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GMVHRA Presentation

"A Proactive Approach in Controlling the Cost in Managing an On-the-Job Injury” was presented by Cynthia Causbie, CCM, LRC, Director of Business Development at Sargent & Associates and Dianne Annon, Director of Business Development at the Salem Occupational Acute Care/CompPartners to the Greater Merrimack Valley Human Resource Association on May 14, 2008.

 

Bureau of Labor Statistics state the following:

      .         If an employee is out of work for six months he/she has a 50% chance of returning to work.

      .         If an employee is out of work for one year he/she has a 25% chance of returning to work.

      .         If an employee remains out of work for two years he/she virtually has no chance of returning to work.

 

An employer who implements a proactive comprehensive risk management approach, including proper accident investigation and reporting, establishing an occupational health provider relationship, implementing early intervention aggressive case management services and provides a modified light duty program will control their medical and indemnity cost.

In addition, they will also increase productivity, reduce cost to train/and or hire replacement workers and increase the overall morale of the workforce.

Objectives of the presentation were to:

      .         Address the importance of proper procedures for accident reporting and investigation of injury.

      .         Describe the benefits of the risk management team approach in managing the on the job injury with injured worker, employer, treating physician and case management.

      .         Describe the benefits of an occupational health provider in the assessment, evaluation, treatment and return to work planning.

      .         Understand the role of the case manager as an advocate for
the injured worker and a value added benefit to the employer in managing the workers' compensation claim.

      .         Describe the development of a light duty program and the benefits to the injured worker, and the employer in maintaining productivity and in controlling costs.

      .         Present case studies of cost control measures with a comprehensive risk management program.

 

For more information, please contact Cynthia Causbie, Director of Business Development, at 978-256-7459 or via email at cynthia@sargentandassociates.com

 

Outsourcing Workers' Compensation

Sargent & Associates has a solution -- Outsourcing the Workers' Compensation Process. One phone call gives you access to an experienced risk manager who will be designated as your Workers' Compensation Specialist. He will make it his top priority to assure the injury is causally related, medical expenses are contained and return to work options are addressed immediately. He will conduct periodic claims reviews with adjusters to monitor loss run reports and reserve monies. He will follow the claims to closure, minimizing any unnecessary costs. He can report to your safety committee any injury trends and coordinate safety awareness initiatives as needed. Most importantly, our risk manager has extensive knkowledge with the DIA and often appears at hearings to represent the employer's best interest.

 

Sargent & Associates can work on a fee-for-service basis or a flat fee arrangement. For more information, please contact Cynthia Causbie, Director of Business Development, at 978-256-7459 or via email at cynthia@sargentandassociates.com.

 

 

Lewis Millender Talk:

Joanne Sargent recently spoke at the Lewis H. Millender, MD Educational Series along with Alan Curtis, MD, from the Boston Sports & Shoulder Center in Chestnut Hill, MA and Walter Panis, MD, Neurology, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Occupational Medicine Center, New England Baptist Hospital. The topic was "Diagnosis and Treatment of Work Related Shoulder Injuries”.

 

Joanne appears below with Alan Curtis, MD, Lee Okurowski, MD, OEHN, and Thomas Winters, MD after her presentation.

To view her powerpoint presentation, please click here.