Labor-Management Advisory Council on
Workers' Compensation Meeting Information
Advisory Council Meeting - September 2, 2008, 10:00 am - 4:00
pm, Great Northern Best Western, Helena
Agenda
Advisory Council Meeting - July 1, 2008, 10:00 am - 4:00
pm, Great Northern Best Western, Helena
Agenda
Minutes
Recorded Minutes I (Opening Remarks, Project Help/Centers of Occupational Health and Education, Medical Topics)
Recorded Minutes II (MT 60 Summits, WorkSafeMT, Legislative Concepts)
Recorded Minutes III (Course and Scope of Employment, Public Comment, Next Steps)
Project Help Overview (presented by Vicky Smith, Project Help, State of Washington)
Centers of Occupational Health and Education Overview (presented by Vicky Smith)
Articles of Incorporation of the WorkSafeMT Foundation (presented by George Kochman, Project Director, WorkSafeMt)
Legislative Concepts:
Revision of Montana Occupational Safety and Health Laws
DLI Workers' Compensation Legislative Package
WorkSafeMT Funding Proposal
Workers' Compensation Exemptions
Claims Examiner Certification Proposal
Course and Scope of Employment (prepared by Diana Ferriter, WC Claims Assistance Bureau Chief)
Advisory Council Meeting - May 6, 2008, 10:00 am - 4:00
pm, Great Northern Best Western, Helena
Agenda
Minutes
Recorded Minutes I (Opening Remarks, NCCI Update, Claims Closures/Settlements)
Recorded Minutes II (Claims Examiner Licensing, Preliminary Findings of the Injured Worker Survey, WorkSafeMT, Medical Topics, Legislative Concepts, 60 Summits MT Preliminary Report, Washington State COHE Project, Public Comment, Next Steps)
Continuation of Claim Closure and Settlements
(prepared by Diana Ferriter, WC Claims Assistance Bureau Chief)
Preliminary Findings of the Montana Injured Worker Survey (prepared by Tyler Wiltgen, Workers' Compensation Analyst)
Advisory Council Meeting - March 4, 2008
Agenda
Minutes
Recorded Minutes 1 (Return-to-Work Research, MT 60 Summits Update, Claims Examiners)
Recorded Minutes 2 (2009 Legislative Concepts, Public Comment, Next Steps)
Return-to-Work Breakdown (presented by Tyler Wiltgen, WC Claims Assitance Bureau)
Summary of States' Comparison of Vocational Rehabilitation of Disabled Workers (prepared by Diana Ferriter, WC Claims Assitance Bureau Chief)
Summary of States' Comparison of Claim Closure and Settlement Provisions (prepared by Diana Ferriter, WC Claims Assistance Bureau Chief)
Initial 2009 Legislative Proposals (prepared by Jerry Keck, Administrator, Employment Relations Division)
Related Meetings:
Subcommittee on Possible Licensure of Claims Examiners - March 3, 2008, 1:00-4:00, 2nd Floor Conference Room, Employment Relations Division, 1805 Prospect Avenue, Helena (OR by teleconference at 1-605-475-4150 - Access Code 107189)
Agenda
Minutes
SB511 from the 2007 Session, "An Act Regulation Workers' Compensation Claims Examiners..."
Examiner/Adjuster Licensure and Continuing Education in Montana (October 2007 proposal from Mike Marsh, Midland Claims Service)
Key elements of Mike Marsh's proposal (summary by Diana Ferriter, WC Claims Assitance Bureau Chief)
Comparison of State Licensing Requirements (prepared by WC Claims Assistance Bureau)
Stakeholder meetings on a Montana Facilities Fee Schedule
Hospitals - March 5, 2008, 9:00-11:30am, Montana Hospital Association, 1720 9th Avenue, Helena
Ambulatory Surgery Centers - March 5, 2:30-4:30, 2nd Floor Conference Room, Employment Relations Division, 1805 Prospect Avenue, Helena
Advisory Council Meeting - January 8 , 2008
Agenda
Minutes
Advisory Council Meeting - November 13, 2007
Agenda
Minutes
Handouts
A
New Paradigm for Workers' Compensation and Disability Systems: The Work
Disability Prevention Model, presented by Jennifer Christian, MD, MPH,
Webility Corporation and The 60 Summits Project
The
60 Summits Project Fact Sheet
Introduction
to ACOEM's New Work Disability Prevention Guideline: "Preventing Needless
Work Disability by Helping People Stay Employed," by Jennifer Christian,
MD, MPH
Preventing
Needless Work Disability by Helping People Stay Employed, by the American
College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (ACOEM)
Examiner/Adjuster
Licensure and Continuing Education in Montana, by Michael Marsh, Midland
Claims Service, Inc.
