COVID realities have brought some difficulties but have also offered a few silver linings. For one, work has enabled me to relocate closer to family. Through the course of the pandemic, I’ve gone from working remotely, to hybrid, full-time back in the office and now back to full-time remote, only in a different city and … Read More
Your employee is injured on the job, now what? Below are five tips for effective claims management: Always investigate after an injury. When one is reported, it is important to get complete documentation of how the employee’s injury occurred. This includes obtaining written witness statements and checking video surveillance if available. Make sure to share … Read More
NAHQ’s annual conference, once again offered in a virtual format, provided healthcare leaders an opportunity to learn and strengthen their personal toolbox with competencies, processes and lessons learned from others to build quality across the healthcare spectrum. Acknowledging that “it has been another year of relentless challenges and an abundance of new opportunities for delivering … Read More
With the increasing issues surrounding stress and burnout in our healthcare professionals, the Inspirien team has developed a “Building Resiliency for Healthcare Professionals” toolkit. This toolkit is designed to provide guidance to help individuals, leaders, and organizations recognize stress and burnout in their team members and offer actionable steps including prevention planning and intervention if … Read More
Inspirien sat down with London-based Simon Mills, Broker and Healthcare Practice Lead at Lockton Re, and Paul Sandi, Head of Casualty Reinsurance at Canopius Group, to discuss how a hardening market is impacting reinsurance — and vice versa. Reinsurance, or when an insurance company is itself insured, is a level of protection reserved for high-dollar … Read More
By Wendy Shurette, Risk Consultant for Inspirien and the Healthcare Workers’ Compensation Fund For over 20 years, I regularly heard from co-workers, “I am so burnt out”, “I need a vacation”, or “TGIF, I’m exhausted”. Healthcare workers are no strangers to burnout. With the onslaught of covid and the extended length of the pandemic, we … Read More
On August 13, 2021 Governor Kay Ivey ordered Alabama under a Public Health State of Emergency with respect to COVID-19 by Proclamation. An initial State of Emergency with respect to COVID-19 was issued on March 13 and amended several times until a termination was issued July 6. Five weeks after the termination, COVID related hospitalizations … Read More
Inspirien is pleased to welcome Stephanie Dozier to the leadership team, as Assistant Vice President of Underwriting. After a successful 18 years in her previous role as Director of Underwriting for a large medical malpractice carrier, Ms. Dozier is enjoying a new professional chapter. With Inspirien, she has found a collaborative environment where she feels … Read More
You might hear the term “agile” around the water cooler when discussing software projects or between different software developers, but have you heard of businesses using this type of project management style in their own business and along their employees? Probably not. Here at Inspirien we embrace what it means to be agile not just … Read More
When the COVID-19 virus reached the United States in late 2019, early 2020, it was impossible to predict how it would unfold and the impact it would have on the US economy, healthcare system, workers’ compensation, and human life. Inspirien sat down with attorney Fred Fohrell to discuss how workers’ compensation laws and COVID-19 intersect, … Read More