California's Self Insured Solutions Pursues Felony Convictions.ONTARIO, Calif. -- By aggressively managing workers' comp comp See comparison. claims, S & C Claims Services - operating on behalf of Self Insured Solutions of Ontario - is putting a dent in workers' comp fraud cases, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Tom Wheeler, president of Self Insured Solutions. "Fraud is a major source of increased workers' comp costs, and 'putting the cuffs' on fraudulent The description of a willful act commenced with the Specific Intent to deceive or cheat, in order to cause some financial detriment to another and to engender personal financial gain. claimants is just good business." Self Insured Solutions (http://www.calsig.com/) - an emerging leader in the private-sector self-insured workers' comp industry - manages several fast-growing self-insured groups, including the California Contractors Network Self Insured Group (CCNSIG), the California Agricultural Network Self Insured Group (CANSIG) and the California Farm Management Self Insured Group (CFMSIG). In addition, Self Insured Solutions is poised to announce a new group - one for California food processors - next week, with others to follow early in the new year. "Aggressive identification and prosecution of fraudulent injury claims is one of the cornerstones of our success in lowering workers' comp costs for California building contractors building contractor n → contratista m/f de obras building contractor n → entrepreneur m (en bâtiment) building contractor and larger farmers, and farm labor contractors," Wheeler explained. "We're second to none in offering low-cost, high-value workers' comp coverage to contractors, farmers, and farm labor contractors throughout California because we not only offer extensive on-the-job safety training, but because we aggressively pursue even relatively small fraud cases, putting dishonest workers on notice that if they attempt a fraud, they can look forward to being prosecuted and punished pun·ish v. pun·ished, pun·ish·ing, pun·ish·es v.tr. 1. To subject to a penalty for an offense, sin, or fault. 2. To inflict a penalty for (an offense). 3. under California's strong anti-fraud statutes." S & C Claim Services is the third-party administrator which handles claims for Self Insured Solutions and their several self-insured groups, making it one of California's most successful independent workers' compensation workers' compensation, payment by employers for some part of the cost of injuries, or in some cases of occupational diseases, received by employees in the course of their work. insurance third-party administrators (TPA (Transient Program Area) See transient area. TPA - Transient Program Area ). David Oakden, S & C Claims Service's operation manager, explained their success in helping Self Insured Solutions' various SIGs hold the line on workers' comp insurance costs. "We routinely investigate all suspicious workers' comp claims," Oakden said. "In 2005, S & C investigated a record number of fraud cases - more than in any previous year." Although the dollars recovered from individuals prosecuted under California's anti-fraud statutes are often for relatively minor amounts - for instance, one claimant CLAIMANT. In the courts of admiralty, when the suit is in rem, the cause is entitled in the Dame of the libellant against the thing libelled, as A B v. Ten cases of calico and it preserves that title through the whole progress of the suit. agreed to pay back $500 - claims expert Oakden said that when claims are shut down it means substantial savings. For more information, or to interview Tom Wheeler or David Oakden, please contact: Ned Barnett, ned@barnettmarcom.com, 702-696-1200. |
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