Throughout 2020, our experts and thought leaders will monitor, share and explore the common threads that connect us all, and keep you tied into how they evolve to help us all prepare for the future.
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Sedgwick Senior Vice President and Medical Director, Dr. Teresa Bartlett explains how physicians are the most critical component to a successful healthcare experience. She talks about how their communication skills can set the stage for recovery and…
Healthcare risk managers have the opportunity to engage leaders from across their organizations to think more broadly about maximizing value protection and managing risk that comes with uncertainty through the application of an enterprise risk mana…
Sedgwick Senior Vice President, Health Care Risk Management and Patient Safety, Ann Gaffey was elected by her peers to serve as president of the American Society for Healthcare Risk Management (ASHRM). She accepted the presidency this week at ASHRM…
ASHRM President Elect, Ann Gaffey, is featured in a Business Insurance video interview discussing future plans for ASHRM and its members. In particular, she talked about how the membership can open the enterprise risk management conversation and help…
Sedgwick Senior Vice President, Specialty Operations, Tim Over is spotlighted in a Q & A feature by Business Insurance. Among the issues that he addresses are: new trends that he is seeing in healthcare; employer issues on the horizon; his industr…
Gaffey, SVP of health care risk management and patient safety, was elected by her peers to serve as president of the American Society for Healthcare Risk Management, the nation’s premier industry group for health care risk management professionals.
LeanTaaS™, a Silicon Valley healthcare SaaS provider, today announced its first institutional funding round of $3 million led by Sedgwick Claims Management Services, Inc., the leader in innovative claims and productivity management solutions.
Kathy Shostek, Vice President Healthcare Risk Management contributed a recent post about the management of drug samples in physician offices. The blog outlined the need for strategies for documentation and management of drug samples for reducing ri…
Chris Mandel writes about the challenges and benefits of effectively integrating casualty claims and benefits programs. He addresses the difficulties managers can face in crossing over functional areas within their organizations. He also points out…
It’s no secret that acquisitions have been part of Sedgwick’s growth strategy in recent years. I joined Sedgwick through the acquisition of my previous employer in 2011 and was on the task force dedicated to integrating the two companies. When one…
It’s that time when human resources professionals and legal counsel review employment policies for the upcoming year, and this year there are new challenges impacting family and medical leave. The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in the Obergefell v. …
Max Koonce joins Sedgwick casualty retail leadership team
Participate in National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day. You could save a life. In 2012, healthcare providers prescribed 259 million painkillers according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) – enough medication for every Americ…