Suggested Audience
Employers, Adjusters, Nurse Case Managers, Attorneys, Mediators
Moderator
- LaShawn Pender, Workers’ Compensation Program Coordinator—Memphis, BWC
Presenter
- Anne Kirby, RN, Chief Compliance Officer & VP of Care Management – Rising Medical Solutions
Session Description
Findings from the latest Workers’ Compensation Benchmarking Study confirm industry leaders are evolving beyond traditional medical management approaches. Year after year, ever-escalating medical costs threaten effective claims management and organizational viability causing claims payers to enlist progressive thinking.
Claims and medical leaders who participated in focus group research for the 2018 study provided answers to the medical management challenges that have been outlined in every benchmarking study since 2013, the first year of the study’s inception. In this session, Anne Kirby of the study’s director, Rising Medical Solutions, will share how top claims organizations are overcoming soaring medical costs and improving injury recovery results.
Up Next: Networking Break (Visit Exhibitors next door) then Breakout Sessions at 3:15 PM