Case Management Advisor – July 1, 2005
July 1, 2005
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Integrated program gets injured workers back on the job quickly
Employees who are injured or ill return to work full time more quickly and experience a shorter period of disability when the health care components and disability components of an insurance company work together, a CIGNA study of 60,000 short-term disability claims has shown. -
Team approach gets injured man back to work
At CIGNA, disability nurse case managers often partner with nurse case managers from the health care side of the company to facilitate getting an injured worker back on the job. -
Physician incentives aim to improve performance
Horizon Blue Cross and Blue Shield of New Jersey is taking physician pay for performance to a new level, embarking on a plan to pay a higher standard fee to specialists who outperform their peers. -
Injury management brings cost savings
Gaps in the system are costing you money: the injury that isnt reported right away; the employee who doesnt keep a doctors appointment; and the supervisor who doesnt make an effort to find a position for an employee with temporary restrictions. -
How to confront an impaired colleague
Suspecting that a colleague might be impaired by drugs or alcohol is difficult; knowing what to do with those suspicions is even harder. -
Quality directors give QIOs high marks in new study
Quality improvement organizations (QIOs) have gone a long way toward erasing the previously adversarial and punitive roles of their predecessors, the peer review organizations, according to a new study in the bimonthly journal Health Services Research.