MEC Connect

About MEC Connect

Tune into MEC Connect to hear MEC experts discuss the latest developments in workers' compensation. Drawing upon their extensive experience, they will share stories and practical tips that can help partners and employers discover innovative ways to create a better outcome in their program.

Publisher

Midwest Employers Casualty

Category

business

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

14 Jun 2022

Latest episode

29 Jun 2026

Latest episodes

1 of 41 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   29 Jun 2026

   Looking Beyond the Injury: Comorbidities, Causation, and Cost Control

   In our final Season 4 episode of MEC Connect Impact Stories, Peggy Ford, Senior National Catastrophic Medical Consultant at MEC, explores how disciplined medical review and a deep understanding of comorbidities can transform claim outcomes. Peggy walks us through two case studies that show how comorbidities and medication can reshape settlement planning, long-term care, and total exposure. First, Peggy shares details about a catastrophic electrical injury that led to severe burns, recon...

2. 

   15 Jun 2026

   Aligned for Impact: How Collaboration Improves TBI Outcomes

   In this episode of MEC Connect Impact Stories, Phyllis Ramondetta, RN, CLCP, CCM, our recently retired Senior National Catastrophic Medical Management Consultant at MEC, explores how early, outcome-driven medical management can transform the trajectory of catastrophic workers compensation claims. Through two real-life traumatic brain injury (TBI) cases, MEC’s Medical Management Consultants demonstrate how aligning the right people, processes, and expertise leads to better recovery and more co...

3. 

   1 Jun 2026

   Prescription for Savings: Smarter Pharmacy Spend Strategies

   In this episode of MEC Connect Impact Stories, Dana Dorsey, RN, BSN, CCM, MSCC Medical Management Consultant at MEC, takes a closer look at one of the most overlooked drivers of claim costs: pharmacy spend. What appears routine on the surface—the same prescription, dosage, and outcome—can carry vastly different costs depending on how and where it’s dispensed. Through two real-world cases from the fire service, Dana explains to listeners how MEC’s people-first, outcome-driven approach uncovers...

Inside a recent episode

Reducing Medical Spend While Preserving Quality of Care

Published 4 May 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] Her primary care physician did blood work and discovered her platelets were extremely low and admitted her to the hospital where she was ultimately diagnosed with idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura. also referred to as acute immune thrombocytopenia, or ITP for short. The term purpura refers to bruising and deposits of blood under the skin which are commonly seen with platelet deficiencies and was the rash that brought the injured worker to her PCP. So what exactly is idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura? It is a condition where the body's immune system mistakenly attacks the body's platelets, thinking they are a pathogen that has invaded the body. […]

Who has been a guest on MEC Connect

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Peggy Ford
• Tina D’Andrea
• Jeff Pack

Reach and audience

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YouTube views

257

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

5 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

3 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 48 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

47

Social presence

0

YouTube

64

Engagement

60

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