Workers' compensation causes headaches throughout all levels of an organization. Injuries affect production, costs, and morale. Managing Workers' Compensation: A Guide to Injury Reduction and Effective Claim Management lays out - in logical order - management and safety procedures that reduce injuries and the aggravation that follows. The authors cover hiring, training, and managing employees with injury avoidance in mind. They provide a blueprint for dealing with injured employees and their families, and for determining the correct time for the employee to return to work. The book discusses the all-important issues of fraud, modified duty, substance abuse testing and accident investigations. It also provides guidance for managing your organization's safety efforts in a manner that targets workers' compensation cost control as one of its major objectives. In addition to comprehensive coverage of workers' compensation, the book gives you a thorough explanation of additional sources of assistance, including the availability and utility of Internet safety resources, a complete listing of state workers' compensation agencies, and sample checklists that help you evaluate your workplace. Although workers' compensation laws vary from state-to-state, the principles behind the system and the ability of employers to influence their own premiums remain consistent. By gaining a thorough understanding of these principles and implementing proven cost control strategies, you can realize substantial savings. Managing Workers' Compensation: A Guide to Injury Reduction and Effective Claim Management explains the process by which premiums are calculated and shows how you can impact - favorably - the amount your organization pays in premiums.

Our Guide provides the lay of the land for today's laws and regulations about workers' compensation. At the same time it presents practical strategies for employers to reduce the overall expense of workers' compensation by getting claimants back on the job.The Guide discusses basic strategies for controlling compensation costs that depend on sound management practices. Included are effective back-to-work programs, safety programs, and fraud prevention programs. There are over 20 charts showing the practices of each state on vital topics, as well as a legislative roundup of recent changes in each of the 50 states. Key areas of discussion include securing compensation insurance, minimizing premium costs, determining claim coverage, requirements for the different types of benefits, control of medical costs, managed care practices, claim investigation and defense, and safety programs and claim prevention.

The #1 training manual that covers how to assess your workers' compensation program, design the most cost-impacting strategy, roll out comprehensive changes to your organization, and monitor and manage the program going forward. 250 pagesThe book is based on hands-on experience of industry leaders who have developed programs that reduce workers comp costs 20% - 50% for employers in every industry. The co-authors, Michael Stack & Rebecca Shafer, have worked directly with the largest organizations in the US developing practical, cost effective solutions to out of control workers' compensation costs.Our guidebook provides simple to advanced strategies ¿ everything an employer CAN DO to reduce costs ¿ an EMPOWERING experience.Learn now with 19 chapters ¿ over 250 pages of cost reduction strategies and techniques.

An employer that understands basic concepts in workers compensation may be better able to manage the compensation process. Our Guide provides the lay of the land for today's laws and regulations about workers' compensation. At the same time it presents practical strategies for employers to reduce the overall expense of workers' compensation by getting claimants back on the job.Included are over 20 charts showing the practices of each state on vital topics, as well as a legislative roundup of recent changes in each of the 50 states. Key areas of discussion include securing compensation insurance, minimizing premium costs, determining claim coverage, requirements for the different types of benefits, control of medical costs, managed care practices, claim investigation and defense, and safety programs and claim prevention.