BOARD MEETING AGENDA

April 15, 2008

 

REVISED: Added items in bold:

 
1. Approval of March 2008 Board Meeting Minutes

 

Guest Speaker – John F. Burton, Jr.

Editor of “Workers’ Compensation Policy Review”;

Professor Emeritus Rutgers University
Slide by Slide: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Open PowerPoint Presentation in a New Window
Handout 1, Handout 2, Handout 3
(Opens in a new window - make sure "Pop-Up Blockers" are Turned Off)

                                         

2. Departmental Reports

a. Presentation from Office of Claims
Dave Donohue

b. Report from Office of Claims (Report only) 

         

4. License Application: (Ms. Mary Beth Woods)

      

A.  Section 24-a                          CLAIMANT

                                                         REPRESENTATIVE 

     1.  Joanne Flad                            Three Year Renewal

     2.  Joel Fredericson                     Two Year Renewal

     3.  Andrew M. Mannix                   Three Year Renewal

4. George W. Weidman                   Three Year Renewal

 

 

     B. Section 50 (3-b)                    SELF-INSURERS’

REPRESENTATIVES

     1.  Melissa Brown                             Three Year Renewal

          Individual License

 

     2.  Susan Howe                            Two Year Renewal

          Individual License

 

     3.  Meritan Health, Inc.                 Three Year Renewal

          Timothy J. Quinlivan - Qualifying Officer

 

4.  Triad Group, LLC                    Three Year Renewal

          Victoria Manes - Qualifying Officer

 

     C. Section 50(3-d)

     1.  Alternative Service                 Three Year Renewal

Concepts, LLC

          Linda Clark – Qualifying Officer

 

     2.  Broadspire Services, Inc.       Three Year Renewal

          Linda Clark – New Qualifying Officer

 

     3.  CNA Claim Plus, Inc.              Three Year Renewal

          Michael Tromello – Qualifying Officer

          Ellen Anastasi – Authorized Employee

 

     4.  Cambridge Integrated             Three Year Renewal

Services Group, Inc.

          David Finkler – Qualifying Officer

 

     5. Cannon Cochran                    Three Year Renewal

Management Services, Inc.

          William Jones – Qualifying Officer

 

     6.  Prinicipal Life Insurance         Two Year Renewal

Company  

          Linda Clark – Qualifying Officer

 

     7.  The Zurich Services                Three Year Renewal

Corporation    

          Brian Baney – New Qualifying Officer

 

         

5.  Report of General Counsel’s Office       (Mr. Kenneth Munnelly)

a. Statistical analysis of the workflow of the three

divisions within Office of General Counsel for March 2008.

 

 

6.  Legal Appeals      (Mr. Keith Longden)

     A.  Case No. 9020 0560

          Gregory L. Fisher vs Bothar Construction et al.

 

     B. Case No. 0021 8022

          William Connell vs Con Edison et al.

 

     C.      Case No. 6861 4184

          Menka Sidorovski vs New Venture Gear, et al.

 

          Case No. 4030 8320

          Argay McFarland vs Lindy’s Taxi Inc., et al.

 

     *D.Case No. 0034 6415

          Ping Guan vs CPC Home Attendant Program Inc.

         

     E. Case No. 0946 4681

Ruben Castro vs NYC Transit Authority & Special Fund for Reopened Cases

 

          Case No. 6810 7275

          James Hare vs Champion International, et al.

 

          Case No. 7880 7037

          Elvis L. Hernandez vs Guardian Purchasing Corp., et al.

 

          Case No. 5020 1029

          Charles Kirk vs Central Hudson Gas & Electric Co., et al.

 

     *Denotes reversal

    

7.       MANDATORY FULL BOARD REVIEW

          Case No. 0061 0631

          New York Center for Rehab and Nursing

For consideration as to whether case should be

accepted for full Board review.  (Firestone)

                                                           

8.       MANDATORY FULL BOARD REVIEW

          Case No. 0060 3702

          Hercules Food Corp.

For consideration as to whether case should be

accepted for full Board review.  (Firestone)

 

9.       Case No. 6060 6255

          Paul DeLima Co., Inc.

For consideration as to whether case should be

accepted for full Board review.

          (Groski, Finnegan, Libous) 

 

10.     Case No. 8050 8434

          Roche Diagnostics Diabetes Care

For consideration as to whether case should be

accepted for full Board review. 

          (Groski, Paprocki, Libous)

 

11.     Case No. 6951 2348 has been pulled from the agenda

 

12.     Case No. 5041 2242

          Fownes Bros

For consideration as to whether case should be

accepted for full Board review.

          (Groski, Finnegan, Libous)

 

13.     Case No. 0060 5530 has been pulled from the agenda

 

14.     Other Business

a. Vote to be taken on findings of Investigation

Committee concerning Compensation Risk Managers

(CRM).