Return to Work Approached from Many Angles

LAS VEGAS -- Many worker injuries require only short-term medical treatment. But those in which treatment drags on into weeks and then months drive up workers’ compensation costs and have the potential to become long-term disability cases. Identifying and intervening in cases that are headed toward long-term disability was the focus of multiple sessions during the National Workers' Compensation and Disability Conference last week. Washington state uses predictive analytics and incentive programs to get workers back on the job sooner. Other experts talked about their efforts to ...