ReAudio: ReAssess Your Workers Comp Toolbox

Jason Parker had an ah-ha moment over 20 years ago that has led him to a path of greater resistance, a higher bar of less simplicity.  He’s the founder and CEO of Centrix Work Disability Solutions and he’s changing mindsets in Workers Comp one Injured Worker at a time.

Happy Thanksgiving everyone! This week we finish up our conversation with Woodruff Sawyer Specialty Claims Consultant & Assistant Vice President Debbie Hammer. Debbie’s going to share a few stories of success, that directly relate to looking at the human behind the numbers.  

As a society, it’s incredibly easy for us to run on autopilot.  In our personal and work lives, taking the path of least resistance is, in most cases, our default, making us miss many opportunities. So much so, that we may get to a point where we forget the basics of relationships. Debbie Hammer is the Assistant Vice President & a Specialty Claims Consultant at Woodruff Sawyer. She recently wr...

November 11th was designated Armistice Day in 1926 and later, in 1956, changed to what we now recognize as Veteran’s Day. To commemorate this day, REAudio is resurrecting a 3-part series, originally published in November of last year, with retired Army Medic Bill Edson. Bill has become an outstanding leadership coach who takes the lessons he learned while in the military and translates them to hel...

My Hope Chest is a grassroots organization that, for nearly 20 years, has helped women become whole by funding reconstructive surgery after breast cancer treatment.  This week we talk to My Hope Chest CEO & Founder Alisa Savoretti, who discusses her battle with breast cancer,  her successes, and the crossroads My Hope Chest is approaching.  Learn more about My Hope Chest at https://www.myhopec...

West Central Florida domestic violence shelter, The Spring of Tampa Bay, President & CEO Mindy Murphy joins us this week in honor of Domestic Violence Awareness Month's Week of Action.  In this episode, Mindy provides advice for victims who seek a way out of their abuse and describes options for anyone interested in helping to end domestic violence.  If you need help, please utilize eithe...

This week we sit down with Volunteer Program Manager Xavier Oliver from one of our local Habitat for Humanity chapters, Habitat for Humanity of Pinellas & West Pasco Counties.  I think you’ll come to appreciate their mission more after hearing our conversation and can better understand the why behind the good work they do.  If you’d like information on this chapter of Habitat for Humanity visi...

This week we’ll finish our conversation with Shawn Deane, General Counsel and Senior Vice President of Risk Management & Compliance at Ametros, and host of the “It’s Settled” podcast.  Shawn shares some stories about himself and others he’s met, that may have you truly believing...things happen for a reason. https://www.kidschanceofma.org/ https://ametros.com/ https://podcast.ametros.com/

Shawn Deane wanted to be a rock star growing up.  But as luck would have it, he’s now an experienced attorney whose purpose is to find empathetic paths to recovery for injured workers. He’s the General Counsel and Senior Vice President of Risk Management & Compliance at Ametros, as well as the host of the "It's Settled" podcast. If you’d like to make a donation to help those aff...

This week we finish our conversation with Erica Haselton, who talks about her fight from near death after being hit by a tractor-trailer, to the accomplishment of running a marathon, and even loftier goals than that. If you’re interested in learning more about Rehab Without Walls, please visit www.rehabwithoutwalls.com .

One moment Erica Haselton was a new mother heading to a football game with her family, and the next she was being airlifted to a hospital with a traumatic brain injury.   In a moment, everything in her life changed. Now she’s doing things some people never thought possible.  Truth is though, she knew they were possible… even probable!

Last October I spoke with Deb Livingston, the founder and CEO of ReEmployAbility after she won the Comp Laude Gala People’s Choice Award. She told of her story and the story of Walter, an Injured Worker whose experience we are too familiar with within our program.   Taking just a moment to walk in another's shoes, those of the Risk Manager, Adjuster, Employer, and Injured Worker can present v...

