The BWC Board of Directors held on April 24, a public forum on medical service improvements. View the testimony from the forum here. (6.9MB PDF)

The BWC Board of Directors will host the first of two forums on medical services from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. Thursday, April 24.

The public forum will be held in the auditorium of the William Green Building, located at 30 W. Spring St., Columbus.

The first 90 minutes of the April forum will focus on enhancing BWC’s medical provider network including:

• Identifying barriers that keep quality providers from participating in BWC’s program that, if removed, would enhance the delivery of quality, cost-effective medical treatment;
• Identifying strategies BWC could implement to enhance provider performance for the delivery of quality, cost-effective health care and return-to-work services.

The last 30 minutes will be open for public comment on BWC policies, procedures and programs.

The second forum will be held from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. Thursday, June 26. It will focus on:

• Scope of coverage and level of benefits for medical, vocational rehabilitation and pharmaceutical services;
• Reimbursement methodologies for these treatments;
• Best practices for assuring efficient and effective delivery of the managed care process.

The Board requests medical providers, representatives of industries and associations and the general public to register their intent to address the Board by completing a short form by April 18, 2008. Registrations also will be accepted on-site the day of the forum.

For information about the registration process, contact Tammy Blackburn at (614) 995-1821 or Tamara.B.2@bwc.state.oh.us.

For information about the BWC Board of Directors, please contact Don Berno, board liaison, at (614) 728-0756 or Donald.Berno@bwc.state.oh.us.