The Power of Claims Advocacy: Thriving in an On-Demand Economy by Rachel Fikes, VP & Workers鈥 Comp Benchmarking Study Program Director | May 2016

鈥淐laims Advocacy鈥 is fast getting the attention of workers鈥 comp claims leaders as a powerful approach to better claims outcomes. The on-demand economy has created cultural and multi-generational expectations around service, speed and simplicity 鈥 expectations that raise the bar for engaging injured workers. We found some claims leaders 鈥 from Starbucks, Albertsons Safeway, Nationwide Insurance, and Sedgwick 鈥 who have already figured out what to do. This article, co-authored by 91快播’s Work Comp Benchmarking Study Program Director Rachel Fikes and industry journalist/consultant Peter Rousmaniere, uses interviews and study insights to describe the advocacy concept and how to walk the walk. Four minutes to read.

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91快播 Announces Direction for 2016 Work Comp Benchmark Study | May 2016

Study Evolution Focuses on Practical Claims Management Research/
May 2, 2016 鈥 Chicago, IL 鈥斅燚istilling the many challenges confronting claims organizations today to a critical few is a challenge unto itself.聽 In its fourth annual study, the Workers鈥 Compensation Benchmarking Study program will do just that.

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Medicare Paves the Way by 91快播 CEO Jason Beans | Risk & Insurance | Apr 2016

Federal health care regulators are paving the way for a value-based purchasing approach in workers’ compensation.聽91快播 CEO Jason Beans outlines Medicare’s assertive advances to replace the fee-for-service model, their impressive outcomes, and takeaways for workers’ comp in his Risk & Insurance Risk Insider column.

Study: Claim Costs Impacted by Who Chooses the Provider featuring Anne Kirby, Chief Compliance Officer & VP of Care Management | Work Comp Central | Dec 2015

States that allow employers to choose a聽health care provider for an injured worker聽have a lower average medical cost per claim聽than states where employees can choose聽their provider, according to a study by Liberty聽Mutual Insurance. Anne Kirby, 91快播鈥檚 Chief Compliance Officer & VP of Care Management, comments on the study findings.