First Annual Workers' Comp Integrity Award Recipients Announced at Making Workers' Comp Work Conference Today In San Francisco

Online, March 11, 2010 (Newswire.com) - "The Integrity Awards showcase the things that are working right in workers' comp in California and nationwide," said Phil Walker, organizer of the conference." This recognition will bring the best practitioners and practices to the forefront of the Workers' Comp conversation and will help set California on a more successful path."

Following is the list of winners:

FIRST ANNUAL INTEGRITY AWARDS
MAKING WORKERS COMP WORK CONFERENCE
MARRIOTT MARQUIS, SAN FRANCISCO
3 pm - 6 pm:
AWARDS

SPEECH BY CEO OF VIRGIN AMERICA

COCKTAIL RECEPTION
INTEGRITY AWARD RECIPIENTS
LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD: DR. JOSEPH BERNSTEIN
MEDICINE
AIS
Bob Barth, PhD
Douglas Benner, MD
Nortin Hadler, MD Mark Hyman, MD
Walt Newman, MD
Panel of Consultants
RECOVERY AND ADDICTION
The Hanley Center Las Vegas Recovery Center
LAW
California Workers' Compensation Defense Attorneys Association Education Division State Fund Legal Department
Zachary Sacks, Esq.
EMPLOYERS
ABM Industries
Apple
Cisco
Costco
County of Santa Clara
Disney
E.J. Gallo
Federal Express
Gap, Inc.
Google
Grimmway Farms
Joie de Vivre Hotels
Los Angeles County
Los Angeles County Metro Transit
Authority
Marriott and SF Marriott Marquis
Monterey Mushrooms Pacific Gas & Electric
Patagonia
Recology
Safeway
San Francisco Ballet
San Francisco Unified School
District
Santa Ana Unified School District
Stanford University Medical
Center
Sutter Health
U.S. Marine Corps
USS-POSCO Industries
University of California
UPS
Ventura County
Virgin America
Whole Foods
CLAIMS AND INSURANCE
Alaska National
Applied Underwriters
CCMSI
Contract Claim Services
FARA ESIS
Intercare
Sedgwick CMS
Willis HRH
Zenith
JUDGES
Judge Susan Hamilton
WORKERS' COMP TOOLS
Salesforce.com Work Comp Central
WORK COMP REFORM
Alan Colledge, MD (Utah) Jerry Fogel (Florida)
COMMUNITY
AWCP (Association of Work Comp Professionals) Diann Cohen
PIWC (Professionals in Workers' Compensation)
AMA RATING
John Alchemy, MD

ABOUT THE MAKING WORKERS COMP WORK CONFERENCE

The Making Workers' Comp Work Conference (March 11-12 in San Francisco) brings together leading employers and top industry experts in law, medicine and insurance to find immediate and practical solutions that will make workers comp work for all in California. This conference is the first of its kind, combining education, networking, crowd sourcing and political activism. The conference is organized and sponsored by The Phil Neal Walker Law Firm www.philnealwalkerlaw.com.

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CONFERENCE RATES

The Making Workers' Comp Work Conference is FREE for employers, HR managers and claims professionals (http://bit.ly/bJIiEE). Lawyers and doctors may attend for a fee of $495.

To reserve a space, please contact Carolyn Veinovic at 415-295-4447, [email protected].

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