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This past month, the issue of culture and how we both protect and develop it has been at the front of my mind. Why? As we face complex problems and opportunities, it's more important than ever that we support doing the right thing – and help motiva…
As consumers, we all feel the effects – to varying degrees – of recessions and other forms of economic disruption. From a risk management point of view, this is economic risk for which some risk managers have direct responsibility. For the vast major…
In part one of this blog discussion, we began to explore the reasons why employers today are looking for ways to more effectively manage drug utilization – particularly for costly and potentially addictive narcotics – within their workers' compensa…
Prescription drug costs are becoming an increasing percentage of total workers’ compensation costs. Today, medication prices are rising faster than any other medical expenditure. Further, the expanded use of powerful narcotics and opioi…
"Nursing is an art: and if it is to be made an art, it requires an exclusive devotion, as hard a preparation, as any painter's or sculptor's work; for what is the having to do with dead canvas or dead marble, compared with having to do with the livin…
All of us have unique experiences that show how a nurse has made a difference in our lives. Nurses see us through from birth to death and everything in between. They are kind, compassionate and caring individuals who were called to their profession…
The RIMS 2013 Annual Conference & Exhibition was held in Los Angeles last week and, once again, RIMS did a great job delivering a well-balanced program complete with educational sessions, networking opportunities, thought leadership and entert…
At Sedgwick, we have always known that our greatest asset is our outstanding people. No matter how many technology-related efficiencies we incorporate into our work processes, it is our 10,300 colleagues who day in and day out deliver excellence fo…
When we look at what drives workers’ compensation costs, litigation is always at the top of our list of expenses. After the decision is made to involve counsel – for the injured worker and/or the employer – efforts are traditionally aimed at long-ter…
Risk managers have long debated the use and value of bundled versus unbundled programs. Historically, conventional wisdom has dictated that risk managers buy services such as claims administration, medical bill review, preferred provider networks and…
In the claims industry the word "quality" has become synonymous with the exercise of box checking. I see that as a problem. We all know that complying to basic requirements is important, but isn't that just one aspect of quality that should be depl…
Welcome to the inaugural edition of the Sedgwick blog. As your host, I look forward to a rich and regular dialogue about the issues and opportunities that represent the present and future of high performance claims and productivity management servi…