Our Team
Bennet L. Pugh, JD
Chief Executive Officer
Medicare Compliance | Workers’ Compensation
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Cumberland School of Law, 1985
Samford University, 1982
Freshman Class President
Secretary of Student Association
Lambda Chi Alpha, Chapter President
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Be SMART When Dealing with Medicare Beneficiaries, Alliance Collection Services Newsletter (2014).
Be Smart about SMART, California Self Insurer’s Association 3rd quarter newsletter (2013).
The SMART Act, PHTS 3rd quarter newsletter (2013).
Medicare Set-asides in Workers’ Compensation, White Paper for the Georgia Self Insured Association (2013).
New Medicare Notification Requirements, Counsel to Counsel, (September 2008).
Medicare Set-asides in litigation, California Self Insurers Association Newsletter, (Second Quarter 2006).
Medicare Set-asides, The Alabama Self Insurer, (Spring 2006)
Recent Developments Concerning Medicare Set-asides from a Workers’ Compensation Perspective, Vol. 21, No. 5 CWCE Magazine (January/February, 2004).
Dealing with Medicare Issues in Workers’ Compensation Settlements, Vol. LXXVII, No. 2 Florida Bar Journal, 47 (February, 2003).
Medicare Issues in Workers’ Compensation Settlements, News & 440 Report, Publication of the Workers’ Compensation Section of the Florida Bar, (Fall 2002).
Closing Future Medical Benefits for Injured Workers, For The Defense, (October 2001).
Closing Future Medical Benefits for Injured Workers, Vol. 62, No. 6. Alabama Lawyer, 323 (September, 2001).
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Fellow – College of Workers’ Compensation Lawyers
Best Lawyers in America
Super Lawyers of Alabama
Named to Top Lawyers by Corporate Counsel Publication
Member, Alabama State Bar Association; Birmingham Bar Association; Defense Research Institute; Alabama Defense Lawyers Association
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Completed 16 marathon road races, including Boston, New York and Washington D.C.
Jan Muir Peine, A.I.C., MA
Chief Operations Officer
Workers’ Compensation | Medicare Compliance | Claims Expert | Disability Advocate | Prior Certified Vocational Evaluator
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University of Alabama in Birmingham, Master of Art in Counseling
Auburn University, Bachelor of Science in Rehabilitation Services
Insurance Institute of America, Associate in Claims
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Jan has authored numerous books including her favorite, “Journey with Jay.” She was hired as a “life coach,” for an injured Alabama worker who endured 6000 pounds of steel on his face and head. He miraculously survived, but had to be resuscitated three different times. He was in acute rehabilitation facilities for two years. His complex and global traumatic brain injury rendered him a victim of total retrograde amnesia. He didn’t even remember his wife of 20 years or his two sons. This book details our intense therapy endeavor to re-acclimate Jay back into his family, his community, and ultimately back to his prior employer where he continued to work for over two additional decades.
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Fellow of Claims Litigation Management (CLM)
Member of Alabama Workers’ Compensation Organization (AWCO)
Associate of Claims awarded by the Insurance Institute of America since 1994 (AIC)
Licensed as a Mississippi Independent Adjuster # 10142135
Licensed as an Alabama Property & Casualty Adjuster # 3000343625
Claims Expert
State of Alabama Workers’ Compensation Educational Seminars: 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017
Adjuster Continuing Education Units 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023
Certificate of Appreciation issued by the State of Alabama Division for being an invited speaker at their 1999 WC educational seminar
Invited Speaker for the Alabama Self-Insured Association on Traumatic Brain Injury
Invited Speaker for the Alabama Bar Association at the first official Kids Chance Scholarship presentation
Authored book “Journey with Jay,” which was required reading material for the Alabama Head Trauma Association
Featured on the July/August 2022 cover of The Shelby County Living Publication
Authored numerous books featured in local news articles, magazine articles, and on television news shows and radio programs
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Jan likes spending time with her family, reading, writing, and attending artistic events.