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MedRisk's CEO Shelley Boyce elected to WCRI Board of DirectorsKING OF PRUSSIA, PA. (June 27, 2007) – Shelley Boyce, CEO of MedRisk, Inc., has been named to the board of directors of the Workers Compensation Research Institute (WCRI). The institute’s Board of Directors, a representative group that is elected by the membership for staggered three-year terms, is responsible for all policymaking activities. Ms. Boyce joins executives from companies such as AT&T, Gallagher Bassett, The Hartford, Liberty Mutual, Marriott International, and Travelers. A pioneer in the development of physical medicine treatment strategies for the workers’ compensation industry, Boyce founded MedRisk in the early 1990s and has since grown the company into a leading provider of workers’ compensation medical management programs and claims services. Her commitment to evidence-based medicine led her to form a separate clinical research and academic subsidiary, Expert Clinical Benchmarks (ECB), which reviews and codifies the latest physical medicine research results to support the development and continued maintenance of workers’ compensation specific evidence-based physical medicine treatment guidelines. A former chair of the WCRI Core Funders Committee, Boyce holds a Master of Business Administration degree from the University of Pennsylvania, Wharton School of Business and a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Virginia. About WCRIOrganized in 1983, the Workers Compensation Research Institute is a nonpartisan, not-for-profit membership organization conducting public policy research on workers’ compensation, healthcare and disability issues. Its members include employers, insurers, insurance regulators, and state administrative agencies in the U.S., Canada, Australia and New Zealand as well as several state labor organizations. WCRI provides information obtained through studies and data collection efforts, which conform to recognized scientific methods. Objectivity is further ensured through rigorous, unbiased peer review procedures. About MedRisk Founded in 1994 and based in King of Prussia, Pa., MedRisk, Inc. provides specialty managed care services along with claims workflow management tools to the workers’ compensation industry. With a demonstrated core competency in physical medicine management, MedRisk has leveraged its technological expertise and evidence-based research to provide a growing list of products and services to its client community including document management, best-practice claim-workflow automation, specialty network services, network integration and data analytics. MedRisk’s programs deliver savings and operational efficiencies that are significantly greater than traditional programs. Customers include insurance carriers, self-insured employers, third-party administrators and general managed care workers’ compensation companies. More information is available at www.medrisknet.com or by calling 1-800-225-9675. Media Contacts: | |
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