Nine Questions to Ask When Coordinating Managed Care Providers
Coordinated medical care refers injured employees to specific physicians, integrating the protocols and goals of the overall workers compensation management program and coordinates with health insurance, i.e., managed care.
It means planning before an injury happens and educating your employees about proper procedures.(WCxKit) Managed care, if set up properly, reduces medical and indemnity costs, fine tunes medical treatment, creates a care-plan, sets a return-to-work date and requires periodic re-evaluation between the physician and case manager. Having a WC coordinator to post checklists and host employee meetings can go a long way to steering your injured employees and on-duty managers to the right physician. Full story…
