2015: Your Ultimate Guide to Mastering Workers Comp Costs: The MINI-BOOK: Reduce Costs 20% to 50%

by Rebecca Shafer

Overview

A 20-page booklet that summarizes each chapter of the comprehensive book down to one page each. This booklet is in outline format, thus perfect for training programs.

Topics Covered:

Workers' Compensation Insurance Basics, Fundamentals of Cost Containment, Training and Building Commitment, Injury Management Best Practices Roles and Responsibilities, Reporting the Claim, Post-Injury Response Procedure, Communication with Employees, Working with Your Adjusters or TPA, Safety and Loss Control, Wellness Programs, Return to Work and Transitional Duty, Other Indemnity Cost Containment Services, Directing Medical Care, Medical Cost Containment, Fighting Fraud and Abuse, Rehabilitating the Injured Employee, Managing Prescription Drug Use and Abuse Program, Claims Resolution and Settlements, BONUS CHAPTER! Federal Employees Compensation Act (FECA)

Product Details

BN ID:	2940149234257
Publisher:	Advisen Ltd
Publication date:	01/01/2014
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	21
File size:	3 MB

About the Author

Rebecca Shafer
Attorney/Risk Consultant
President, Amaxx Risk Solutions, Inc.
Email:
www.WCManual.com
www.LowerWC.com


Rebecca Shafer is an attorney and risk consultant specializing in workers’
compensation cost containment. For over 25 years, she has helped companies
reduce workers’ compensation costs. She is the author of Workers Compensation
Management Program: Reduce Costs 20% to 50%.


Rebecca developed and patented the first automated, web-based workers’
compensation cost containment best practice assessment system and founded the
Workers Compensation Resource Center at www.lowerwc.com a resource for
employers with high workers compensation costs.


Formerly with Marsh & McLennan, she developed the consulting program, trained
consulting staff in injury management techniques, monitored workers’ compensation
consulting projects, and worked directly with companies of all sizes. As CEO of
AON’s workers’ compensation consulting unit, she developed Comp Camp, an
IACET-credentialed educational facility that taught companies how to control workers’
compensation costs. She has helped integrate workers’ compensation cost
containment into marketing strategies for middle market and risk management
accounts, and participated in product development teams.


Rebecca’s articles have been published in The New York Times and many industry
publications. In 2011, she was selected by Lexis Nexis for the Notable Person
Award for her work to bridge the gap between risk managers and lawyers. Her blog
was selected by Risk & Insurance Management Society as one of The Top 10
Industry Blogs in 2011 and by Lexis Nexis Workers Compensation Law Practice as
one of Top 25 Blogs for 5 consecutive years.


Rebecca serves on the Executive Committee of Larson’s LexisNexis Workers’
Compensation Practice Board, and is licensed to practice law in Connecticut and
New Hampshire.