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

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Key Questions to Ask When Selecting An Insurance Broker

• 09/30/20

Selecting an insurance broker is an important decision for a company. Usually, smaller companies just use their insurance agents. However, most large companies have brokers rather than agents because they ...
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Why Hold Weekly Meetings With Injured Employees?

• 09/25/20

Every injured employee on transitional duty should meet WEEKLY with the Transitional Duty (TD) Coordinator, if your company has one, or the supervisor in charge of the injured worker’s return to work. ...
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Taking the "I" Out of the Workers' Compensation Team

• 09/22/20

It is a common saying that there is no “I” in team. This same principle applies to the workers’ compensation claim management “team.” All interested parties have an important ...
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Avoid Settlement Document Landmines

• 09/17/20

All workers’ compensation settlement agreements need to have certain elements in order for the agreement to become finalized. It is important that members of the claim management team are aware of ...
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8 Tips to an Effective Return to Work Program

• 09/15/20

Claim management teams will spend more money on a workers’ compensation claim the longer an injured employee stays off work. Based on this given, it is essential for members of the claim management ...
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Investigate Work Comp Claims Early And Thoroughly

• 09/04/20

Success in effective claim management starts with a proper investigation. When it is not done right, everything can and will go wrong. More money is spent on a claim, and employees stay off work longer. This ...
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4 Steps to Settle More Workers' Compensation Cases

• 09/02/20

Members of the claim management team need to focus on settling workers’ compensation cases. This includes identifying claims that are ripe for settlement, engage members of the claim management team ...
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Remember What Mama Taught You For Work Comp Claimant Success

• 08/26/20

Dealing with injured workers can create many challenges for claims professionals and defense attorneys. These difficulties arise from a number of factors and are a reality of the adversarial workers’ ...
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8 Ways to Stay Out of Medicare's Penalty Box

• 08/25/20

If a non-group health plan — liability, no-fault, or workers’ compensation insurer — fails to report the settlement obligation to Medicare on time, it could result in a whopping ...
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