This time of year everyone is talking about football, and around here, our Arkansas Razorbacks. My thoughts of football tend to revolve around the latest talk of permanent brain damage resulting from the game...but I digress; The topic of this blog is really about having a game plan. In Case Management, we work as a team with the injured worker, carrier, employer, and physician to get the injured worker rehabilitated and back to work. That's the ultimate goal. Sometimes it's an easy win, and other times it feels like reaching Super Bowl level. Let me walk you through some of the play books we have going on. One of our senior CM team is currently working a catastrophic injury and I saw in an email today she has set forth her CM plan to the carrier for requesting a hand surgeon specialist. The injured worker is likely still weeks away from restoring function to his hands, but early consultation and planning are essential to keeping the recov...
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