How Diversity Impacts Workers’ Compensation Strategies
This session at the National Workers’ Compensation & Disability Conference in Las Vegas focused on the increasing diversity in today’s workforce and how that is impacting workers’ compensation. Jennifer De La Torre, Executive Director of Workforce Diversity at AT&T, and Elizabeth Demaret, Executive Vice President, Chief Customer Relationship Officer at Sedgwick, explained how the aging, […]
60 Tips for Superior Claims Handling
This rapid-fire panel on the final day of the National Workers’ Compensation & Disability Conference offered 60 usable tips to help improve workers’ compensation claims handling. Panelists included: Stuart D. Colburn, Esq. Downs Standford P.C. Todd DeStefano, President, Risk Managment Practices,York Risk Services Group Jodie Massingill, Senior Manager, Casualty Claims, Sysco Corp. Robert G. Rassp, […]
Tailor Your Communications for Smoother Claims Handling
In her session at the National Workers’ Compensation and Disability Conference in Las Vegas, Patricia Hostine, U.S. Director of Disability Management, Flex-N-Gate Corp, stressed that worker communications have a direct impact on losses and, if you can tailor your message properly, your communications can make the claim go as smoothly as possible. It’s important to […]
Undermining the “Grand Bargain” of Workers’ Compensation: How Does This Impact Exclusive Remedy?
At the 23rd Annual National Workers’ Compensation & Disability Conference in Las Vegas, attorneys associated with LexisNexis presented a session on “Direct and Peripheral Attacks on the Exclusive Remedy Doctrine”. The presenters were Deborah Kohl, Lex Larson, and Thomas Robinson. The panel felt that Padgett case in Florida and the Oklahoma Option are two of […]
Unraveling the Mysteries of Medicare Secondary Payer Compliance
At the 23rd Annual National Workers’ Compensation & Disability Conference on November 19-21, 2014, one of the sessions focused on the challenges faced in Medicare Secondary Compliance. The session titled “Workers’ Compensation and Its Secondary Payers: Medicare and Medicaid” featured Tim Nay of Nay & Friedenberg, Vernon Sumwalt of The Sumwalt Law Firm and Jennifer […]
Workers’ Compensation Insurance Exposed
Some of the industry’s leading carriers shared their views on the workers’ compensation market at the National Workers’ Compensation & Disability Conference in Las Vegas this week. The panel consisted of Russell Johnston, Casualty President for the Americas Region, American International Group Inc.; Member, NCCI Board of Directors, Sean D. Martin, VP, The Travelers Cos. […]
The Productivity Challenge: Engaging Injured, Absent & Disconnected Workers
At the 23rd Annual National Workers’ Compensation & Disability Conference in Las Vegas, Teresa Bartlett, M.D., SVP, Medical Quality at Sedgwick offered strategies for managing workplace absences through engagement and high-quality care. According to Dr. Bartlett, there are four keys to employee engagement that can be used to engage injured, absent and disconnected employees, producing […]
Integrating Employees’ Health & Well-Being to Improve the Bottom Line
The 23rd Annual National Workers’ Compensation & Disability Conference in Las Vegas kicked off with opening keynote L. Casey Chosewood, M.D., speaking on the serious impact that employees’ existing health problems have on workers’ compensation and disability costs. The Need for Total Worker Health What happens at home and what happens at work are not […]
National Workers’ Compensation & Disability Conference & Expo
On November 19-21, 2014, Safety National will be attending, exhibiting and speaking at the National Workers’ Compensation & Disability Conference & Expo in Las Vegas, Nevada. View the full conference agenda HERE. Follow the Conference Chronicles blog for insights and trends shared by industry thought leaders at the event.