Sedgwick Claims Management Services, Inc. (Sedgwick CMS) has established industry leading best practices for workers’ compensation claims services based on years of experience and expertise. These best practices were created for one primary purpose - to maximize results for our clients. Sedgwick CMS continuously analyzes and challenges our best practices to identify opportunities for process improvement.

Workers' Compensation

Sedgwick CMS’ dedicated workers’ compensation practice group oversees the continuous improvement to our established best practices. This group of experienced colleagues analyzes new statutory or case law requirements and introduces changes to our work processes when necessary. They also work with our account management group to identify improvement opportunities and serve as an industry knowledge resource to Sedgwick CMS’ clients and internal teams. [Read More]

Disability

The Sedgwick Claims Management Services, Inc. (Sedgwick CMS) commitment to disability is unrivaled in the claims industry. We are the largest provider of ASO services, offering a combination of services integrating short- and long-term disability claims management, workers’ compensation, leave administration, and supporting ancillary services designed to improve productivity and reduce costs. Our appeal to employers results from our focus on highly customized, integrated absence management programs. [Read More]

Liability

The Sedgwick Claims Management Services, Inc. (Sedgwick CMS) best practice is to centralize liability units in order to provide a number of benefits to our clients, including but not limited to greater ease of communication within the unit and - more importantly - with our clients, efficient organization, and consistency in the management of our clients’ programs. We also have extensive experience in the development of customized units for our clients to handle particularly demanding types of cases, such as fast track, litigated, and complex/catastrophic claims.
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Integrated Injury Management

Integrated Injury Management is the Sedgwick CMS best practice for managing workers’ compensation medical claims. IIM integrates the two core services most of our workers’ compensation clients need: claims administration and medical case management. IIM brings our claims examiners and nurse case managers together as teammates and collaborators in a unified, technology-based, outcomes-oriented service process. [Read More]

Healthcare Professional Liability

Sedgwick CMS provides professional liability claims management and related risk consulting services for hospital systems, medical practice groups, long-term care facilities, research and teaching institutions, medical device and pharmaceutical companies, and other healthcare organizations. [Read More]

Ohio Group Rating Plans

Group Rating is a program offered through the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC) which permits employers with better-than-average claim histories to join together through a sponsoring organization for the purpose of being rated as a larger group. By participating in group rating, employers enjoy much lower premium than could be attained on their own. [Read More]

Value Added Services

Sedgwick CMS offers its clients a variety of value added services as enhancements to their core claims management programs. [Read More]