Workers’ comp professionals are seeing delayed recovery as an increased challenge in claims – as injured employees may not be progressing along a medically reasonable and expected time frame. However, it can be difficult to pinpoint exactly why the delay is occurring in order to address the issue. We may believe the injured employee is simply not complying with treatment and malingering.
Let’s look at how mental state affects health and recovery outcomes and how your pharmacy program might aid in managing mental health issues.
In the world of workers’ compensation, our responsibility is to help those who are hurt not only get back to work, but also return to the life they enjoyed pre-injury. Extremities can be lost in a catastrophic event on the job or from complications like infection. These types of life-changing events often call for use of prosthetics.
In the past five years, terms such as advocacy, engagement, coaching, and even “whole-person approach” have been widely discussed within workers’ compensation — for good reason.
Successfully managing workers’ compensation claims requires a delicate balance of connectivity, expertise, and focus.
Let’s say goodbye to the term ancillary when it comes to caregiving in workers’ compensation.
For many employees, remote work started as a temporary displacement from office worksites due to COVID-related shutdowns.