Long-Term Risk Management For 30 years, Arthur J. Gallagher’s Martha Acker mitigated risk and helped insure the long-term care market. Last year, Acker further fortified the industry when she established a risk purchasing group (RPG) program for the property and liability environmental exposures of long-term care. Long-term care has an inherent risk for environmental claims… View Article

Anticipating Client Needs When Japanese pharma company Astellas moved its clinical trial cover to a new carrier, an Astellas executive in the Netherlands objected. They didn’t appreciate the new carrier’s failure to provide a summary of the policy exclusions for countries where a broker is not used and the option for long-tail certificates of insurance…. View Article

A look at the latest decisions impacting the industry.

Palo Alto-based The Risk Authority Stanford is incubating risk management solutions using design thinking; that means elevating end users into key roles in addressing health care risk exposures.

At McKesson, Jane Sandler blends her passions for risk management and health care to help the organization develop innovative, forward-thinking solutions.

At McKesson, Jane Sandler blends her passions for risk management and health care to help the organization develop innovative, forward-thinking solutions.

For the 2016 Teddy Award winners, employees are a key part of the secret to their success.

Excela Health changed the way it treated injuries and took a proactive approach to safety, drastically reducing workers’ comp claims and costs.

Applying Lean Six Sigma to its workers’ comp processes earned Atlantic Health an Honorable Mention Teddy Award.

St. Luke’s workers’ comp program is built upon relationships and a commitment to care for those who care for patients.

By helping employees navigate through the workers’ comp system, Cottage Health decreased lost work days by 80 percent.

Adventist Health Central Valley Network is achieving stellar results by targeting its toughest challenges.

Discerning insurance buyers and their brokers increasingly seek specialist wordings from a professional liability community that is desperate to differentiate.

Mary Anne Hilliard has served in several risk management and safety positions with Children’s National, and says keeping kids safe and healthy is a fulfilling reward.

Opinions are mixed on whether Colorado’s proposed single-payer system would be helpful or harmful for workers’ comp payers.

Hospitals balance safety with necessary public care in high-risk departments.

Millions suffer from Alzheimer’s and other forms of memory loss. Memory care is a fast-growing field, but residents in memory care facilities are fragile and difficult to care for. The risks are formidable.

Nine projects being funded by the Ohio BWC strive to create safer workplaces in Ohio and across the rest of the country.

Bundled care programs are one alternative care model emphasizing quality over quantity.

Health care exchanges are going broke because we are over-buying services.