Sedgwick expands managed care offerings

Sedgwick Claims Management Services Inc. announced Wednesday it is now offering its managed care services independent of claims administration, providing the insurance industry and employers with additional choices for administering care for their employees and policyholders.

Memphis, Tennessee-based Sedgwick said in a statement that the independent managed care offerings will give clients the power to choose just one or several from its full suite of services.

Sedgwick offers a range of managed care services, including cost containment services encompassing medical bill review, complex review, nurse audit and bill negotiations. Within clinical care are nurse triage, case management, surgery nurse services, behavioral health, pharmacy management, transition work services, vocational return-to-work services and utilization review.