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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Ten Light Duty Work Ideas

• 02/15/19

So you have decided to provide some light duty or transitional work for injured workers to decrease wage loss expense.  First of all, congratulations! This is the first step in decreasing claims costs. ...
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Evaluating Medical Evidence to Make Better Workers' Comp Decisions

• 02/14/19

Members of the claim management team are called upon to evaluate the medical evidence and determine issues of reasonableness and necessity of medical care and treatment, along with determinations of ...
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WCRI's Annual Workers' Comp Conference Features Latest Research and Efforts to Address Opioid Epidemic

• 02/12/19

With more Americans dying from opioid overdoses than car crashes, the Workers Compensation Research Institute (WCRI) is devoting a session at their upcoming 35th Annual Issues & Research ...
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LA OWCA to Host Mediation Awareness Week October 8-12

• 10/03/18

The Office of Workers’ Compensation (OWC) will host Mediation Awareness Week, October 8th-12th, 2018, highlighting its court mediation program. During this nationally recognized week long event, each ...
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September 11th Remembered - Tribute To Marsh And AON

• 09/08/16

Everyone remembers where they were the when they learned the World Trade Center crumbled to the ground. I was scooping ice cream at the Mansfield Center General Store. Having recently retired from the risk ...
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Changing Hearts and Minds to Win the Battle against Prescription Drug Abuse

• 08/17/16

The expansion of Medicare to include a prescription drug benefit has had varied results on the workers’ compensation system and compliance with the Medicare Secondary Payer Act.  While this ...
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Key Appellate Case Explains Confidentiality Rules in New Jersey Workers' Comp

• 05/25/16

The most expansive discussion of confidentiality in workers' compensation comes ironically from a civil law suit in the matter of Seymoure v. A.O. Smith Water Products Company, et. al., A-3967-14T3 ...
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Webinar (no charge): Lower Workers' Comp Cost Best Practices

• 10/08/14

Thursday, October 9th @ 11am EDT This is a free, one-hour webinar Since you care about workers' compensation, I want you to know about our webinar (no charge). California Pizza Kitchen's David ...
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Task Force Set to Reduce Workplace Deaths by 25 Percent

• 06/08/12

New Zealand business and workers' organizations have fallen in line with backing a review of workplace health and safety law to ensure workers protection.  According to a report from NZ Newswire, Labor ...
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