Description
Learn strategies to control your claims costs and reduce your workers compensation premiums.
Proactive employer representatives and other interested stakeholders are constantly on the lookout to reduce workers compensation program costs and premiums. This is a neverending challenge that requires them to review a number of factors and find the best insurance carrier or thirdparty administrator that fits their needs, while at the same time keeping premium costs low.
This program examines the many different challenges and provides tips on how one can find the bestinclass provider of workers compensation coverage and ensure injured employees are treated with respect and dignity, and paid all the benefits they are entitled to following a work injury.
Date: 2024-01-30 Start Time: 1:00 PM ET End Time: 2:05 PM ET
Learning Objectives
* You will be able to understand what can and cannot be covered by workers compensation insurance.
* You will be able to determine future services and vocational outcomes by understanding the combined effects of preexisting conditions and workplace injuries.
* You will be able to identify factors accelerating the need for surgery and implement preventative measures to promote employee wellbeing.
* You will be able to implement accommodations that enhance workplace safety and reduce the likelihood of workplace injuries.
The Grand Bargain • a Overview of Workers Compensation Insurance in the Us
• Work Comp: From Hammurabi to the Modern Day
• Ancient Origins of Work Comp
• Impact of the Industrial Revolution and Muckraking Journalism,
• Industrial Revolution and Muckraking Journalism
• Work Comp in the United States
• Work Comp Basics in the United States
• Average Weekly Wage
• Indemnity Benefits
• Medical Benefits
• Vocational Rehabilitation Benefits
• Understanding Arising out of and Course of
• Arising out of
• Course of
• Asserting Common Defenses
• Workers Compensation Policy Issues and Premium Calculation
• Factors Work Comp Insurance Carriers Consider
• Shopping for Work Comp Insurance
• Employees vs. Independent Contractors
• Work Comp Insurance Audits
Understanding Workers Compensation Insurance
• What the Insurance Covers
• What the Insurance Company Pays for
• The Right to Defend Claims
• Additional Items Covered by Insurance
• Items Covered by the Employer
• The Right of Recovery
• Legal Things
Tips for Employers Serious About Low Work Comp Premiums
• Workplace Safety Training
• Prompt Injury Reporting
• Injury Response
• Access to Immediate First Aid
• Telephonic Nurse Triage Services
• Managing Medical Care Post-Injury
• Preferred Provider Organizations (Ppo) Contracts
• Effective Return to Work
• Use of a Return to Work Coordinator
• Thinking Outside the Box
• Other Intangibles
Expecting the Unexpected
• Chemical Exposure or Substances
• Consequential Injuries
• Multiple Injuries • Single Incident and Catastrophic Claims
• Employees Receiving SSDI and Medicare Benefits
• Unusual Employment Relationships
ASA ,CLE (Please check the Detailed Credit Information page for states that have already been approved) ,HR Certification Institute ,CPE ,SHRM ,Additional credit may be available upon request. Contact Lorman at 866-352-9540 for further information.
Aaron Frederickson-MSP Compliance Solutions, LLC
