Workers' Compensation Consultation Program
This nationwide consulting team has developed and implemented the protocols and customized treatment programs to assist clinicians in becoming a workers’ compensation health care provider in their area. The employers’ are looking for a provider that will work with their injured employee’s and provide them with an objective treatment plan as they monitor the ongoing care that each person may need. Employers want to feel comfortable with the health care provider they are utilizing for their workers’ compensation care.
Corporate Health of America, L.L.C. (CHA) has developed a comprehensive program called JobGuard™ that provides clinicians, corporations, third party administrators, and insurance carriers with a healthcare delivery system that allows for the correct handling of their workers’ compensation costs. JobGuard™ is designed to control the cost of healthcare services and improve worker productivity through improved health and reduced absenteeism.
CHA develops and implements programs that allow clinicians to target the workers’ compensation market. A key component of the program is to locate health care providers throughout the nation that can truly perform the necessary procedures requested by the employers and insurance companies.
Each client is assigned a Personal Consultant who provides the following services:
- Assistance with Operational and Clinical Functionality
- Weekly teleconference training sessions
- Instruction in clinical protocols, practice policies and procedures, administrative protocols, and operational procedures
- Training on reporting procedures, treatment plans and objective testing documentation
CHA will provide you and your team with a thorough training program and a marketing overview to help target local companies for Workers’ Compensation care.
- CHA provides benefits to employers, workers’ compensation carriers, third party administrators, and insurance carriers.
- Consultation and training with your treatment and rehabilitation programs.
- Substantial Savings – The JobGuard™ program offers a comprehensive and successful model to reduce unnecessary workers’ compensation costs for employers.
- Offer Effective Risk Management – Program goals to employers are to:
- Assist employer in hiring the most capable employees for each specific job/position
- Assist employer in decreased hiring and training expenses
- Help employers reduce fraud and abuse
- Help employers increase productivity – Many employers are looking for providers to participate in their Workers’ Compensation and group health plans
- Help employers reduce fraud and abuse
Work injuries and illnesses are on the rise. CHA clients and community-based healthcare providers offer to participate in the training and education of all employees.
Topics covered in these educational seminars include:
- Back Safety - This presentation has a short review of the anatomy of the spine and it focuses on good body mechanics.
- Injury Prevention in Public Safety - This is a back injury prevention course that is specific to officers working in Public Safety.
- Carpal Tunnel - This is a presentation dealing with carpal tunnel syndrome and its causes.
- Lift Fit Training - A short presentation on safe lifting techniques and general warm-up exercises.
- Smoking Cessation - A presentation to give people some tools to help them quit smoking.
Treatment and Rehabilitation Programs
CHA has developed a multidisciplinary team approach to treatment and rehabilitation. The development and implementation of a comprehensive treatment and rehabilitation program is the key to driving down workers’ compensation costs. It is also a key element in the thorough treatment and evaluation of the injured worker.
- DOT Drug collection training through our nationwide contacts
- Creating and documenting patient treatment plans
- Job Specific Training and Injury Management Procedures
- Return To Work Programs
The elements of our treatment and rehabilitation program consist of:
Comprehensive Diagnosis
- Complete Injury Management – The healthcare provider examines the injured employee and supplies the employer with a verbal report of findings within twenty-four hours followed by a written report within three working days.
- Objective Assessment – A comparison is made to any post-offer examination results and the degree of injury is objectively determined. Based upon objective findings, a prescription for rehabilitation and a “back to work program” is implemented.
- Work Hardening and Conditioning Programs – Address the issues of productivity, safety, physical tolerances and work behaviors. A highly structured, goal-oriented, customized treatment program is designed to maximize the individual’s ability to return to work.
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