Whether you’re returning to the office, or you will continue to work from home for the foreseeable future, one thing is universal: Caring for ourselves helps us serve our clients and families and keeps us healthy This was originally posted in our Top Tips for Best Practices in [...]
Meet Donna Leischner, APN, MS, CCM, COHN-S, she is a workers’ compensation medical case manager for CompAlliance, based out of the Springfield, IL area. Donna received a file for a 52 y/o employee admitted on 5/11/2020 to the hospital into the ICU. The adjuster had been unable to obtain [...]
Meet Donna Haile, RN. I have worked with Donna for many years, and when you need to know anything about a medical provider in Southern IL, she is your go-to resource! What you do for CompAlliance? Medical case manager for workers' compensation and I also coordinate Utilization Reviews for [...]
Today is World Kindness Day. On this day, participants attempt to make the world a better place by celebrating and promoting good deeds and pledging acts of kindness, either as individuals or as organizations. What does that have to do with workers’ compensation? I have attended multiple sessions at [...]
As a Registered Nurse and mother, I always knew there was more to the practice of these professions than the rules, science, etc. As I was reading an article today, it really helped me to voice what it takes to be a nurse when addressing one of the [...]
I just received my CMSA Today magazine (the magazine of the Case Management Society of America) and noticed the magazine this month was focused on the role Case Management plays in a variety of healthcare situations. It made me think about the role we as case managers play in [...]
National Nurses Week begins each year on May 6th and ends on May 12th, Florence Nightingale's birthday. In honor of National Nurse’s Week, I thought I would reflect on ome of the changes in nursing just since the 1970’s. That doesn’t sound so long ago, right? But there is [...]
Fukoku Mutual Life Insurance in Japan is about to replace claim adjusters with a software robot from IBM. The computer will scan hospital records and other documents to determine insurance payouts, factoring injuries, patient medical histories and procedures administered. Could that be the future of case management? Manufacturing jobs [...]
Sometimes, discoveries happen when we least expect them or processes evolve in ways we hadn't anticipated. One case in point would be the invention of penicillin, and Pacemakers were a byproduct of research on hypothermia. Serendipity happens with all kinds of everyday products, too. One of my personal favorite is [...]
I was reading a blog post today by Mark Pew on Overcoming with Community . Mark talked about the isolation addicts usually are in while in the throes of their addiction. Mark advocated for all of us to be community for these troubled individuals. I believe in the positive benefits [...]
CompAlliance is honored to be speaking at the Iowa Occupational Health Symposium on April 20, 2017. Linda Van Dillen will be discussing issues related to opioids and marijuana in the workplace, and best practices to employ when designing a Drug Free Workplace. There are some really interesting sessions detailed [...]
