Deconstructing Comp

Send us Fan Mail Guest #2 during Elevate LIVE!  Yvonne Guibert and guest co-host Adam Lopez chat with Bill for our live podcasting at Elevate! in San Diego, CA on April 11. Bill talks about his Elevate! session with George Parisotto where they will talk about changes at the California Division of Workers' Compensation and how they are getting back to business following the pandemic with techn...

Send us Fan Mail Our first Elevate LIVE! segment with none other than Dr. Claire Muselman!  Yvonne Guibert and guest co-host Adam Lopez chat with Claire to kick off our live podcasting at Elevate! in San Diego, CA on April 11.  We discuss the insane energy at this conference, Claire talks about her "sparkle squad" the fact that the workers' compensation industry is SEXY and so much...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Yvonne and Rafael talk with Faith Mason, Industry Speaker, DEI Consultant, and Vice President of Strategic Analytics at Arch Insurance.  Find out what Faith studied in college, the path she took that brought her into the insurance and workers' compensation industry, and how she has shaped her career since she got here. Discover Faith's fascinating journe...

Send us Fan Mail Dr. Les Kertay, Ph. D., Vice President of Behavioral Health at Axiom Medical, joins Yvonne and Rafael to discuss mental health and well-being within the workers' compensation system.  Mental health issues have long been avoided within workers' compensation. We are starting to discuss it more frequently, post-Covid, but we have a long way to go before workers' compen...

Send us Fan Mail Follow along with Yvonne Guibert and Rafael Gonzalez as they chat with Ramona Tanabe, Executive Vice President and Counsel at Workers' Compensation Research Institute (WCRI). They explore her educational background and career in workers' compensation doing public policy research. Ramona gives us a glimpse of her work with WCRI, where she has worked for over two decades!...

Send us Fan Mail In the first episode of Season 3, Yvonne and Rafael sit down with Bill Zachry to chat about: his education and career choices why he chose the insurance / workers' compensation industry even though it has been proven that doing the right thing saves money (get the injured worker the care they need, then get them back to work ASAP) why the industry is still resistant how ident...

Send us Fan Mail For Season 3, Yvonne and Rafael identified ten issues to frame conversations with guests: The great talent shortage. What are we doing to find and retain good people? We will face this issue for the foreseeable future, which will significantly impact the healthcare industry, including workers' comp.  Mental health and well-being. Mental health issues continue to dominate as a...

Send us Fan Mail Yvonne and Rafael wrap up Season 2 of Deconstructing Comp with their thoughts about guests, lessons learned along the way, and considerations for Season 3. Workers' compensation may be a small industry, but it certainly has a vast pool of interesting professionals and endless issues to ponder.  ¡Muchas Gracias! Thank you for listening. We would appreciate you sharing our podc...

Send us Fan Mail Jennifer Morris Jones, defense attorney, is an amazing leader in the workers' compensation and insurance industry.  A partner in Cranfill Sumner's Raleigh office, and a member of the Risk Management and Workers’ Compensation Practice Group, she is also a North Carolina Board Certified Workers’ Compensation Specialist. If you know Jennifer, you know she spends a good deal...

Send us Fan Mail And it continues... Just when you think we are done, we're not! Be sure to listen to the very end for rare "outtakes" that really should have been cut, but it's so damn funny we left it in.  There's no way to describe this one. Kristen Chavez and Holmes Lilley definitely break the mold!  In this episode, we get to know Kristen and Holmes and we chat about...

Send us Fan Mail There's no way to describe this one. Kristen Chavez and Holmes Lilley definitely break the mold!  In this episode, we get to know Kristen and Holmes and we chat about life, laughs, hard work, change, the workers' compensation industry, more laughs,  developing friendships, and working together to raise money for Kids' Chance of California. And did I say laugh? Yes,...

Send us Fan Mail We are so excited for you to meet our new friend Clerissa, a younger professional in our industry working for Injury Management Organization (IMO), based in the Dallas area of Texas.  Kudos to Catherine Benavidez and IMO for recognizing Clerissa's talent, and making a spot for her to bring her on board with the company. She is a vibrant young woman putting herself out there,...

