Sedgwick Senior Vice President, Corporate Development, M&A, and Healthcare, Kimberly George is featured talking about the role and value of wearables as they relate to wellness, injury prevention, and case management. She talks about the value of us…
Managing drug samples in a physician’s office or ambulatory care clinic requires a system of checks and balances to help prevent medication errors and adverse drug events, establish a tracking system for alerts and recalls to comply with federal la…
Sedgwick Director of Pharmacy, Complex Pharmacy Management, Dr. Paul Peak talks about the value of pharmacy management programs. Such programs can help employees improve their health and well-being and ensure overall corporate productivity and compe…
Sedgwick President and CEO, David A. North, is a featured author in the current William Mitchell Law Review. Dave addresses the Affordable Care Act as it relates to workers’ compensation. The article addresses such issues as access to medical care, p…
Recently there has been a lot of discussion – in the media and throughout the industry – about the California independent medical review (IMR) process. Introduced to the workers’ compensation system in California as part of Senate Bill 863, IMR serve…
Data security, or cyber security, is and has been on everyone’s minds now for some time. The hits just keep coming even as organizations step up their efforts to keep data protected. In the area of healthcare, it is especially true that you would w…
Communities and companies alike are on a mission to create a culture of health. Obesity, chronic disease and diabetes management have long been a wellness focus for employers. 25 years ago, the Americans with Disabilities Act was passed and its inten…
Texas is a prime example of how two benefit systems can result in competition, innovation and a winning option for consumers. In 2008, 49% of employers that had opted out of the traditional workers’ compensation system (“non-subscribers”) noted that …
In the workers’ compensation and managed care industries, the primary objective is to help injured employees find the appropriate care so they can get healthy again and return to work. One way to help ensure this is by having systematic rules-based t…
Mental health conditions in the workplace cost U.S. employers $80–$100 billion in medical expenses and productivity losses annually. The emotional and psychological impact of mental health conditions on employees, their family members and the communi…
Edge:What is Sedgwick working on right now that will have an impact on our customers in the near future? Darryl: We have started to roll out mobile technology from a disability and absence perspective using responsive design, so all of the features a…
Topical compounds: amazing promises, high costs and unimpressive resultsAre we in Oz? BY PAUL PEAK, PHARMDDirector, Clinical Pharmacy, Complex Pharmacy Management, Sedgwick I was recently reminded of that famous moment in the Wizard of Oz and the lin…
The wheels are slowly turning across the nation as state workers’ compensation regulatory agencies and state legislators focus on how to best respond to the prescription drug abuse epidemic and gain more control. Implementing a closed formulary is …
The startling news headlines have somewhat slowed since last month’s tragic Germanwings airliner crash which resulted in the deaths of all aboard. By now you are familiar with the story which repeatedly focused on the pilot’s mental state and diagnos…
HOW IT WORKSAt Sedgwick, our strategic case management nurses review the claims that are referred for case management and look for yellow flags, which may identify concerns such as anxiety, fear of returning to work or a history of narcotics use. T…