Sharing Thoughts about Virtual Workers' Compensation Case Management Services via Video As a company, CompAlliance has been busy trying to think of meaningful ways to reach our clients including the new millennial component of our workers' compensation claims industry. So we performed some research on how different groups [...]
You may recall the soap opera, As the World Turns. Well, the Alternative Transitional Duty (ATD) World Turned one Monday in March 2020. Suddenly our essential and non-essential ATD work site partners had to decide how they were going to adhere to their state’s “Shelter in Place” or “Stay [...]
Can you return a Recovering Worker back to work in the COVID-19 evolving labor market? Just before the pandemic hit, in the US, we’d get 200,000 to 215,000 new unemployment claims every week, on average. Since mid-March, it’s been 20 to 30 times higher than that — 16.9 million [...]
Vocational Case Management Process Supporting Return to Work A supported interactive mutually agreed upon [by the Vocational Specialist and Recovering Worker (RW)] Vocational Rehabilitation Plan will result in an outcome of placement. If there is noted non-adherence to the vocational plan, you can anticipate receiving clear and objective documentation [...]
Happy Monday and welcome to Part 3 of our Getting to Know the CompAlliance Workers' Compensation Team. Meet Maree Quetschenbach I am a Provider Contracting and Negotiations Specialist for CompAlliance in the Merriam, KS location for our PPO Division. My favorite part of my job is building relationships with [...]
WHEN THE RECOVERING WORKER IS UNABLE TO RETURN TO THE JOB OF INJURY WITH THE EMPLOYER Even with the finest medical case management, on occasion a recovering worker’s post injury functional capabilities will prevent a return to their job of injury with the employer. When a return to work at [...]
Introduction to your Employee's Alternative Transitional Duty Program When an employee experiences injury, illness, or disability that causes him or her to lose time from work, he or she will likely interact with, at a minimum, medical practitioners and claims administrators. These professionals have their own specialized responsibilities and [...]
When we discuss the CompAlliance Alternative Transitional Duty Program (ATD) with our client partners, one of the advantages we discuss is the positivity that flows with assignment into our ATD program. The injured worker is working in an environment with other volunteers that WANT to be there, and are [...]
In Part 5 of this series, dated 11/18/2018, I discussed the “What’s in It for the Government/Regulator” regarding RTW. Today I will discuss the common perceptions, misconceptions and the "What’s in it for the Attorney", and a best practice statement by the IAIABC. Please refer to my post dated 9/26/2018, [...]
