Posts related to ‘Integrated services’

Sedgwick SVP Disability and Absence Practice & Compliance Bryon Bass authored this article

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…

Sedgwick SVP Clinically Integrated Medical Program Andrea Buhl contributed to this article promoting the intregration of all managed care and claims services to provide the best outcomes for injured workers. The article begins on page 8.

This blog article has been republished as originally run in Human Resource Executive magazine's November 2014 issue As an employer, you've most likely heard about the multimillion-dollar lawsuits and settlements related to the Americans with Disabil…

Sedgwick recently hosted a webinar discussing Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and ADA Amendments Act (ADAAA) compliance, in partnership with Human Resource Executive. There was a high level of interest and employers asked many thought-provoking…

. The goals of such programs include the delivery of high quality medical and disability services, the establishment of a collaborative, proactive strategy designed to produce results, and the creation of a culture of health, wellness, and safety a…

For many employers today, management of the direct and indirect costs of absence and the need to improve employee productivity are critical competitive issues. More effective absence management has become a key initiative. As a result, integrated …

Denise Fleury talks about the challenges employers face in managing FMLA and the impact it can have on employee absence. She also talks about the importance of linking data associated with workers’ compensation and disability claims and how this dat…

Claims with comorbidities create some of the most difficult challenges claims examiners face. In workers’ compensation, comorbidities refer to those existing medical conditions that impact a person’s primary work-related injury. Such conditions often…

Sedgwick President and CEO, Dave North, is spotlighted in a series of articles highlighting his keynote address at the upcoming WCI conference. In Part III of the series, Dave talks about how How will the 2013 workers’ compensation legislative initia…

Kimberly George, Senior Vice President, Managed Care Practice, talks about strategies employers can use to manage the costs associated with opioids, narcotics, and other powerful drugs. She also discusses how these same strategies can benefit the re…

To purchase services on a bundled or unbundled basis is a question that risk managers have debated for many years. In the past, conventional thinking among many risk professionals was to purchase services from distinct service providers.