Thank You Work Comp Analysis Group!
Thanks to the Work Comp Analysis Group for making my discussion, “Prevent Workers’ Compensation Costs with Safety,” the most popular blog of the week. With more than 20,000 members, this is the largest LinkedIn Group covering workers’ compensation. To learn more about the group and its founder, click here. Another safety post is coming soon! […]
Prevent Workers’ Compensation Costs through Safety
Employers can do a lot to save money on workers’ compensation by preventing work-related injuries, illness and deaths in the first place. I know this from the perspective of a writer whose career began more than 20 years ago writing about occupational safety and health for the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC). What I […]
REGULATIONS ISSUED FOR WELLNESS PROGRAMS WITH INCENTIVES
Actuary. Best job of 2013? (1/2)
Thank you to Return to Work Matters
Return to Work Matters wrote up a nice summary of my blog covering Converting the CEO to the Cause of Workers’ Compensation. Thanks!
Thanks to WorkersCompInsider for Mentioning My Blog!
Call for Evangelists – Annmarie Geddes Baribeau issues a call for more work comp evangelists to convert CEOs to the cause of worker’s comp. We agree – every organization’s priorities are set in the corner office and if you don’t have deep-rooted employer commitment to make comp a priority, it won’t be.
Converting the CEO to the Cause of Workers’ Compensation
With employers addressing ObamaCare and rising health care costs, persuading the CEO to make safety and workers’ compensation priorities might be a challenge. But you know workers’ compensation is also important and you need the CEO’s support. I explained this in last week’s blog, which you can find here. Your goal is be an evangelist […]
Great Workers’ Compensation Programs Start at the Top
Some of my most popular blogs cover workers compensation. While in the process of writing future blogs, one central element occurred to me. It is this: A program can only go so far without a strong CEO who supports it. Period. This applies to everything from workers’ compensation to social media. There is no way […]
Opening A Window Into Health Care’s Future
Technology promises amazing innovations that can support longer and healthier lives. But what will it cost us as individuals and as a society? I gave these issues a look for the award-winning Leader’s Edge magazine. It is the cover story for the May issue. Called “Fully Exposed,” my article walks readers through exciting technological innovations […]
WCRI Conference Offers Solutions for the Workers’ Compensation Opioid Epidemic
More Americans suffer from chronic pain than diabetes, cancer, cardiovascular disease and strokes combined. This is according to Harry L. Leider, the chief medical officer and senior vice president of Ameritox. Leider was among other speakers at the Workers’ Compensation Research Institute (WCRI) conference who offered ways to address the growing opioid epidemic. (This blog […]
