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New ERMA Initiative – Paying All Claims From Dollar One

Effective July 1, 2025, the Employment Risk Management Authority (ERMA) is looking to make a significant change regarding how it manages and pays invoices on all ERMA claims.

Why the change? The change is to eliminate the duplicative review process for items that are within the member’s retained limit or Self-Insured Retention (SIR). Currently, the Litigation Management team reviews ALL billings for accuracy and enters them into “Juris” (the ERMA Claims Management system).

They then send “approval” to the ERMA Member or underlying member to pay those bills within their SIR. Once a member’s SIR is met, the Sedgwick Litigation Management team handles invoice payments.

ERMA wants to make it easier for all members by having ERMA make ALL claimsrelated payments from the very beginning of a claim, and simply bill the members (or in some cases their primary JPA) back on a quarterly basis for amounts within the member SIR.

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New ERMA Initiative – Paying All Claims From Dollar One

The ERMA Board of Directors met on June 2, 2025, to formally consider this matter. The Board accepted Staff’s recommendation(s), which will occur starting July 1, 2025, as follows:

• All new claims as of July 1, 2025, will have ALL invoices paid from Dollar One ($1) by ERMA, and the members will no longer be involved in the payment process on those claims.
• All currently open claims as of July 1, 2025, will be handled similarly, and ALL invoices should begin to be paid as of that date by ERMA (regardless of whether the claim is still within the member’s deductible).
• Members will be billed by ERMA quarterly to collect or recover any amounts owed on their Self-Insured Retention (SIR).

ERMA Staff held a meeting on May 28, 2025, for all members to introduce the new process and answer any questions. If you were unable to attend or would like to rewatch the video, you can access the recording below. Please note, you may need the password to access the video. The password is PTJ1e^^7.

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New ERMA Initiative – Paying All Claims From Dollar One

ERMA Staff has created a comprehensive Dollar One FAQ for members and administrators to reference. Click below to view and download your copy today!

If you have questions, please contact the appropriate ERMA representative with questions. Who are the appropriate representatives?

• Claims Related Questions – Litigation Team
  • Stacey Sullivan [email protected]
  • John Jeffs [email protected]
  • Brittany Urena [email protected]
• Accounting Related Questions – Finance Team
  • Sarah Thurston [email protected]
  • Pat Wegner [email protected]

If you have further questions, please feel free to contact Rob Kramer, ERMA Executive Director, at [email protected], or Yvette Flama, ERMA Lead Analyst, at [email protected].