This week on LinkedIn’s Workers Compensation Roundtable, the group manager, Bob Wilson, President & CEO of WorkersCompensation.com managed to skip town for a real vacation. Nice going, Bob!
One of our own blogs sparked a discussion – if an employee has a heart attack at home that may be a result of a too-heavy workload, is that the employer’s fault? Kelly Haile, president of Keystone Case Management, posted the blog and asked what others think.
As though in answer, Mark Walls, assistant vice president of claims at Safety National posts an interesting article from Risk and Insurance magazine titled, “Not All Claims are Created Equal.” The article talks about presumption laws which are available to some employees in 43 states and assume that SOME diseases, such as heart disease, are indeed assumed to be a result of work. It is the employer’s burden to prove otherwise.
Ginger Benter, Founder & CEO of People Solutions, Inc., asks, “Does anyone know of any employment agencies in California that specialize in Risk Management or other Workers' Compensation positions with employers either temporary or permanent?”
Tom Bielicki from Insurance Recruiting Specialists (IRS) responded saying that his is the only such agency he knows of.
John Carrington, analyst at Hound Partners, asks, “Does anyone know where I can find the number of workers' compensation claims filed per year in each U.S. state?” His question sparks many in agreement looking for the same information and a few suggestions. Read more here to find some ideas.
Jack Kanner, COO of P.S.R. Corporation [aka] Professional Safeguard Resources, posts this article, “Insuring Infrastructure Industries: Avoidable Losses in Uncertain Economic Times.”
Celina Allemand, at Louisiana Association of Self Insured Employers, reminds readers the Certified Medicare Secondary Payer Professional CMSP Program in Baltimore, MD is coming up Aug. 5-7, 2011.
Amy Brown, insurance consultant and WC specialist at DHR posts this article, titled, “Ariz. Court: Workers’ Comp Time Limits on Workers’ Comp Judges Not Mandatory.” It begins, “Arizona law does not prescribe any consequences in cases where administrative law judges do not issue an opinion in workers’ compensation cases with the required 30 days from hearing, a state appeals court ruled.” Brown stresses that it is interesting for both employers and employees to note.
On the job front, recruiter Debbie Heiman, is looking for an at-home claims adjuster. Follow this link to read more. And LaTesa Williams is looking for an assistant service center manager in workers comp claims for a Tampa Broadspire job. There were a few other jobs posted in the group this week as well.
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Workers Compensation Roundtable is jointly managed by people dedicated to the concept that workers compensation is a manageable line on your expense ledger, and that informed professionals are empowered achievers. Workers' compensation is not simply a cost of doing business, it is a cost that can be controlled. Beginning with an assessment of cost drivers, benchmarking data, and integrating the solutions, employers can reduce workers' comp costs 20 to 50 percent. With proper information, professionals managing compensation claims can reduce costs and improve outcomes for all stakeholders in the process. This group is for employers, business owners, risk managers, HR managers, insurance executives, and brokers to discuss the obstacles and strategies to overcome them.(WCxKit)
