Workers' Compensation Specialist

Job Title:

Workers compensation representative

Position Description:

Workers' Compensation Claims Handler at the Plant with a focus on excellent customer service, quality claims handling, and loss cost management. Plant-based position

Skills Required:

Workers' Compensation

Experience Required:

3-5 years of Workers' Compensation claims management experience

Education Required:

High School Diploma / GED

Education Preferred:

Bachelor's Degree

Additional Information :

• Analyze and process complex or technically difficult workers' compensation claims by investigating and gathering information to determine the exposure on the claims.
• Ability to handle a full case load, with proven ability to handle cases of increased severity.
• Workers’ Compensation Lost Time claim handling experience.
• Manage claims through well-developed action plans to ensure timely and cost-effective resolutions.
• Calculate and assign timely and appropriate reserves to claims; manages reserve adequacy throughout the life of the claim.
• Calculate and pay benefits due; approve and make timely claim payments and adjustments; and settle claims within designated authority level.
• Prepare necessary state fillings within statutory limits.
• Coordinate vendor referrals for additional investigation and/or litigation management.
• Use appropriate cost containment techniques including strategic vendor partnerships to reduce overall cost of claims.
• Manage claim recoveries, including but not limited to: subrogation, Second Injury Fund excess recoveries and Social Security and Medicare offsets.
• Report claims to the excess carrier.
• Communicate claim activity and processing with the claimant and the client.
• Ensure claim files are properly documented, and claims coding is correct.
• Refer cases as appropriate to supervisor and management.

*Position is Fully Onsite