Overall, I continue to have a favorable view of Protective’s claims operation and their management of the FedEx Workers’ Compensation program. My review found their claims well managed with proper reserve practices. With that stated, I expect Protective’s claim operation to have a positive impact on the overall profitability of our treaties.
Since my last visit in May 2015 there were two changes to Protective claims operation effecting the management staff. First, Claims Manager, David Ghesquiere was recently promoted to Director of Claims. Based on my conversation with Mr. Ghesquiere, this is a change in title and he will continue in his normal capacity overseeing Protective’s claim operation. And will continue to report to Michael Case, Vice President & General Counsel.
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Ms. Bitnar is registered nurse with an impressive background, with a master’s degree in Business Administration and has several certificates in the healthcare and occupational industries. Mr. Bitner responsibilities will not only include overseeing their five nurse case managers, but she will also be responsible for managing their medical vendor programs to ensure Protective is achieving the desired medical-disability management cost savings results. Ms. Bitnar will report directly to Mr. Ghesquiere. Protective believes the promotion of Ms. Bitner to Medical Manager will have a positive influence on their overall claims
Ami Patel ACT-6100-002 IRAC Assignment #3 August 2,2017 Chavers v. Epsco, Inc., 02-866. 98 S.W.3d 421 (2003) Facts: Epsco, Inc., staffing company filed a law-suit against Chavers Welding and Construction(CWC) for not providing timely payment. CWC was owned by Gary Chavers and his sons, Reggie Chavers and Mark Chavers. As the company was bankrupt, the plaintiff filed the complaint against the owners, the father, and the two sons, claiming them to be the partners in the business.
11. The First Amended Complaint illustraes with particularity how each of the Defendants ' through the use of subterfuge, false statements, and material misrepresentations made by WARRENS, individually and as the sole shareholder, director, officer and manager of each of the foreign co-defendants, conducted business in the State of Arizona, resulting in damages to Plaintiff, for failure to pay wages, FICA, withholding, unemployment insurance and other benefits due him as an Employee of STEALTH SOFTWARE, L.L.C., and in violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act ("FLSA"), Arizona Labor Law ("AZL") and under federal and state labor regulations. 12. The First Amended Complaint illustrates with particularity, that as a direct result of the policies, practices, customs, material misrepresentations, falsehoods, and fraudulent schemes of Defendants ', Plaintiff HOOPER has been damaged. All of the defendant WARRENS actions and omissions, including but not limited to his non exempt status under federal and state security laws, has damaged HOOPER, individually.
There are many concerns the scenario illuminates for practicing nurses. Prior to going out on placement to a healthy facility,
Management of Care Case Study Josepha is working on a medical surgical unit with three other RNs and one LPN. There is also a male and a female patient care tech. Josepha has been a nurse for four months, and after completing two months of orientation she takes a full assignment as a registered nurse. Josepha feels that the assignments she receives are not always fair, as she tends to get the most challenging clients.
Delegation Paper Breanna Lake Department of Nursing, Davenport University NURS433: Nurse Manager and Leader Professor Debbie Bosworth February 17, 2023 Delegation Paper Introduction For my leadership experience, I spent seven weeks on a medical-surgical unit in Hastings, Michigan. I worked alongside my nurse preceptor on night shift, and as the clinical experience unfolded, I learned numerous new skills and gained knowledge that will be extremely beneficial moving forward in my nursing career. I evaluated the hospital’s mission statement, the leadership and communication styles among team members, and I evaluated how my skills and leadership style evolved over the course of the clinical rotation. General Information
NU 413 Week 9 Discussion Board Post student response to Katie-Lynn Fournier by Kathryn Moultrie Good afternoon Kathie, Enjoyed reading your post, and seeing how other organizations handle the operations of their facility and nursing departments. My biggest concern with improving quality care and patient safety issues in that, the responsibility is not ours alone, our Chief Nurse Executives (CNEs) and Director of Nursing (DON), and senior nursing management staffs to lead the journey Disch J. (2008). I find it overwhelming that the majority of the research literature (studies, surveys and reports believe nursing plays the pivotal role in changing the face of health care and improving quality care and patient safety.
These plans in Texas and Oklahoma allow for the employers to have almost complete control over the medical and legal process after an employee is injured, with no oversight. One of the most problematic things: the employers can choose to settle at any time. Workers must accept whatever is offered to them or they lose all
In this model medical and non medical professional staffs are co-ordinate by a case/care manager to address the needs of a client. Case meetings, care planning and exchange of information are coordinated by case manager. An individual care plan is often the product of case management meetings. In this model, the professionals are linked together, because their working relationship with the case manager. • Key worker assumed leadership role; • Coordinating care, reporting back to the professionals; • Addressed patient needs in a co-ordinate manner; • Professionals usually came from the same organization, but involved other community
Pleasant Bluffs: Launching A Home-Base Hospital Program While analyzing the case on Pleasants Bluffs, the main problem is how will they come up with a proposal for the pilot program for Pleasant Bluffs home-base hospital care and how to manage it. According to the case, it stated that Graff Salot, the director of Performance Improvement (PI), at Pleasant Bluffs Health System, is tasked with making these changes. (Erskine,2016) Therefore some potential solution might be to complete this task, he must first hired more people for administrative, and clinical. By doing this, will help to better manage the PI department and patients.
A patient care situation is described below to elaborate these differences in competencies between an ADN and
Transformational leaders, who empower nurses to advocate, understand that communication and professional collaboration are the core ingredients to foster safe nursing care and to collectively advocate for improved health care policies. Of interest, due to communication and collaborative efforts among state hospital associations and the ANA along with the state nurses associations, seven states have enacted safe staffing legislation using the Registered Nurses Safe Staffing Act’s committee approach (ANA, n.d.). Conclusion The essence of an effective nurse leader lies in the ability to inspire and motivate others to action, which begins with communication and professional collaboration skills.
Multiple nurses were involved in the care of Ms. Gadner. Ms. Gadner died due to treatable shock. Due to substandard care received by Ms. Gadner, there is potential cause for her estate to sue. In this case study, the details of care provided, possible defendants, legal theories
Registered nurses are required to deliver wide-range nursing attention and treatment to all persons in a healthcare setup (American Nurses ' Association, 2000). Notably, they have to offer emergency care and guarantee the safe execution of treatment. It is mandatory for nurses to demonstrate a broad knowledge of the laws and regulations that are in line with their profession. Additionally,
Plaintiff's respectfully request from this court an extension of time to file Plaintiff's Opening Brief for their case for the following reasons; Plaintiff's are at present time not represented by council and are preceding with Appeal Pro Se and due to the seriousness of any outcome in our case and the complex law and new laws regarding our case Plaintiff's need additional time to review relevant law and consult with appropriate people, persons regarding their case. Some of the complex and extensive issues regarding Plaintiff's case are but not limited to; Defendant's (Citimortgage,Inc.'s) Separate Statement in their MSJ which contained some 88 SSF issues per each Plt., Power of Attorney laws, HAMP/FANNIE laws,rules,regulations,public policies,
Specifically, 1) We explain and analyze how well Barbara Norris done in her first month as a nurse manager and describe her management control approach to performance improvement. 2) We more specifically, evaluate the adequacy of changes Barbara Norris is trying to make. 3) We recommend an action plan for Barbara Noriss to improve staff 's performance.