Council to Hold WC Seminars

The Insurance Council of Texas announced plans for a series of seminars designed to help the insurance industry navigate through the Texas workers’ compensation system. The seminars will be held in Houston August 1, Dallas September 5, and Austin September 26. The series will include an overview of how the 77th Texas Legislature changed the delivery and administration of medical benefits. An overview of House Bill HB 2600, the omnibus workers’ compensation bill, will be presented along with a discussion of the Texas Workers’ Compensation Commission’s (TWCC’s) medical benefits rules and the impact HB 2600 will have on those rules. Featured speakers will be Richard S. Geiger, the Insurance Council’s general counsel and a former member of the Texas House of Representatives, and Julie Shank, a consultant and former director of TWCC’s Medical Review Division.