Advisory Council Meeting - September 10, 2007
Agenda
Minutes
Recorded
Minutes 1 (Introductions, Approval of Agenda/Minutes, Introduction of
Return to Work Topic, Update on WorkSafe MT, Update on Medical Nonfacility
Fee Schedule)
Recorded
Minutes 2 (Discussion of Workers' Compensation Exemptions, Discussion
of Regulation/Licensing of Claims Examiners, Public Comment, Next Steps)
Advisory Council Meeting - August 7, 2007
Agenda
Minutes
Recorded Minutes 1 (Introductions, Approval of Agenda/Minutes, Overview and Lessons Learned by Worksafe BC)
Recorded Minutes 2 (Overview and Lessons Learned by Worksafe BC (cont.), Montana Statewide Safety Initiative)
Recorded Minutes 3 (Update on Prescription Drugs and Nonfacility Fee Schedule, Montana State Fund Financial Information, Labor-Management Advisory Council Scope Discussion, Public Comment, Next Steps)
Overview and Lessons Learned by WorkSafe BC
(presented by Scott McCloy, Communications Director, WorkSafeBC)
Advisory Council Meeting - May 15, 2007
Agenda
Minutes
Recorded Minutes 1 (Introductions, Approval of Agenda/Minutes, Summary of Legislative Action, Proposed Changes to the Advisory Council Charter/Workplan, Health and Safety Initiatives)
Recorded Minutes 2 (Medical/Pharmacy Fee Schedules, Summary of Insurer Financial Results, Workers' Compensation Exemptions and Cost Shifting, Regulation/Oversight of Claims Examiners, Public Comment, Next Steps)
Handouts
Workers' Compensation Study Phase II Charter, V.2 (modified 4/20/07)
Thoughts for a Statewide Safety Initiative
Proposal Outline of Safety Program Concepts
Pharmacy Reimbursement
Draft Pharmacy Rule
Summary of Insurer Financial Results
States' Comparison of Covered Employees
National Commission Recommendations for Coverage Comparison
Alternatives to Claims Examiner Licensing Regulation
Advisory Council Conference Call - April 13, 2007
Agenda
Minutes
Advisory Council Conference Call - March 30, 2007
Agenda
Minutes (audio recording)
Minutes
Advisory Council Conference Call - March 23, 2007
Agenda
Minutes (audio recording)
Minutes
Advisory Council Conference Call - March 16, 2007
Agenda
Minutes (audio recording)
Minutes
Advisory Council Conference Call - March 9, 2007
Agenda
Minutes (audio recording)
Minutes
Advisory Council Conference Call - February 23, 2007
Agenda
Minutes (audio recording)
Minutes
Advisory Council Conference Call - February 16, 2007
Agenda
Minutes (audio recording)
Minutes
Advisory Council Conference Call - February 9, 2007
Agenda
Minutes (audio recording)
Minutes
Advisory Council Conference Call - February 2, 2007
Agenda
Minutes (audio recording)
Minutes
Advisory Council Conference Call – January 26, 2007
Agenda
Minutes (audio recording)
Minutes
Advisory Council Conference Call – January 19, 2007
Agenda
Minutes (audio recording)
Minutes
Advisory Council Meeting – January 9, 2007
Agenda
Minutes
Handouts
Injury Prevention
Advisory Council Meeting – December 14, 2006
Agenda
Minutes
Handouts
Workers' Compensation Study Phase I Summary
Making Rates
