Our Medical Director, David Dubin MD, also known as "Dr. Dave," says that getting medical records prior to the workplace injury is important to establish a baseline.
Once there has been an injury, looking to see if there has been a pain free interval which can suggest that the current pain is the progression of underlying disease and not due to the specific workplace event. Dr. Dave says this is particularly true with spinal stenosis. Getting functional capacity tests is also helpful.
When Dr. Dave reviews medical documentation he looks for lack of correlation between what the x-ray looks like and extent of disease, particularly with back and knee injuries. Misunderstandings about the significance of bulging discs, etc. is very important.
If your medical director IS doing these things you are lucky 
. If not, you'll need to teach them. Yikes, teaching a doctor, that's gonna be tough 
. Remind me to discuss what to do if you have a medical director who is NOT doing these things. We'll get Dr. Dave on the blog to help us with that.
Do not use this information without independent verification. All state laws vary. You should consult with your insurance broker or agent about workers comp issues.
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Welcome to Workers Comp Roundup Blog. Our focus is helping employers reduce their workers comp costs. Do not worry, it IS fun. We've work with employers of all sizes and types to help them put programs in place to reduce their workers comp costs across the board.
This site hosts many experts in workers comp cost containment. We have experience in corporations and with two large insurance brokers. I am an attorney who after several years at a law firm, started working in risk management as in-house counsel at a major corporation. At the time, I knew nothing about workers' compensation! Literally, I saw those claims on the loss run, but was told the insurance company manages those claims so I should focus on other issues.
We'll experiment with several formats to see which works best. For example, we'll start by using our "modules" in Workers Comp located at: www.ReduceYourWorkersComp.com and we'll start with doing an assessment of your current program to see what gaps and opportunities for cost reduction exist. We have 10 modules and we'll use a "holistic" approach to reduce over all WC (workers' comp) costs.
We also have four MD's who are experts in WC and work as part-time medical advisors to companies and review claims as independent contractors. I've worked with them for a long time, especially Dr. Dubin. We've worked together for almost 20 years doing the same thing — helping companies reduce their WC costs.
Author Robert Elliott, executive vice president, Amaxx Risks Solutions, Inc. has worked successfully for 20 years with many industries to reduce Workers Compensation costs, including airlines, healthcare, printing/publishing, pharmaceuticals, retail, hospitality and manufacturing. See www.LowerWC.com for more information. Contact: Info@ReduceYourWorkersComp.com.
Do not use this information without independent verification. All state laws vary. You should consult with your insurance broker or agent about workers comp issues.
©2011 Amaxx Risk Solutions, Inc. All rights reserved under International Copyright Law. If you would like permission to reprint this material, contact Info@ReduceYourWorkersComp.com.
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