Our Book Will Help You Answer These Questions:
- Can you define the purpose of workers’ compensation?
- Do you know who pays for workers’ comp?
- Can you identify the seven main parties involved in the program?
- What are the five benefits to the employer?
- Why you need to know 10 differences between an employee and an independent contractor?
- What are four types of benefits paid to injured workers?
- Can you distinguish between the various types of covered injuries?
- How is a work-related injury defined?
- What is the difference between aggravation and exacerbation of claims?
- Do you know the difference between statutory coverage and employer’s liability coverage?
- How does Federal Employee’s Compensation differ?
- There are six ways losses are categorized. Do you know them?
- How are losses reported?
- What is meant by “mod” and how does it affect your premium?
- Can you name the 13 types of insurance structures?
More questions that our book answers: Table of Contents.
What’s in the Book?
Pre-Loss Planning
- Workers’ Compensation Insurance Basics
- Fundamentals of Cost Containment
- Training and Building Commitment
- Injury Management Best Practices Roles and Responsibilities
- Reporting the Claim
- Post-Injury Response Procedure
- Communication with Employees
- Working with Your Insurance Adjusters or TPA
- Safety and Loss Control
- Wellness Programs
- Appendix A: Glossary of Abbreviations
Post Loss Implementation
- Return to Work and Transitional Duty
- Other Indemnity Cost Containment Methods
- Directing Medical Care
- Medical Cost Containment
- Fighting Fraud and Abuse
- Rehabilitating the Injured Employee
- Managing Prescription Drug Use and Abuse
- Claims Resolution and Settlements
- Federal Employees Compensation Act
- Appendix B: Documents Referenced in Book
Readers and Users Who Benefit From Our Cost-Reduction Guidebook Include:
The principles in our guidebook apply to any state, jurisdiction, or country. The program improves internal communications and operational best practices of employers. No matter where you are trying to train risk managers, this book will work for you! Of course, you will need to coordinate any new policies including those in our book with your in-house team of professionals.
- Risk Managers and Safety Directors use this book to train supervisors in workers’ compensation claims management. They learn more about their area of responsibility – post-loss cost containment – adding to their overall knowledge. This book is also used to get management commitment in rolling out a Return-to-Work program, one of the biggest cost savings areas relating to workers’ compensation costs.
- Brokers, Agents, Insurance Companies, Reinsurers, Adjusters, and Consultants use this book for prospecting and to learn about specific aspects of cost containment; and benefit by passing their knowledge on to their clients. For example, when discussing how to develop a Return-to-Work program and a client asks about “off-site return-to-work programs,” the broker quickly finds that section in the book, reviews it, and passes the answer on to the client, along with a copy of the cost containment book. The book becomes a “lesson plan” tool.
- Producers and Account Executives give the book to prospects during formal presentations such as annual stewardship meetings to illustrate how their company is on top of workers’ compensation issues. The book also makes a good client gift.
- Vendors such as doctors, investigation firms, law firms, medical management vendors and triage companies learn how their services might fit into the workers’ compensation marketplace. They learn what is important to employers, and what they look for in medical provider relationships. Many also private-label the book and give it to prospects to show them how the services fit together.
- Human Resources find it useful in bringing new hires including risk managers, safety professionals and supervisors, up to speed very quickly. Often the HR Director is responsible for some aspect of workers’ compensation or disability leave, and needs to understand more about workers’ compensation cost containment methodology.
Which Version Is Right For You?
Learn more about how each version of Your Ultimate Guide to Mastering Workers’ Compensation Costs can help your company and/or your clients:
● The BIG BOOK (Comprehensive Version) contains everything you need to know to reduce workers’ comp costs and improve safety step-by-step.
● Our Mini-Book summarizes each chapter of the big book and is a great overview of our WC cost-reduction process.
● The Pocket-Size Mini Book is a great client giveaway that helps your customers and keeps you top-of-mind.
DISCLAIMER: Do not use this information without independent verification. All laws vary and change frequently. Consult your attorney, insurance broker/agent, or another professional you select about workers’ compensation or other issues. Do NOT rely on information contained on this website.