Alternative Dispute Resolutions (ADR)

A number of states have adopted statutes that enable special ADR Programs to resolve workers’ compensation claims instead of using the state workers’ compensation process. The ADR Program is designed to deliver workers’ compensation benefits faster, manage expenses and contain costs associated with claims.

• Collectively Bargained Program Components
  –  In-network medical management program.
  –  Nurse Practitioner.
  –  Ombudsman or Facilitator who serves as a guide for entitled benefits and the available 
      resolution process.
  –  Informal mediation proceedings to resolve disputes.
  –  Arbitration to settle issues unable to be resolved through mediation.

• Program Requirements
  -  The insured or the work performed by insured must be in a state that allows ADR Programs.
  -  Participation may be limited to the construction industry in certain states in accordance with
     state statutes. Other state statutes are broader and permit participation from other unionized
     industries.
  -  The Insured and its workers are subject to a collective bargaining agreement.
  -  Chartis must be an approved ADR carrier for the particular program or trade association.
  -  Minimum premium subject to underwriting requirements. 
  
  For more information on our ADR Program requirements, please email us at ADR.Programs@chartisinsurance.com.
  
  

 Chartis ADR Advantage

• Nurse Case Managers assigned to each program to serve as a resource for injured workers.

• Access to quality medical care that is designated for each program. 

• Cost-saving medical management. 

• Chartis ADR experts facilitate programs’ efficiency. 

• Specialized ADR claims-handling training for claims professionals. 

• Customized safety programs. 

• Industry-specific programs designed to meet the needs of the insured.

States Permitting ADR

Thirteen non-monopolistic states have adopted legislation permitting the use of ADR to resolve workers’ compensation claims in lieu of state administrative proceedings:

^{* Chartis is currently approved to write ADR in this state.}

Chartis is an approved carrier for the following ADR Programs¹

• Basic Crafts [California]
  www.basiccrafts.org
  This program is administered by a joint labor-management trust called the Basic Crafts Workers’ Compensation Benefits Trust Fund.  It applies to any member whose employer chooses to sign on to the Basic Crafts Program.

• Ironworkers Workers' Compensation Program [California]
  www.ironworkersadr.com
  In an effort to increase safety performance and prevent job site injuries, the Ironworkers Workers’ Compensation Trust Fund has created a safety program policy for contractors who elect to participate in this collectively bargained workers' compensation program.

• National Electrical Contractors Association (NECA) West [California] 
  www.necawest.com 
  The National Electrical Contractors Association (NECA) West Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) program is the core insurance program for its members. The NECA West ADR program is the only ADR program endorsed by both the IBEW and NECA, and is approved by the State of California.

• Operating Engineers Workers' Compensation Trust [California]
  www.sccaweb.org/workers_comp.htm
  Volunteer-led and governed by its members, SCCA has served the union heavy construction industry since 1974. Membership is open to contractors signatory with the Operating Engineers, Laborers, Cement Masons, Ironworkers, Carpenters or Construction Teamsters. Affiliate memberships are also available.

• Operatives, Plasterers & Cement Masons Local 500 & 600 Workers’ Compensation Alternative Dispute Resolution System [California]
  For more information on this program, please email ADR.Program@chartisinsurance.com.

• Carpenters-Contractors [California]
  http://socalcarpentersworkerscompadr.org/index.cfm 
  The Carpenters-Contractors Workers’ Compensation Trust for Southern California is a collectively bargained “carve-out” program from the California state system.  It is designed exclusively for the use of our Carpenter-Contractor members and their employees. 

• Union Construction Workers' Compensation Program (UCWCP) [Minnesota]
  www.ucwcp.com
  In 1995, the Minnesota Legislature passed a law that allows unions and signatory employers to create their own method of administering workers' compensation benefits. A Board of Trustees was created in 1996 with balanced representation of union leaders and contractors. The Trustees asked Wilson-McShane Corporation to administer the Union Construction Workers’ Compensation Program, an alternative program to fit the needs of the construction industry. The Trustees approve the rules, procedures, physicians and others who make up the Union Construction Workers' Compensation Program.

• Negotiated Workers' Compensation Insurance Program (NWCIP) [Florida]
  http://nwcip.com 
  The NWCIP is labor and management coming together to create a more efficient, less adversarial and less costly workers’ compensation system. The Negotiated Workers’ Compensation Insurance Program (NWCIP) is the joint response of labor and management to Chapter 440.211, F.S. This statutory provision allows labor and employers acting under a collective bargaining agreement to use the strength of the collective bargaining environment to customize portions of the statutory Workers’ Compensation program.
  
  

^{[1] The listed programs are limited to the construction industry. However, some state statutes have broad enabling statutes and the authorized programs are not limited to the construction industry.}

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