Handouts are posted as submitted. Please refer to the agenda and video archives for more information.

• Medical Cost Trends in the Texas Workers' Compensation System
  submitted by Ms. Amy Lee, Team Leader, Workers' Compensation Research Workgroup, Texas Department of Insurance
• Comparison of State Workers' Compensation Systems
  submitted by Ms. Amy Lee, Team Leader, Workers' Compensation Research Workgroup, Texas Department of Insurance
• Department of Assistive and Rehabilitative Services Presentation
  submitted by Commissioner Terry Murphy (did not actually testify)
• Testimony provided by Bubba Klostermann OT, CVE, CEAS, Occupational Therapist and President of WORK & REHAB
• Testimony provided by Mary Leary Hennigan MOT, MBA, OTR, Executive Director of the Texas Occupational Therapy Association
• Testimony submitted by Liberty Mutual Group
• Testimony submitted by Mr. Greg Garland, President of the Texas Association of Accredited Pain Programs (TAAPP)
• Testimony submitted by Margaret Wise, OTR, CHT, CVE. CCM, Licensed Occupational Therapist
• Testimony of the Texas AFL-CIO on the State of Workers Compensation in Texas
  submitted by Richard Levy, Texas AFL-CIO Legal Director
• Testimony submitted by Cheryl Johnson, Executive Director of Risk Management, Dallas Independent School District
• Recommendations for Reform submitted by Tom Douglas, M.D.
• Statement of CM Schade, MD, PhD, Fix TWCC Founding Member
• Statement of Michael F. Caruso, Ed.D., Psychologist
• Information about 'Fix TWCC'
  A Coalition of Patients, Workers, Business Leaders & Physicians Working to Reform the Texas Workers Compensation System
• Testimony provided by The State Office of Risk Management
• 2004 Survey of Texas Physicians
  submitted by the Texas Medical Association
• Analysis of the Available Data on Workers' Compensation System Performance
  submitted by the Texas Medical Association
• Testimony provided by Russell R. Oliver, President, Texas Mutual Insurance Company
• Testimony provided by Franz Klein, D.C., President Elect, Texas Chiropractic Association
• Comparison of Workers' Compensation Costs: Hyatt Hotels Texas - Virginia - Georgia
  submitted by J'Don Bollom, Hyatt Regency Hotels of Texas Wellness Manager

Texas Department of Insurance presentations on group health insurance cost containment and workers' compensation fraud [Note: TDI did not actually testify on these presentations]:

• TDI-Regulated Health Insurance Systems
• Frequently Used Cost Containment Features in Health Insurance
• Independent Review Organizations
• Texas Department of Insurance Fraud Unit

Additional information:

• 2004 TxDOT Medical Cost Containment Contract Services and Payments
  (Follow-up to the February 26th Senate Select Interim Committee on Workers' Compensation hearing)
  submitted by the Texas Department of Transportation
• Letter to Senator Jane Nelson regarding how many claimants saw a doctor participating in a Preferred Provider Network Organization
  submitted by the University of Texas System Office of Risk Management
• Letter to Senator Todd Staples regarding questions that were raised during the February 26th hearing
  submitted by the University of Texas System Office of Risk Management
• Medical cost containment services and the state budget's funding of WCI losses for Texas A&M system employees
  submitted by Kevin P. McGinnis, Director of the Office of the Treasurer, Texas A&M System

All testimony files are in PDF format.