Public Risk Management

Medical Treatment And Costs Associated With COVID - 19

Keeping Up With First Responder Presumption Laws with Jody Moses

Q&A with Public Risk Managers Responding to COVID-19

Innovative Technology to Manage Law Enforcement Risks with Charles Craft, Bo Chang, and Ariel Jenkins.

On this week's podcast we have Dr. Felice Carlton who is a Registered Nurse, Certified Health Coach, and Possibility Strategist, also known as “Dr. Possibility.” This award-winning transformation specialist is known for creating sustainable health changes and helping clients to achieve significant weight loss, decreased blood sugars, cholesterol levels, and blood pressures without the use of additional medications. Listen in as she discusses how to boost morale among your employees. Importance of Employee Wellness If you look from a financial standpoint organizations spend a lot of money on decreased productivity. The United States itself spends about $300 billion every year on lost productivity, absenteeism, which means someone is physically present at work, but they're not able to function at their full capacity due to mental distractions, depression, staff turnover, medical, legal, insurance, reimbursement prices, may all be a result of just stress. Employee wellness reaches into every area of your orga

Tips And Resources To Manage Through The Covid - 19 Crisis On this week’s podcast we have Marco Guardi the Regional Risk Control Leader at Gallagher sharing tips and resources for your organizations to implement through the current coronavirus pandemic. In addition to the CDC guidance on pandemic plans your entity or organization if within the public sector should have a C O O P - continuity of operations plan when faced with such a crisis as a natural disaster or a similar event. In regards to the education sectors a continuation plan may include home-based activities for K - 12 as well as some online instruction and/or programs. If there has been a contamination in a specific education location options may be to use an alternate location if needed with full instructional content. Things to include: School calendar changes Employees’ concerns of operating within an organization Who is at risk how can they work from home or remotely Detailed communication to all and any stakeholders

Navigating Workplace Accidents For K - 12 Schools with Debra Spamer and Tom Strasburger. On this week’s podcast we have Debra Spamer and Tom Strasburger discussing ways to implement more effective injury management programs within your school systems. Opportunities to address workplace accident challenges When an incident does arise there are a lot of things to think about/factor in as workplace accidents usually aren’t a common thing that you would face on a day to day basis. First steps in addressing the challenge of a workplace accident is having a plan - knowing what your state and district policies/procedures are is very important so the right individuals take the right steps immediately. Defined injury reporting and triage process Paperwork procedure compliance/immediacy of reporting Injured worker receives impartial and compassionate medical attention Cause of injury: hazard or common place Initiative and time to retrain the injured employee with follow up on their outside care/steps to avoid fu

On this week's podcast we have Thom Rickert the Vice President, Head of Marketing and Emerging Risk Specialist at Argo Group International. Listen in as Thom discusses copyright risks in education. Fair Use Doctrine Where it applies fair use is a right - not just a privilege. The Supreme court has pointed out, fair use keeps copyright from violating the first amendment with the internet and other technologies a clear understanding of fair use is more important today than ever before. Fair use is flexible, though it's not uncertain or it's not unreliable or for any particular field of creative activity. Legal system considers expectations in practice in assessing what is fair within the field and the use of copyrighted materials for a public purpose may be considered fair use and not a copyright violation. Educational Institutes Judges usually have four criteria when evaluating according to the law whether an education's use is fair use. How is the work being used? (For teaching or entertainment) Wha

Uncovering The Truth - Body Language And Fraud Detection by Public Risk Management Association (PRIMA)

On this week's podcast we have Jay Jones the safety and training officer for the city of Boulder, Colorado. We will be discussing wellness based safety and how it can be incorporated into your entities or organizations. In both wellness and safety programs a common theme would be using proactive and known measures to ensure or enhance the quality of life for all employees within your organization and entity. Wellness enhanced safety programs is another term for taking a proactive approach to injury prevention. By educating all individuals that come through your place of work whether long term or temporary employees that wellness and safety measures ultimately start at home and before they even come to work for the day. Benefits that Jay and his municipality have seen are fewer worker compensation claims resulting from happier and healthier workers which has increased job morale, better production and quality of work. On top of this has also been job retention therefore communicating to management that the

Overcoming The Dangers Of Distracted Driving Welcome to PRIMA'S 2020 Podcast Series! On this first episode of the year we have Margaret Penado, the risk manager for Coconino County in Arizona, she will be discussing how to overcome distracted driving by explaining some history on how individually driven transportation has evolved over the years. The reality is that as technology has progressed our awareness of how powerful the cars and vehicles we operate on a daily basis has declined. Yes, they are not a horse pulling a buggy like in older days but they are not perfect and often have mechanical issues, the operators (drivers) of these vehicles large and small on the road dont necessarily have to 'do' as much which increases the dangers for themselves and others on the road.

On this week's podcast we have Henry Svendblad he is the Chief Technology Officer at Company Nurse LLC he will be discussing developing excellence in cybersecurity management. Cyber security in the public sector? Specifically in the current workers' comp public sector it is very inadequate mostly due to the complex systems and outdated online knowledge about online security. Ideally at minimum every organization in this industry that has access to individually identifiable information or health information should follow some of the basic outline of the HIPAA and high tech technical safeguards. So for example, that is making sure that data is encrypted both in transit and at rest, and that the systems that you use provide audit trail capabilities to see who has access to that protected information. Why has there been such an increase in cyber attacks? Unfortunately, cyber crime has become an established industry and organization that functions ultimately to use techniques like ransomware to freeze and ho

Liability for Police Encounters by Public Risk Management Association (PRIMA)

Preparing For And Responding To A Cyber Attack by Public Risk Management Association (PRIMA)

ECommerce Risk - Protect Your Transactions by Public Risk Management Association (PRIMA)

Safely Obtaining And Storing Data Information From The Public

Addressing Phishing Threats with Kelly Thiele

Social Media Safety with Brian Scully

On this week’s show we have Belva Hale discussing if self-funding insurance is right for your entity or organization. She is the Vice President of business development at Sherrill Morgan with years of experience in varying roles in municipal governments, assisting employers with Human Resources, Risk Management and Benefit issues by strategizing outcomes that benefit both the citizens in the community and the employees is a fulfilling challenge. Self Funding Insurance vs Fully Insured Firstly, it depends on the size of your organization and depending on that determines if you will have the benefit of being able to have control over the plans for your employees where you can establish that plan to meet the needs of your policy. Usually if you have a hundred employees or more, you're a real good candidate for self funding as well as how your plan is being utilized is good criteria to look at being self-funded or using a fully insured plan. Its important to also consider and look into your pre

ESharing Mobility With Thom Rickert On this week’s podcast we will hear from Thom Rickert on eSharing Mobility. Thom is the Vice President of the Argo Group where he is in charge of the marketing and emerging risks.