Scott Mann was a guest on ReAudio back in April, featured in a 3 part series. He’s a retired Green Beret who has been the poster child of “You can do it… if you do the work”.  He’s created a leadership movement called Rooftop Leadership, written a play that has been turned into a movie, started a non-profit to help veterans acclimate back into civilian life, and won the respect of tribal leaders i...

Sharon Green is the founder and Executive Director of Victor Family Resource Center, an organization whose focus is on assistance in the communities they serve.  They help people transition from jail cells to jobs and from the streets to a home.  She’s inspirational.  If you’re interested in learning more or helping out, please visit https://vvfrc.org/ .  

There are everyday heroes that walk among us, and we don’t even realize it.  Not the type that runs into burning buildings or pulls injured comrades off the battlefield, but the ones that simply go about their days, trying to make a living, navigating our crazy world, and doing the right thing because it’s the right thing to do.  That’s Mike Threat, and I’m really excited to share our conversation...

Lindsey Bressi, ReEmployAbility’s Transition2Work Coordinator, has been out and about onboarding new not-for-profits and visiting our not-for-profit partners. Turns out, what we think we see on the cover of many of these organizations doesn’t tell the whole story.  In most cases, there’s much more to what they do. Injured Workers that are involved in their operations are leaving with truly positiv...

Tyler Hundley is a college student who works here at ReEmployAbility, and will soon be on his way to start his career just like thousands of other men his age.  Tyler's recent volunteer expedition to Peru has provided him with a perspective on things that will no doubt enhance every aspect of his life.  You can learn more about the organization he works with at https://kidsaroundtheworld.com/...

 Matthew is an injured worker who is participating in the Transition2Work program at a food bank in Texas.  Take it from him…it’s improving his life! 

Olga Dominguez is a very special woman with a super inspirational story.  She’s a Patient Advocate for New Life Brace and Limb. Olga lost a part of her leg because of an illness some time ago, and she shares how losing part of herself has finally made her whole. If you have any questions regarding life with a prosthetic or need to get info for someone regarding advocacy, please email Olga at olga@...

T.J. Stevens works on the client side for a nationwide distribution company and is implementing a program designed to put the desires and needs of his employees first.  Using a common sense, and a back-to-basics approach, he’s hoping to save time, money and keep good employees on the job as well.  Find out more about T.J. and connect with him on LinkedIn HERE , or email him at tjstevens2015@gmail....

Luis Amano, Community Relations Manager with Rehab Without Walls,  is fully aware of the impact he makes every day… and I’m pretty sure you’ll realize why and how in his story.  He’s a great example of a hero taking their exceptionality and changing the lives of others.  

This week we talk with Tammy Boyd, Head of Global Sales for workerscompensation.com.  Tammy has a great story of how simply asking an Injured Worker about their likes and dislikes, motivations, and desires made a successful recovery possible.  Here’s a link to the book I referenced at the end of the show: The Rabbit Effect

Almost nothing has been predictable since March of 2020 and it seems like the world has been overwhelmed with one crisis after another.  Data and statistics can only go so far to help us understand the world around us, and what to do about things.  It’s people, human connections, those things that cannot be quantified that we all need to take the rest of the way.  Join Dr. Claire Muselman and Nata...

REAudio is super excited to be celebrating our 1-year anniversary next week, June 24th!  On that date, we will be starting season 2 of ReAudio, and that means a change of focus.  We’re going to use this platform to start telling some stories of success.  Taking perspectives of Employers, Insurance Professionals, Injured Workers, Vendors, and other special guests. Our guests will discuss stories of...

Beginning the week of June 24th, we’ll be celebrating the anniversary of ReAudio with a change of pace.  We’re going to use this platform to start telling some stories of success!  Taking perspectives of Employers, Insurance Professionals, Injured Workers, Vendors and anyone else, even from outside of the industry, that has a story of how a person, event, situation or moment in time has changed th...