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The Ohio Hospital Association (OHA) provides two workers' compensation programs administered by Sedgwick. OHA-sponsored workers' compensation programs include a traditional group experience rating program and a group retrospective rating program for private sector hospital members. In its traditional group rating program, member hospitals receive up-front discounts on premiums owed to the Bureau of Workers' Compensation (BWC). These premium savings are justified due to better-than-average claims experience. In its group retrospective rating program, a group savings program, participating hospitals initially pay their full individually-rated premium to BWC and then earn retroactive rebates based on the overall performance of the group. The incentive with "group retro" plans is to maintain and enhance safety programs to prevent or minimize work-related injuries and aggressively manage the cost of claims that do occur. These risk management activities directly impact the ultimate savings achieved by those participating in the program.