Business View Magazine September 2018

104 105 Every day, all across Maryland, Chesapeake Employ- ers’ Insurance helps employers keep workers safe from accidents and injuries. We proudly partner with independent insurance agents throughout Maryland to bring business owners solid, dependable workers’ compensation insurance. Chesapeake Employers’ Insurance has been providing workers’ compensation insurance in Maryland since 1914. Our local presence and unwavering dedication to business owners and their employees have made us what we are today— Maryland’s largest workers’ compensation insur- ance company. Chesapeake Employers offers a fully integrated safety and benefits delivery system that pro- vides guidance, information and quality medical care with an early return-to-work objective. This system includes several components designed to work in concert with policyholders and their injured employees. Professional Safety Services Chesapeake Employers can help reinforce the con- nection that safe workplaces and lower premiums go hand-in-hand. Our Safety Services Consultants specialize in assisting policyholders with training and information to help lower the frequency and severity of workplace injuries. Taking advantage of these free services can help policyholders im- prove their safety records and experience ratings (e-mod), thereby reducing premiums. Responsive Claims Management Services Our priority is to provide timely and accurate ben- efits. In addition to helping your injured worker re- ceive prompt and appropriate medical treatment, we help them heal and return to work as soon as medically possible. You can count on Chesapeake Employers’ claims specialists to conduct a thor- ough claim investigation. Our local, responsive, and knowledgeable claims adjusters and nurses continuously strive for better claims outcomes. Our claims and nursing professionals monitor the medical treatment plans and their costs for every claim. The digital integration of our information systems enables us to pay medical bills prompt- ly and at reduced rates from customary worker’s compensation fee schedules. We also provide these cost-savings services: n Prompt and thorough medical bill review and payment n Experienced nurse case managers who ensure utilization and treatment plans are monitored and appropriate n Pre-certification of medical and surgical proce- dures n Pain management prescription drug monitoring program Vigilant Against Fraud Fraud prevention, detection and referral for pos- sible legal action are top priorities at Chesapeake Employers. Our “Zero Tolerance” policy for work- ers’ compensation fraud, including claimant fraud and premium avoidance, together with our vigi- lance, helps to control customers’ premium costs. n In-house Special Investigations Unit n Strong record of prosecutions and recoveries For a workers’ compensation insurance coverage quote from Chesapeake Employers, connect with your local agent or visit www.ceiwc.com. Chesapeake Employers’ Insurance Company www.ceiwc.com Hyattsville administration has been working for the past 14 months to start implementing some of these initiatives, to let the community know what has been accomplished and inform staff about which projects need to be focused on for the coming year. Jim Chandler, Assistant City Administrator and Director of Community & Economic Development, explains, “Fundamental- ly, the City has gone through several versions of the planning exercise and had varying degrees of success.We’ve approached it in different ways, the one prior to this was a geographically-based plan. This plan is more focused on high-level topics and sustainability, as it’s more commonly defined.” One of the challenging pieces is determining what is actionable. The plan has a good descrip- tion of the vision and the actions but doesn’t box them into a narrowly defined category. One example involves the City looking at incorporat- ing electric vehicle charging stations in its com- mercial corridors to attract consumers. “Lo and behold, and separate from this,” says Chandler, “we were able to partner with the state of Mary- land on a plan they’re rolling out.We’ll be one of the first communities in Maryland to have level two and level three charging stations along one of our major commercial corridors. And because we articulated it in our strategy, we’re receiving it with no money out-of-pocket.” Another project is focused on park spaces. Hyattsville has 16 parks in various states of functionality. One is simply grass. Others are programmed with play spaces and ball fields. The City is actively working on four of those parks; supplying new equipment and some will be rearranged. One will become a market park with meeting space, room for a farmers’ market, and performance programming. Another park that already has ball fields will become a fitness park HYATTSVILLE, MARYLAND