August 23, 2023 – Chicago, IL – Rising Medical Solutions (Rising) today announced that it is a national 2023 Top Workplaces winner. The Top Workplaces program, directed by Energage, celebrates organizations that have built people-first workplace cultures within their sector. The award marks Rising as an employer of choice for those seeking employment in the healthcare industry.
Portal Fatigue: Less is More for Frontline Claims Professionals by Rising CEO Jason Beans | WorkCompWire | June 2023
June 15, 2023 – Helping injured employees get back to productive life is an enormous and critical job. Unfortunately, it is a job that is too often focused on administrative tasks instead of high value efforts that positively impact an employee’s life. According to Rising Medical Solutions’ annual Workers’ Compensation Benchmarking Study, over one quarter of frontline claims professionals report that administrative work comprises more than 40% of their time, while nearly another quarter say it takes up 30 to 40% of their time.
Webinar to Examine 10 Years of Work Comp Benchmarking Study Data, Reveal How High-Performing Claims Organizations Are Surpassing Trends | June 2023
June 14, 2023 – Chicago, IL – Experts from Rising Medical Solutions’ annual Workers’ Compensation Benchmarking Study will dissect a decade’s worth of benchmarking study data in a free webinar on Wednesday, June 28, 2023, from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. ET. The webinar, entitled “What 10 Years of Data Reveals About High-Performing Claims Organizations,” will use the study’s latest survey results to examine how claims management has (or has not) progressed since the study launched, predict where the industry is going, and recommend high-performance strategies for future organizational success.
The Amazon Effect: Streamlining Work Comp Care Management by Rising CEO Jason Beans | WorkCompWire | June 2023
June 1, 2023 – Amazon has forever revolutionized the way we shop. The e-commerce giant has become synonymous with convenience and choice, raising the bar for selection, pricing options, delivery speed, and self-service simplicity.
At the core of Amazon’s success is an extreme focus on the customer experience. They understand that customers want a wide selection of products, but they want them vetted and reviewed for quality as well. Amazon also understands that customers want shopping to be easy, including limiting the number of websites, logins, passwords, and profiles they have to manage.
Rising Adds Depth to Ancillary Services Team with Two Strategic Hires | May 2023
May 25, 2023 – Chicago, IL – Two seasoned ancillary services professionals have joined Rising Medical Solutions (Rising), further strengthening the company’s Marketplace offering for national ancillary solutions. Carolyn Tsourakis and Kelsey Murphy, both formerly operations leaders at ancillary service provider CentralComp, bring significant experience delivering durable medical equipment, diagnostic, physical therapy, prosthetic, hearing aid, home health, transportation, and translation services to the insurer, third party administer, and employer markets. Tsourakis joins Rising as Ancillary Medical Services Manager and Murphy joins as Ancillary Medical Services Program Analyst.
Physician Consolidations Can Both Hurt and Help Comp: Experts featuring Rising CEO Jason Beans | Business Insurance | May 2023
May 24, 2023 – As health care system mergers become more commonplace, workers’ compensation experts are monitoring how physician consolidations might affect issues such as medical costs, patient access and quality of care.
Rising Announces Acquisition of Preferred Disability Management | Apr 2023
April 11, 2023 – Chicago, IL – Rising Medical Solutions (Rising) today announced the acquisition of Preferred Disability Management (PDM), a regional case management company headquartered in Carmel, Indiana. PDM’s services supplement Rising’s own portfolio and focus on field-based and catastrophic case management services, as well as telephonic case management, medical record analysis, physician peer reviews, triage services, independent medical evaluations, life care planning, medical cost projections for setting reserves, and return to work assessments.
