Schedule/Sessions
Premier Session: Challenges and Triumphs: Insights from Top Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Officers
- Speakers:
Amy Cole-Smith, The Institutes
Antonio Irizarry, Unknown
Bob Kopka, The Kopka Law Group
Kristy Sands, Gallagher Bassett
Darryl Wilson, Tyson Foods
It’s easy to organize a Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Committee, it’s difficult to execute an effective Diversity, Equity & Inclusion agenda. Hear from some of the nation’s leading DE&I officers, law firm leaders, and DE&I educators about their challenges and their strategies to educate, empower, motivate, and effect change within their organizations and beyond.
Session 1 - All's Fair in Love, War, and Settlements
- Speakers:
Michele Newman, Hamlin & Burton Liability Management, Inc.
Mark Vogel, MSSC, ACP, CMSP-F, Ringler
The rules and dynamics of a trial are different than those found in mediations and settlement discussions. The playing field shifts in cases involving disputed liability and/or causation. This session examines how settlement preparation may differ from trial preparation in cases where there is significant risk to the other side at trial.
Back to topSession 3 - Yes Folks, That's Billion with a B: Avoiding Sexual Abuse and Molestation Claims in a Health Care Environment
- Speakers:
Susan Burns, Sedgwick
Michael Komoll, Community Health Systems
Debbie Riley, Quintairos, Prieto, Wood & Boyer, P.A.
Michael Vittori, Quintairos, Prieto, Wood & Boyer, P.A.
On the heels of the $1B.1 USC sexual assault settlement and numerous other national multi-million dollar payouts health care providers should analyze and proactively address vulnerabilities including at-risk patient populations and high risk practice areas. The intense media coverage and tort environment has a direct impact on investigating and handling claims and litigation and directly impacts health care providers' premiums and the ability to procure liability coverage.
Back to topSession 4 - The Rise of Telehealth
- Speakers:
Bill Bower, GB Specialty (Division of Gallagher Bassett)
Jacob Malatesta, Hagwood and Tipton, PC
Michael Slovis, Cunningham, Meyer & Vedrine, PC
The use of telehealth/telemedicine has risen dramatically over the last years allowing faster and more readily available access to healthcare professionals for their patients. It has allowed healthcare groups to see more patients by adding efficiencies and has allowed many people to see a physician to quickly ask about what they perceive as a “small” problem instead of ignoring that problem or delaying seeing a doctor about it. Telehealth has also allowed those in remote areas to “see” a doctor for the first time in years. But with the increase in telehealth visits, the risk of medical mistakes has also brought on new risks. This panel will discuss those risks, caselaw regarding the litigation of telehealth claims in the past and in a post-Covid world, and strategies in defending these claims.
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