Voc Rehab Working Group Posts Presentation Ahead of Meeting

An advisory group convened to identify ways to improve Hawaii’s workers’ compensation system is considering the possibility of tying reimbursement for vocational rehabilitation to how quickly injured workers are back on the job. A PowerPoint presentation posted to the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations website in advance of today's working group meeting shows how the idea could work. Voc rehab counselors would be paid 100% of the fee schedule amount for services that get a person back to suitable employment within 180 days. If it takes 360 days for a person to ...