By Jim Porcari
Often times, we are asked to work with claims leaders who manage functional areas, with the goal of helping identify process and quality opportunity areas.
One of the things we find is linear thinking, i.e., a thinking of steps and touches in a process that are viewed as concurrent, moving from one task, to the next, to the next; with timeliness and quality measures for each task.
We are strong advocates of beginning with the end in mind. What is the end state goal? With that as the starting point, look at a process from a viewpoint of first elimination of non-value add (challenge the dogma) steps and touches, second compressing cycle time within the task, then seeing how many tasks can be done concurrently to further compress cycle time and get to the real desired end state – a closed claim, with the right indemnity and expense, that does not normally reopen.
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