Is looking pretty busy. According to organizer Nancy Grover, this year’s industry get-together will have more folks in attendance than last year. The vendor list is long as well, which bodes well.
Here’s a few of the sessions that caught my eye.
Good friend and colleague Mark walls is moderating the General Session panel featuring many of the big names in comp: Maureen McCarthy of Liberty, Ken Martino of Broadspire, PMA’s Tina Preisig, and Eileen Auen of PMSI are just a few of the headliners.
Tron Emptage of Progressive Medical is speaking on medical foods Wednesday afternoon. Medical foods have gotten big press in California of late and look to be one of those areas ripe for abuse. However, there’s a lot more to this than you might think, and there’s very solid science behind some products, products that offer a much-needed and safer alternative to certain drugs.
Dr Jake Lazarovic, Broadspire’s Medical Director, and Dr Steven Feinberg of American Pain Solutions are leading a session Thursday am on Chronic Pain. These are two highly experienced and very knowledgeable experts who are certain to shed much-needed light on an issue that’s at the top of many an agenda.
A session Thursday afternoon on managing psychosocial issues in comp has a strong panel focused on what may be the knottiest problem in comp.
Of course there’s the usual menu of vendor entertainment options; the mail box has been flooded with invites for the past week. You west coast folks need to remember those of us from the east are three hours behind you; when you’re just getting going we’re nearing bedtime!
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Another highlight will be Joe’s opening session when he goes one-on-one with two industry leaders. I’m really looking forward to that one!
Joe, other than the vendor solutions for narcotic abuse that will be on display at the conference, what other companies or current industry issues are you looking to review at the NWCC?
Tedd – mentioned a couple in the post above.
Tedd – mentioned a couple in the post above.