Without close monitoring of open workers’ compensation claims, you can lose hundreds of thousands of dollars from your bottom line in payouts relating to unnecessary medical treatment, surgery, lost time-and even employee litigation. You can’t sit back and trust that the system will work to protect you. And failure to communicate regularly with your carrier about open claims is like writing a blank check for unlimited treatment and costs.
Scheduling reviews of open claims with your insurance carrier can help you close claims faster and resolve issues before they get out of control. A thorough, prompt review can also help you respond in a timely manner-which is particularly important in states that limit your rights to investigate or question a claim as a work-related event.
Order this in-depth 90-minute audio conference recording. Our workers’ compensation experts will explain the best ways to stay in control and on top of your open claims, and to move those claims toward a faster and cheaper resolution.
You and your colleagues will learn:
Critical elements of effectively managing your open workers’ compensation claims
How and why to partner with your carrier’s claims manager
Successful tips for claims triage, based on severity
Why one person in your organization must be designated as your workers’ comp administrator-and how to select a good candidate
Why ignoring open claims and hoping they will work themselves out can cost you thousands of dollars in increased litigation claims
Tips on coordinating and communicating your open claims concerns with your carrier
This audio conference will be recorded on Thursday, April 10, 2008
About Your Speakers:
Stuart Baron, Esq., is a nationally recognized expert on managing workers’ compensation claims. He is president of the Workers’ Compensation Claims Control (WCCC) and principal in the law firm of Stuart Baron & Associates in Los Alamitos, California. Over the years, Baron has helped hundreds of employers reduce their financial exposure on workers’ compensation claims and improve their bottom line. His experience as both a lawyer and a third-party claims administrator has helped him develop a multifaceted program designed to bring cost containment to the workers’ compensation arena.
Baron has been heavily involved in advocacy in Sacramento. He is quoted frequently by major workers’ compensation and trade journals and is recognized as a leader in proactive management of workers’ compensation claims in the public and private sectors.
Baron has been in the vanguard of reform since 1988. He and his staff have over 18 years of direct experience in all aspects of workers’ compensation, including underwriting, class code determination, ex-mod calculation, related risk management, safety issues, and micro-managing claims. Baron provides claims management services to hundreds of employers to ensure each claim is handled in a timely and expeditious manner by either the carrier or TPA.
Joyce Schulman is vice president of claims for Employers Direct Insurance Company in Agoura Hills, California. Schulman has 22 years’ experience in the workers’ compensation insurance industry and as a consultant providing audits, expert witness testimony, training and insurance program evaluations, and developing best claims practices for the insurance industry.
Schulman began her career with the California State Compensation Insurance Fund and with Industrial Indemnity (as managing director of the California region). She then served as vice president at the Glendale, California office of Fremont Compensation Insurance Company, and later became vice president of claims for the entire western region. She continues to be active in many industry organizations supporting the development of best practices standards for claims professionals.
Approved for Recertification Credit
This audio conference qualifies for Continuance of Certification (COC) credit. CSPs will earn 0.05 COC points for attending this audio conference.
