Optimizing the Vertical Integration of Workers’ Compensation Medical Treatment in Healthcare
… increase in Temporary Disability benefits at six-months and 10.1% at 12 months. Once again, the increase was substantially exaggerated with low-back claims. Arguably, any increase in cost is offset by the efficiency of care and improved experience, but why not have the best of both by better management of your integrated program? Here are three good places to start: Identify and remove barriers that delay care. The increase in lost-time days suggests that vertical integration fails to deliver faster recovery for workers after their injuries. This result is counterintuitive in that the goal of consolidation is …
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