When I go shopping at my favorite clothing store and purchase something fabulous on sale, I love to tell my husband how much money I saved him. He usually rolls his eyes, not totally buying that he "made" money by my spending it. He took this picture of me shopping while we were on vacation - he was bored. I have seen that same skeptical eye roll from claims managers when discussing the savings they can reap by using case management on their files. So let me tell you how just this week Stacy Mathis, RN saved one of our customers $75,000 with only 8 hours of case management services. A file was referred with a date of MVA October 2013. The claimant was driving a work vehicle and was rear ended. He reported no injury at the scene and continued working regular duty. In June 2014 he filed a work injury claim citing back pain for several months stemming from the MVA. Case management received t...
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