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, Corporate Development, M&A, and Healthcare, Kimberly George states that non-occupational return to work programs can ultimately reduce employers’ costs. The article compares and contrasts employers’ return to work init…
Sedgwick Chief Performance Officer, Darrell Brown, and Sedgwick Senior Vice President, Corporate Development, M&A, and Healthcare, Kimberly George are quoted in the article about the impact provider payments can make on achieving desired outcomes. D…
I spoke with Robert Wilson at WorkersCompensation.com last month about the upcoming ABA Midwinter Conference where I will deliver the keynote address. Bob asked me what I thought would be important future trends for the workers' compensation industry…
Consolidation of hospitals and health systems may have hit an all-time high as health reform and market forces continue to drive mergers and acquisitions. It is important for healthcare organizations to address the cultures that exist in different …
You have done all that you can. You have been diligent in your R&D, engineering, testing, manufacturing and quality control. Sales and Marketing are excited and ready. You have vetted instruction manuals and labels. You have even involved Legal. Yo…
Sedgwick Senior Vice President, Strategic Solutions, Chris Mandel describes the mission and accomplishments of the Association for Responsible Alternatives to Workers’ Compensation (ARAWC) organization and notes Sedgwick’s role as a founding member. …
On January 30, 2015 the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved a reformulated version of Zohydro ER (a long-acting, single-entity hydrocodone product) that is designed to possess abuse-deterrent properties. When the FDA originally approve…
Last year I highlighted the mission and objectives of the newly minted Association for Responsible Alternatives to Workers’ Compensation (ARAWC) organization that was established by a collaborative group of employers and their provider partners. With…
Sedgwick pledges $300K for adults to finish degrees Sedgwick Claims Management Services Inc. has pledged $300,000 over three years to the University of Memphis to help adults complete degrees they started and stopped. The Finish Line Program encourag…
The current measles outbreak has received major news coverage in the United States because this highly contagious disease – declared eliminated in the U.S. in 2000 after decades of childhood vaccine efforts – has begun to spread again. In Januar…
Sedgwick Senior Vice President, Strategic Solutions, Chris Mandel discusses the shift in purchasing patterns among risk managers. More are electing to purchase services on a bundled basis versus what has been seen in the past. Chris explains this h…
Sedgwick Senior Vice President, Senior Healthcare Advisor, Kimberly George is featured in an article posted on the Risk & Insurance website. In the article, Kimberly talks about some of the latest healthcare technology and how these advancements ar…
Important things in life are not easily reduced to 10 steps. Nevertheless, this article provides a list of 10 key elements to achieving long-term success in risk management from someone who has spent more than 25 years striving to carve out the most…