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Registration Still Open for CWCI's 2022 Annual Meeting's Encore Broadcast

Event Date: March 10, 2022

Summary: Registration Still Open for CWCI's 2022 Annual Meeting's Encore Broadcast

The California Workers’ Compensation Institute (CWCI) has announced that registration is still open for its 58th Annual Meeting “Encore” broadcast with live Q&A on Thursday, March 10th at 9:00 a.m., Pacific. 

The theme of this year’s meeting is “Are We There Yet?” an acknowledgement and analysis of our industry’s dual state of mind after almost two years of working through the worldwide pandemic and the anticipation of returning to “normal.”  CWCI staff and guest speakers will examine both the current environment as well as the issues, challenges, and opportunities facing the California workers’ compensation community as we move toward and into the post-pandemic environment.  The webcast will include the following:

  • Dr. Mark Schniepp, Director of the California Economic Forecast, will examine the impact that COVID-19 continues to have on the California and the U.S. economies, the “great resignation,” and the economic outlook for the year ahead. 

  • CWCI’s Rena David and Alex Swedlow will present a 3-part Research Update on COVID-19’s continuing impact on California workers’ compensation, changes in medical-legal utilization and reimbursement under the new medical-legal fee schedule, and injured worker access to medical care. 

  • Industry advocates Jason Schmelzer and Jeremy Merz will discuss the 2022 legislative and regulatory environment. 

  • Veteran defense attorney Michael Marks will wrap up the meeting, revisiting the theme of “Are We There Yet?” by reviewing how our current system operates, examining how well it fulfills the original workers’ compensation grand bargain, and providing his insights on what is left to accomplish and whether or not we can ever “get there.” 

CWCI’s 58th Annual Meeting is free to CWCI member company employees, regulators, and the press; $325 for all others.  All those planning to attend the March 10 Encore broadcast must preregister via conferences.html.  If you have questions, please call CWCI at 510-251-9470 or email pmedrano@cwci.org.