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The CMSP credential is an advanced program designed to be the most comprehensive, cost effective program teaching Medicare Secondary Payer Compliance. While the CMSP program includes in depth discussion of the Medicare Set Aside process, it teaches much more. Class to be taught in the Loews Hotel in New Orleans, LA on Sept. 26-28, 2011. (WCxKit)
Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) is intended to replace lost income for people suffering from a disability that is likely to cause substantial long-term losses in earnings. A concern has been that SSDI may have a disincentive effect on the willingness of recipients to work — that is, that some SSDI beneficiaries would work if they did not receive benefits, say Nicole Maestas and Kathleen J. Mullen of the RAND Corporation.
Laid-off workers and aging baby boomers are flooding Social Security's disability program with benefit claims, pushing the financially strapped system toward the brink of insolvency.
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Workers Compensation Roundtable is jointly managed by people dedicated to the concept that workers compensation is a manageable line on the employer’s expense ledger and informed professionals are empowered achievers. Workers compensation is not simply a cost of doing business; it is a cost that can be controlled. (WCxKit)
Beginning with an assessment of cost drivers, benchmarking data, and integrating the solutions, employers can reduce workers comp costs 20-50%. With proper information, professionals managing compensation claims can reduce costs and improve outcomes for all stakeholders in the process.
Author Rebecca Shafer, JD, President of Amaxx Risk Solutions, Inc. is a national expert in the field of workers compensation. She is a writer, speaker, and website publisher. Her expertise is working with employers to reduce workers compensation costs, and her clients include airlines, healthcare, printing, publishing, pharmaceuticals, retail, hospitality, and manufacturing. See www.LowerWC.com for more information. Contact: [email protected].
