Rebecca Shafer is an attorney and expert in workers compensation cost containment. Since 1991 she has utilized her expertise in working with employers to target savings opportunities and reduce their workers compensation costs. Her clients have included airlines, healthcare, printing/publishing, pharmaceuticals, retail, hospitality, and manufacturing. Her greatest strength is helping clients properly assess their problems and move from assessment to implementation. Her work with insurance brokers and position as litigation manager for a Fortune 500 company have given her a broad perspective on how to manage workers compensation within an organization. She is an accomplished writer, speaker, and publisher. She serves on the Executive Committee of LexisNexis Workers Compensation Law Community. She is the author of Workers Compensation Management Program: Reduce Costs 20% to 50%. She can be reached at RShafer@ReduceYourWorkersComp.com
A major mistake made by employers in handling workers’ compensation claims is the failure of the employer to build and maintain rapport with the injured employee. Wikipedia defines rapport as ...
Read More Every self-insured employer has to contend with the occasional workers’ compensation claim the employer feels is of questionable validity. The urge is often to ‘fight fire with fire.’ ...
Read More Settling workers’ compensation cases is an important part of being a proactive and effective member of the claims management team. It also allows interested stakeholders to concentrate their ...
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A critical part of controlling workers’ compensation costs is to put into place solid investigation techniques. No matter how severe or minor a workplace injury, each case needs to be ...
Read More Everyone has opinions on what workers comp is. Some are correct, but most are misconceptions. The commercials seen on TV about people collecting hundreds of thousands of dollars are not true for the average ...
Read More Losses are just one factor in your overall workers’ compensation costs. The other is premium. Many calculations are involved in setting the premium; it comes down to how much of a risk the carrier ...
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Mediation is frequently used in workers’ compensation cases to settle claims and avoid the uncertainties of litigation. This is because it allows all interested stakeholders to be involved in the ...
Read More The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) asserts it has the right to deny paying for a treatment if a settlement recipient still has funds in a Medicare Set Aside (MSA) or has not ...
Read More The only good file is a closed file! In workers’ compensation, this is accomplished by settling with the injured employee via a Stipulation for Settlement or Release. While this may ...
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