Occupation: Provost and Founding Partner
Company: WorkCompCollege.com
Born: Fairfield, Illinois
Career:
Provost, Founding Partner, WorkCompCollege.com (2022-Present)
Principal, The RxProfessor (2021-Present)
Senior Vice President, Product Development & Marketing, The Preferred Medical (2018-2021)
Senior Vice President, PRIUM (2009-2018)
Vice President, Professional Services, CoreSpeed, LLC (2006-2009)
Vice President, Business Development, PRIUM (2000-2006)
IT Manager, ChoicePoint (1995-2000)
Software Development; Project Management; Computer Operations, Equifax (1980-1995)
Career Related:
Founding Member, Advancing Advocacy (2023-Present); Founding Member, The Transitions (2020-Present); Advisory Board Member, Harvard MedTech (2019-Present); Advisory Board Member, SimpleTherapy (2019-2022); Advisory Board Member, Goldfinch Health (2021-2022)
Civic:
Youth Sports Coach; With, Mentoring Groups; Bible School Teacher
Creative Works:
Guest Speaker, Questpro (2021-Present); Contributor, Editor, Advancing Advocacy in Risk Management (2023-Present); Speaker, Casualty Actuarial Society (2018, 2019); Speaker, National Rx Drug Abuse & Heroin Summit (2014, 2016, 2017); Author, “An Analysis of Drug Therapy Tapering Guidelines,” PRIUM (2014); Author, “A Proven Cost-reduction Strategy for the Medicare Set-Aside Environment,” PRIUM (2013); Author, “Legacy Claim Cleanup Texas Style, PRIUM (2013); Article Contributor, Claim Management Magazine; Article Contributor, Workers’ Compensation Magazine; Article Contributor, WorkCompWire; Article Contributor, WorkersCompensation.com; Article Contributor, WorkCompCentral; Article Contributor, Risk & Insurance Magazine; Article Contributor, Insurance Thought Leader and PC360; Presented Educational Content over 700 Times in 42 States and Internationally; Speaker, Abuse Deterrent Formulations Summit; Speaker, American Association of Occupational Health Nurses; Speaker, American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine; American Society of Addiction Medicine; Speaker, Brain Injury Business Practice College; Speaker, Business Insurance Cannabis & Hemp conference; Speaker, Case Management Society of America; Speaker, Case Management Society of the United Kingdom; Speaker, International Pain Summit; Speaker, International Association of Insurance Professionals (IAIP); Speaker, International Risk Management Institute (IRMI); Speaker, International Virtual Pain Summit; Speaker, Impairment Without Disability; Speaker, Mentors for Military; Speaker, National Association of Minority and Women Owned Law Firms; Speaker, Smart Approaches to Marijuana; Speaker, State Bar of Georgia; Speaker, State Bar of North Carolina
Achievements:
Successfully lobbied for California to require the CURES PDMP be used by prescribers; Successfully lobbied for drug formularies in a variety of states to address inappropriate prescribing; Received several industry and non-industry awards
Awards:
Recipient, Health 2.0 Outstanding Leadership Award, IFAH (2022); Honoree, Top 100 Healthcare Leader, IFAH (2021); Honoree, Best Blogs of 2018, WorkersCompensation.com (2018); Recipient, Samuel Gompers Award, International Association of Industrial Accident Boards and Commissions (IAIABC) (2017); Honoree, Best Blogs of 2017, WorkersCompensation.com (2017); Recipient, 2016 Magna Comp Laude Award, WorkCompCentral (2016); Honoree, Best Blogs of 2016, WorkersCompensation.com (2016); Recipient, Business Insurance Innovation Awards 2011 for PRIUM Qualified Medical Intervention Program, Business Insurance (2012)
Memberships:
Pharmacy Group Member, CompSense California (2015-Present); Medical Issues Committee Member, IAIABC (International Association of Industrial Accident Boards and Commissions) (2013-2023); Work Comp Committee Member, SIIA (Self-Insurance Institute of America) (2015-2019); Workplace Issues & Legal Reform Committee Member, New Mexico Association of Commerce & Industry (2015-2016); Member, ICT (Insurance Council of Texas) (2012-2016)
Family:
Son of Kenneth and Barbara Pew
Married: Patti (1983-Present)
Children: Nathan; Rachel
Four Granddaughters
Hobbies:
Spending time with family; Enjoys sports; Church-related activities
