2018 Risk All Star Alumine Bellone’s due diligence aided Ardent Health Services in a successful year of growth and acquisition, going from 14 hospitals in three states to 31 in seven.

Hospital-system mergers reduce competition, elevating the importance of cost-containment measures for workers’ comp payers.

In risk management, it’s not just about managing risk. It’s about taking a risk.

The next novel influenza strain could be the catalyst for a global recession. 

Among the annual toll in the U.S. opioid epidemic are up to 5,000 hospital inpatients. The drugs they are legally prescribed are creating liability issues for pharmacists as well as physicians.

Telemedicine has become a ‘buzzword’ in workers’ comp. But is it really cutting costs and creating positive results in claims?

Janet Sheiner puts focus and creativity into her role as a risk manager and her work as an artist.

Opioids were supposed to help. Instead, their addictive power harmed many, and calls for accountability are broadening.

There are generational differences in how mental health is discussed, but overall the amount of stigma attached to the topic is too high.

The flexibility of captives is well-suited to serve the rapidly changing risks health care organizations face.

Janet Sheiner, VP of risk management and real estate at AMN Healthcare Services Inc., sees innovation as an answer to fast-evolving and emerging risks.

Bankable A South Florida nonprofit had been with the same broker and an insurance pool for decades when Giselle Lugones suggested it would benefit from a stand-alone insurance arrangement. With 20 health care facilities — including long-term housing for the elderly, hospices, acute rehab — each with different risks, “we had lots of insurance issues,”… View Article

When routine surgery went awry and upended a workers’ life, her nurse case manager guided her through physical and emotional recovery.

Learn the types and components of successful return to work programs that incorporate ADA principles.

For facilities entrusted with the lives of vulnerable populations, emergency preparedness plans are complex documents that never stop evolving.

A new survey by Mitchell International Inc. looks at the role advanced technologies may play in workers’ comp.

At Rochester Regional Health, the workers’ comp and safety team champion employee engagement and positive reinforcement.

The Valley Health System shifted its philosophy on workers’ compensation, putting employee and patient safety at the forefront.

Related or “batch” claims, particularly in health care, are a complex exposure issue with the potential to keep growing.

Workers’ comp insurers want to know if marijuana can effect better outcomes than opioids.