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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6 Ways Insurance Companies Control Workers' Comp Claim Leakage

• 04/23/19

When you review your broker's or insurer's website, there is one subject in workers compensation that most brokers and insurers never mention – leakage. Leakage in an insurance claim is ...
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Responsibilities of a Workers/ Comp Claims Investigation Leader

• 04/16/19

Members of the claim management team and fully-engaged employers must exhibit these same traits when it comes to workers’ compensation claims.  All claims must be investigated promptly – by ...
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Why Work Comp Claims Become Old Dog Claims

• 04/12/19

Every self-insured employer who has been managing their own workers' compensation claims program for 3 years or more have “old dog” claims, or for the politically correct folks, legacy claims. ...
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How to Build Your Return to Work Program

• 04/09/19

A successful transitional duty/return to work program is much more than having an injured employee answering the telephone or sweeping the floors. Unfortunately, too many employers see a transitional duty ...
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Intervention Claims In Workers' Compensation

• 04/03/19

Intervention claims play an important role in workers’ compensation claims and come from many different sources.  These include various government interests (e.g., Medicare, Medicaid, Veterans ...
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5 Considerations For Effective Safety Program Incentives

• 03/28/19

Safety program incentives are a popular tactic as all good risk managers understand the importance of preventing injuries. From the employers perspective, the buy-in of the employees into the safety program ...
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5 Ways to Ensure a Workers' Comp Claim Investigation Is Off to a Good Start

• 03/19/19

If you’ve ever been intrigued by police investigations in TV shows or detective novels, you might want to use that enthusiasm to investigate workplace injuries. Approaching a workers' comp claim ...
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10 Helpful Tips For Managing Angry Workers' Comp Claimants

• 03/14/19

Unfortunately, angry workers’ comp claimants are often part of the workers’ compensation business. As hard as you try, you are never going to please all people all of the time.  Experienced ...
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Six Things that Drive Workers Compensation Adjusters Crazy

• 03/13/19

Being a workers' compensation adjuster has a lot of demands. Every day you have to juggle multiple demands on many files, sometimes within several jurisdictions. A typical caseload for the lost-time adjuster ...
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