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     White Papers

PMA Insights — White Paper on Using Pharmacy Benefits Management (PBM) to Trim WC Healthcare Costs
PMA's white paper examining eight ways a Pharmacy Benefits Management program can help control your workers' compensation healthcare costs.

PMA Insights — 10 Workers' Compensation Considerations in Recessionary Times PMA's white paper examining ways to keep your program on track — and improve it in the process.

PMA Insights — The Aging Workforce This white paper by the PMA Companies studies the positive impact of an aging workforce and examines how employers can capitalize on the strengths of older adults while minimizing high-severity risks.



     Articles and Interviews

Answering Your Claims Questions
Risk & Insurance interviews two PMA Executives, SVP and Chief Claims Officer Kurt Schuhl and VP of Claims for PMA Management Corp., Jim Walsh, on the most vital issues impacting the claims industry today.
Kurt and Jim offer their insights on the No.1 issue affecting claims, the use of technology to enhance the claims process, the keys to successfully developing claims talent and trends in unbundling services.

8 Ways a Pharmacy Benefits Management Program Can Help Control Your Workers' Comp Healthcare Costs,
by Tina Preisig, Senior Vice President, PMA Managed Care Services
Article from the April 2010 edition of The Self-Insurer

Reducing the Cost of Risk, TPAs as Solution Providers
by Frank X. Altiere III, President of PMA Management Corp.
Read an overview of nine key areas that can drive down workers' compensation costs: frequency rates, root causes of claims, prompt claims reporting, calendar year payments, medical savings, closure rates, recoveries, settlements and benchmarking.

Risk Management Lessons
from a Successful SIG

by Frank X. Altiere III, President of PMA Management Corp.
Read about how PMAMC helped the Virginia Automobile Dealers Association's self-insured group reduce its costs, protect its workers and improve its results.

PMA Client Gary Langsdale, University Risk Officer, Penn State University, was saluted as one of the outstanding risk professionals in the US by Business Insurance.
Read about how Gary and the Penn State team achieved outstanding results.

PMA Companies CEO Vincent Donnelly is profiled in Smart Business, January 2009 edition.
Read about PMA Companies emergence as a premier insurance and risk management company in the US.

Claims Adjusters Critical to Determining Organizations' Ultimate Cost of Insurance
by Frank X. Altiere III, President of PMA Management Corp.
 

Accident Repeaters: An Examination and Structure for Action
by James Rhoads
Article from the November 2007 issue of Public Risk

The Nest Egg Isn't Ready To Hatch. How to Prepare for an Aging Workforce
by Kathy Napier
Article from the July/August 2007 issue of The Tennessee Insuror

Risk Managers Can Save Lives When
Workplace Violence Strikes

by Bill Carney and Jack Aspen
Article from the June 11, 2007 issue of National Underwriter




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PMA Companies
610-397-5136
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