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Occupational
Benefit Administration
Physician
Led Case
Management
From the moment
of injury to back-to-work to a closed case, WorkLink is involved
with you, your employee and the provider. Communication is the
key to effective case management.
We ensure that
your employees get appropriate care about which they can feel confident.
As the employer, you will be kept up to date on the diagnosis,
prognosis and treatment plan, and your modified duty options will
be used in each case.
WorkLink's clinical
case management services reduce lost work time and medical costs
by:
- Returning the
employee to full or modified duty as soon as medically appropriate.
- Minimizing legal
complications and providing case documentation.
- Monitoring injured
employee's medical treatment plan. Nurse case managers follow
an individual patient's injury and case to ensure that proper
treatments and physician care are being received. This process
strengthens communication among employer, injured worker and
provider and usually results in the employee returning to work
sooner and with an improved outcome, which saves money.
- Monitoring utilization.
Our staff carefully monitors treatment patterns for appropriateness,
helping ensure that utilization thresholds are maintained.
- Review of medical
records, conducted by our panel of expert physicians, to determine
if treatment is appropriate. Sometimes the review is used to
determine whether the injury could have been a pre-existing condition,
whether it’s related to the work injury, or to recommend
an alternative treatment plan that may be more effective.
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