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Rule expands protections for military families and airline employees. Last month, the U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) Wage and Hour Division released its final regulations implementing two important protection expansions under FMLA.
The Medicaid health program is a state/federal partnership that covers nearly 50 million low income Americans. The expansion of Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) may result in increased expenditures for both the federal and state governmen…
Managing work absence under the federal Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) continues to challenge employers. Our conversations with benefits managers and FMLA claims administrators revealed that employers focus much of their efforts and resources on…
Physician-dispensed medications have become commonplace in medical care delivery for injured workers within the workers’ compensation system. In a multi-state study of dispensing patterns, Wang reported that as of 2011, over half of all pharmacy pres…
Sedgwick Managing Director, Darrell Brown, discusses the impact the workers’ compensation reform law in California will have on claims administrators. While commenting on the overall positive effect the law is likely to have on employers, he notes t…
In that role, Johnson will have management responsibility for the company’s professional liability, consumer claims, Medicare compliance compliance, structured settlements, Ohio state fund, and unemployment insurance units.
On January 14, 2013, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) released a Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) Administrator Interpretation Letter No. 2013-1.
Sedgwick EVP of casualty operations Jim Ryan discusses the need for TPAs to utilize technology as a means of offsetting the increased workloads that adjusters face today.
David North, the president and CEO of Sedgwick Claims Management Services, Inc., notes the diversity of today’s workforce and advises that the adjuster population should change to more closely reflect the claimant population in order to achieve bette…
Sedgwick announced today that Steven E. Penman has been named the company’s chief operating officer. Spending nearly his entire storied career with Sedgwick, Penman joined the company in 1978 and has served in several management and leadership roles.…
Ann Gaffey has been appointed the company’s senior vice president of health care risk management. In her new role, Gaffey will direct Sedgwick’s risk management and patient safety consultation practice.