worker's Comp Forum designed to equip worker's comp stakeholders with cost containment solutions and critical case law and legislative updates.

The conference will be held on September 29-30 at the Hilton Indianapolis North.   It will feature leading experts on Indiana workers' compensation issues including:

• Updates from the Worker's Compensation Board of Indiana including the latest Board decisions, new regulations, and proposed legislation
• Proven solutions to workers' compensation cost-containment and quality of care challenges in Indiana
• Critical strategies to protect their organizations from costly, bad-faith litigation
• Innovative return-to-work  and light duty programs and how to overcome new challenges
• Weapons to crack down on fraudulent worker's  comp claims including investigation tactics to prevent the latest scams
• How to keep bad-back claims from spiraling out of control

The Conference Chairs are Kathleen K. Shortridge and Ann Stewart, both Of Counsel to Ice Miller LLP.

Keynote addresses will be presented by Judge Daniel Foote and Darren Dye, Policy Analyst/Paralegal, Worker's Compensation Board of Indiana.

Ann H. Stewart, Of Counsel, Ice Miller LLP will moderate a Panel of experts on The Most Expensive Worker's Compensation Claims—Management Blunders and How to Prevent Them.  The Panel will include Jeffrey Reinke, Manager, Environmental Health & Safety, Diamond Chain Company, Luke A. Huls, EHS Group Leader, Aisin USA Mfg. Inc., and Karen Salwowski, Senior Work Comp Specialist, JWF Specialty Company, Inc.

Additional speakers will include executives and industry leaders from the following local organizations:  South Bend Orthopaedics, Gibson Insurance Group, Aero Metals, Inc., Clarian Health Partners, Phenix Investigations Inc., JWF Specialty Company, Inc., Warren Education & Community Center, and Lewis Wagner, LLP.

Non-press can register by calling (212) 339-0345.

SOURCE Council on Education in Management