Media Advisory: April 23, 2010

BWC Board of Directors to Meet Next Friday at 8 a.m.

Public Forum with the Managed Care Organization League of Ohio Immediately Follows

COLUMBUS – The Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC) Board of Directors will meet for its regular monthly meeting from 8 to 10 a.m. on Friday, April 30 in Room 3, Level 2 of the William Green Building, located at 30 W. Spring St., Columbus. The meeting will be followed by a continuance of February’s quarterly public forum which began an open discussion with representatives of the Managed Care Organization (MCO) League of Ohio. The forum is scheduled from 10 a.m. to noon.

The Board’s committees will meet Thursday, April 29 on Level 2 of the William Green Building. The Actuarial Committee will meet from 8 to 10 a.m. in Room 3; the Investment Committee will meet from 10 a.m. to noon in Room 2; the Governance Committee will meet from 12:30 to 2 p.m. in Room 3 and will include an Executive Session to discuss personnel matters; the Medical Services and Safety Committee will meet from 2 to 4 p.m. in Room 2; and the Audit Committee will meet from 4 to 5:30 p.m. in Room 3. The Investments, Medical Services and Safety and Audit Committee meetings may start earlier if the committee meetings preceding them adjourn earlier than scheduled.

The planned agenda for the BWC Board of Directors meeting follows:

8 a.m. Call to order – Bill Lhota, Chair

Committee Reports

• Actuarial Committee, Chuck Bryan, committee chair

1. Private Employer Rate Change Recommendation
2. Public Employer State Agency Rate Change Recommendations
3. Deductible Program Rule
4. NCCI Classification Code Changes

• Audit Committee, Ken Haffey, committee chair

1. Reserve Discount Rate and Financial Metrics

1. Outpatient Hospital Fee Schedule (possible waiver of second reading)
2. Scheduled Loss Rule

Quarterly Update on the HB 100 Comprehensive Report Deloitte Recommendations - Jim Fograscher, Project Manager

Monthly Enterprise Report - Tracy Valentino, Chief, Fiscal & Planning Division

Administrator Briefing - Marsha P. Ryan, Administrator

Adjourn

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Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation Board of Directors
Chairman William Lhota, SI Employers | Charles Bryan, Actuary | David Caldwell, Employee Organizations | Alison Falls, Investment & Securities | Thomas Pitts, Employees | Kenneth Haffey, CPA | James Harris, Employee Organizations | James Hummel, Large Employers | Jim Matesich, Small Employers | Larry Price, Public | Robert Smith, Investment & Securities