Is the Aging Workforce Really a Workers’ Comp Risk?
As more Americans postpone retirement, employers are taking steps to optimize working conditions for their employees.
As more Americans postpone retirement, employers are taking steps to optimize working conditions for their employees.
Claims professionals have long known that some injured workers don’t recover, and not because their injuries are catastrophic or intrinsically unrecoverable.
Two recent studies found a positive relationship between education and patient results—validating the importance of patient education in driving positive outcomes, efficient return to work and overall cost savings.
For patients with a new episode of lower back pain, studies show a clinical pathway that begins with physical therapy rather than MRI reduces first-year treatment costs by 72%.
When it comes to getting an injured worker back on the job, employers bear a not-insignificant part of the responsibility. Here are five things employers can do to help get injured workers back on the job quickly and effectively.