What if your injured workers could receive outpatient therapy at work instead of at a clinic? A growing number of employers in many industries are choosing this option for their injured workers. Physical therapy at work is proven to be faster. It’s also more effective. And that is saving employers millions of dollars. But what do injured workers themselves think of this option?

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Each state sets its own workers’ compensation laws. Whether or not you can choose your injured workers’ physical therapy provider depends on where you are. Some states allow employers to make this decision. Others allow employees themselves to decide. Does your company take part in a managed health care network? That may also affect your ability to choose a physical therapy provider.

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Rehabilitation is the process of returning something to its original condition. The word literally means “make fit again.” When it comes to workers’ comp injuries, the terms rehab and physical therapy are sometimes used interchangeably. But they do have different meanings.

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The sooner injured workers return to work, the lower your workers’ compensation costs. Obviously you want to close workers’ comp claims as quickly as possible. But you won’t save time or money if employees aren’t fit for duty when they return. Outpatient therapy performed on-site, at work, provides faster claims processing and better results.

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For Americans, our work heavily influences our sense of personal identity. We spend much of our time at work. We develop personal relationships with colleagues. In many ways, we are what we “do.” No wonder injured workers often develop a devastating loss of work identity. So says Roger Aurbach.

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On-the-job injuries happen. Everyone’s goal is getting your worker back to pre-injury status – and back to work – as soon as possible. But physical therapy goals may not seem reasonable. In that case your injured worker may not take them seriously. Why bother, if results appear unattainable? To be reasonable, functional physical therapy goals must be custom-tailored to each employee.

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As your company’s workers’ comp pro, you know your annual premiums are “confirmed” by a year-end audit. You can’t avoid this audit, but you can be well-prepared for it. Preparation is the key to a workers’ compensation audit that goes smoothly and produces desirable results. Lack of preparation can bring disastrous results, in the form of higher premiums.

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For more than 10 years, we've been hearing how hard it is to get decent benchmark and trend data on physical therapy performance statistics. And what data we can find, doesn't answer our needs.

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