As a workers’ compensation professional, your goal is to get injured workers back on the job as soon as possible. But the last thing you want is to have workers return too soon. That’s a recipe for poor job performance and re-injury. And those costs can quickly erase any early RTW savings. Accelerated physical therapy is a smarter, more effective approach to treating injured workers. 

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Healthcare professionals use benchmarks to assess and improve the way they treat patients. Recently, we read an article about physical therapy benchmarks in the American Association of Orthopedic Surgeons’ online magazine. It occurred to us that PhysNet’s unique approach eliminates many of the problems providers face in delivering efficient, effective treatment to injured workers.

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It’s easy to see how you can save money by shortening return-to-work time. The less time your injured worker is out, the lower your overall claims costs. But getting people back to their job sooner provides other benefits as well.

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As a workers’ compensation professional, the last thing you want is repeat injuries. These injuries are expensive. They are avoidable. And no employer wants to see their people get hurt. But what if you didn’t care? Let’s take a tongue-in-cheek look at how to make sure your injured worker gets reinjured.

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Physicians who are dispensing drugs to your injured workers may be charging more than a pharmacy would charge. A lot more.

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Among some of the reforms made to workers' compensation laws throughout the United States are changes that give employers and insurers a greater degree of control in WC cases. Specifically, employers and insurers often have more power to select providers and challenge decisions about medical treatment through the use of independent medical examiners (IMEs) and mandated treatment guidelines.

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It’s not easy being in charge of your company’s workers’ compensation compliance. Sometimes it’s downright frustrating. There are a lot of people involved in the claims process. Your injured worker, their doctor, their physical therapist, your insurer, their adjuster, maybe a TPA. Every one of them wants something. You feel caught in the middle.

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Members of our PhysNet team just returned from the National Workers’ Compensation and Disability Conference & Expo. We’re committed to continuing education like this. It helps us stay up-to-date with the latest trends and best practices in the workers’ compensation field. One of the sessions really caught our attention. It was called “When a Claim Goes Off the Rails.”

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