Contributors

Patricia Bailer
Global Life/Health Chief Claims Officer
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- pbailer@genre.com
Pat Bailer is Gen Re's Global Chief Claims Officer for Life & Health, responsible for claims management leadership for our Critical Illness, Disability, Life, Long Term Care and Medicare Supplement products.
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Why Medicare Fraud Is a Blind Spot for Medigap Insurers
By Patricia Bailer Feb 15, 2017 English
Given the transactional nature of Medicare Supplement claims, inventory management tends to have more of a process versus risk orientation. However, simply processing a claim, and otherwise overlooking its complexities, leaves a lot at stake. For example,...
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Should Obesity Be Considered a Disability?
Issue: Dec 14, 2015
EnglishArticles in this edition include: Should Obesity Be Considered a Disability?; Putting Behavioral Economics to Work for the Insurance Industry; Trends to Watch in the L/H industry. Also our research surveys, conferences and people news.
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Is Obesity a Disability? - A U.S. look at a recent European case
By Patricia Bailer Mar 17, 2015 English
Last year, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruled in a case brought by a man who claimed he was fired because he was obese. Did the ECJ ruling take obesity to another level by classifying it as a disability and not just a co-morbid or contributing...
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