Samuel Driver
XXXXX Coaches Drive ♦ Clarksburg West Virginia XXXXX
Home: (XXX) XXXXXXXX ♦ Cellular: (XXX) XXXXXXXX ♦ XXXXX@roadrunner.net
Performance driven workers’ compensation claims professional and catastrophic injury
management expert. Recognized for ability to create, develop, and market innovative cost
effective programs and managed-care packages for claims-handling entities.
ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Contributed to innovative product and services portfolio development, saving clients
over $40 million in the past four fiscal years
Ascertained need for specialized managed-care services resulting in a profitable
program approach for top-ten healthcare claims corporation
Developed partnership with new clientele increasing business volume by 40%
Created and implemented medical bill negotiation service maximizing client savings
by 25%
Designed system to improve claims-handling practices increasing corporate
profitability and customer satisfaction
Created formula for estimating catastrophic injury lifetime costs effectively reducing
loss exposures
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Cellular Seven Insurance – Clarksburg, West Virginia
Team Manager, Healthcare Claims 2002-Present
Represents full spectrum managed-care products and services on behalf of newly
created division of national healthcare firm.
Creates, develops, and markets innovative products and services in response to
growing industry demands.
Builds lasting client relationships through recognition of consumer needs, strong
industry experience, and technical based sales skills.
Offers catastrophic-injury management assistance to national clients.
Provides lifetime medical-cost projection figures on spinal-cord, brain-damage,
sever-burn and multiple trauma cases.
Increases sales volume and vendor partnership through product enhancement and
new product roll-out.
Cellular Seven Insurance – Boulder, Colorado
Director, Claims Division 2000-2002
Claims Manager 1998-2000
Consulted on catastrophic-injury claims and continues to be called upon as an expert
in this arena.
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Samuel Driver
XXXXX Coaches Drive ♦ Clarksburg West Virginia XXXXX
Home: (XXX) XXXXXXXX ♦ Cellular: (XXX) XXXXXXXX ♦ XXXXX@roadrunner.net
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE (Continued)
Negotiate with internal consultants and external insurance clients to manage
escalating costs associated with catastrophic claims.
Researched treatment resource options including Centers of Excellence, rehabilitation
facilities and nurse case managers in efforts to reduce overall medical losses.
Conducted successful operational and due-diligence reviews on adequacy of reserve
projections resulting in appointment as Worker’s Compensation Team Leader.
Drexler United – Capital, Wyoming
Division Workers’ Compensation Claims Manager 1993-1998
Claims Supervisor 1987-1993
Supervised staff with a combined total of over seventy five years experience in
workers’ compensation processing.
Oversaw claims from ten branch offices covering seven state jurisdictions.
Headed task force in developing referral, and specific case handling, guidelines and
led examination team in the creation and implementation of audit program.
Directed technical aspects of over 5,000 complex claims including case
investigations, reserve figure setting, and the provision and evaluation of
settlements.
EDUCATION
Bachelor of Science, Business Administration
Bowling Green State University – Bowling Green, OH
Negotiation Skills for Senior Executives
Harvard School of Business – Boston, MA
CERTIFICATIONS
Certified Insurance Rehabilitation Specialist
Risk Management Skills Certification
Certified Disability Management Specialist
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