Article: Legislative trends increasing workers comp challenges; Business Insurance Workers Compensation and Disability Management Conference.(News)

Byline: MEG FLETCHER

SAN FRANCISCO-Workers compensation managers are having a tough year not only because of the hard market but also because of certain state and federal legislative and regulatory trends, according to a panel of experts.

Those trends include a growing federal role in workers compensation matters, including the introduction of information-sharing requirements designed to protect the privacy of workers' medical records, said Michael Phillipus, vp of external affairs and communication for the New York-based Risk & Insurance Management Society Inc.

Mr. Phillipus was the keynote speaker at the 10th Annual Business Insurance Workers ...

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