Send us Fan Mail ¡Conozcamos a Rosa Royo en Miami!  Now, in English...Let's get to know Rosa Royo in Miami! Rosa Royo is one of the brightest leaders in the risk and insurance industry. Native to the Miami area, she loves the Miami culture, food, music, and art.  She is Director, Workers' Compensation and Loss Prevention at Miami-Dade County Public Schools. It is the fourth-largest schoo...

Send us Fan Mail Listen in as Yvonne and Rafael catch up with our good friend Barry Dillard, VP of Risk Management Services at Walt Disney World. Barry chats about what it was like coming back into the office after the pandemic, and a few other significant changes he experienced over the past couple of years, along with Disney cast members.  Barry is a popular guy in our industry, and while he is...

Send us Fan Mail Join Yvonne and Rafael as they talk with Sabrina Taylor Mitchell, AVP Southeast Region of PMA Companies.  Sabrina is full of surprises in this episode. Sharing about herself, her family, how she worked her way through school as a young mom, she charted a course for herself, and guess what? The course wasn't always traveling in a straight line. She chats about navigating loop-...

Send us Fan Mail Take some time with Yvonne and Rafael as they lean in and get to know the Honorable Jacqueline Steele.  We talk to her about growing up in Tampa, getting her undergrad degree from the University of South Florida (go Bulls!), attending law school, and how a Moot Court Competition landed her in the workers' compensation industry. We also chat about some twists, some turns, and...

Send us Fan Mail Join us for a special treat with none other than Abbie Hudgens, Administrator for the Tennessee Bureau of Workers' Compensation.  It's always a treat to talk with Abbie, a true southern belle and Tennessee native. However, she just announced her retirement effective August 31, so sharing time with her to discuss her career is truly a special treat.  Yvonne and Rafael sha...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Yvonne and Rafael lean in hard to get to know Angel Guerra Chagolla, based in the Los Angeles Metropolitan Area.   Where do we begin with Angel? You just have to listen to this episode. Angel is a perfect example of how you can come into this industry, start at ground level, and go all the way to the top. What does it take?  Curiosity, persistence,  grit, and the...

Send us Fan Mail Join us - Yvonne and Rafael - for a super fun episode where we get to know Dr. Geralyn Datz, Medical and Pain Psychologist and President of Southern Behavioral Medicine Associates, based in Hattiesburg, MS.  Dr. Datz had us laughing from the very start. Spend a few minutes with us as we share a few laughs, discuss how she came to be in the workers' comp industry, get a brief...

Send us Fan Mail Dr. Claire Muselman is back!  We are happy to welcome back Dr. Claire Muselman to our podcast. So much has changed since the last time she was on the show.  Yvonne and Rafael share some laughs as we catch up with Dr. Claire on some important changes in her career and life.  Now taking on risk management as chief risk officer with Emory Industrial, Dr. Claire explains some of the f...

Send us Fan Mail Yvonne and Rafael talk with Donna Check, co-founder of NeuLife Rehabilitation based in Mt. Dora, Florida.  Donna talks with us about growing up in Long Island, what she studied in school, how she ended up in the workers' comp industry, and why she decided to pursue a career in brain and spinal cord injury rehabilitation.  Of course, there are many interesting stories that she...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Yvonne and Rafael chat with Bill Minick, a Texas attorney, risk management consultant, and pioneer of Texas injury benefit management programs. Some people refer to this kind of program as a workers' comp "opt-out" program. He is the founder and former chairman of PartnerSource, the leading provider of responsible alternatives to traditional workers...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, we get to know Patrick Robinson, VP of Government Affairs at ODG (an MCG Health Company).  Patrick shares his interesting career path from an attorney in Shreveport, Louisiana to administrator and judge, WCRI, now with ODG, and some of the things he has learned along the way. He also chats about grandkids, his Latin connections, and a few things he did during the...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode we get to know Debra Livingston, President and CEO of ReEmployability based in Tampa, Florida.  ReEmployability, founded in 2003, offers employers a proprietary return to work program, Transition2Work, a cost-effective solution to modified light duty assignments, and reduces workers’ compensation and non-occupational disability claim costs while giving the injured...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, we get to know John Ruser, President and CEO at Workers' Compensation Research Institute (WCRI). According to the WCRI website, WCRI was founded in 1983 and they are an independent not-for-profit research organization which strives to help those interested in making improvements to the workers' compensation system by providing highly-regarded, objective...