November 9, 2015
Annual Meeting of the Academy’s Study Panel on Workers’ Compensation Data
1200 New Hampshire Ave, NW, 5th Floor Conference Rooms, Washington DC
Friday, November 6th, 2015
9:45am – 2:30pm
9:45am-10:00am Coffee
10:00am-10:15am Welcome remarks
10:15-10:30 am Updates from the Academy’s Board of Directors
- Gerry Shea, Senior Adviser to the Board, National Academy of Social Insurance
10:30am-10:35am Introduction from the Academy’s New Vice President of Policy
- Ben Veghte, Vice President for Health Policy, National Academy of Social Insurance
10:35am-11:00am Best Data – A glance at 2014 trends in premiums and losses
- Ishita Sengupta, Director of Workers’ Compensation, National Academy of Social Insurance
11:00am-11:30am Data on employee contributions from WA, OR, NM
- Terry Bogyo, Independent Workers’ Compensation Researcher, Canada
11:30am-12:30pm Proposed changes for the 2014 data report
- Add pie chart showing share of WC benefits/costs paid by carriers/employers (pg. 21)
- Expand explanation of opt-out provisions (pg. 9)
- Add definition of ‘excess claim’ to Glossary (pg. 49)
- Expand discussion of cost-shifting in workers’ compensation (pg. 45)
- Add column to Appendix Table C on waiting periods by state (pg. 64)
12:30pm-1:15pm Lunch
1:15pm-2:30pm New Business
- Ishita Sengupta, Director of Workers’ Compensation, National Academy of Social Insurance
- John Burton, Professor Emeritus, Rutgers