Hickok & Boardman, Inc. understands that Workers' Compensation may represent one of the biggest challenges an employer must manage in maintaining a healthy workforce and a healthy bottom-line. We are committed to supporting our clients through a newly established array of expert consultation services. We can help you to:
Manage the injured employee:
- Develop Transitional Return-to-Work programs
- Identify what you can do to proactively manage the process
- Communicate with your employee after the injury
Take an active role in resolving a claim:
- Report events quickly, effectively, and consistently
- Assure early intervention on high exposure claims
- Coordinate regular claim reviews with the claim adjuster(s)
- Identify care management resources in your area
- Identify red flag indicators on claims
- Coordinate communication between the parties on the claim
- Evaluate a claim's progress toward closure
Develop a culture of safety and early return to work in the organization:
- Form employee-based safety committee(s)
- Educate supervisors and managers about their role in the process
- Develop a return-to-work mindset among employees
Optimize your internal policies to encourage efficient claim resolution:
- Develop an internal "bank" of transitional duty assignments
- Integrate HR policies with state law and/or other disability benefit programs
- Integrate loss prevention efforts with effective disability management
- Know the employer's rights and obligations under the workers compensation law
- Identify opportunities to integrate workers compensation with other benefit and job protection programs
Begin tracking your progress toward affecting your experience:
- Analyze accident rates and injury types
- Quantify your organization's potential cost savings through effective disability management
- Develop a dashboard of performance indicators and make them visible to the entire organization
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