Last week, we met with one of our clients, a prominent force in the fast food restaurant industry, which has numerous locations in Ohio. They presented, what in their opinion, was a comprehensive transitional work program only to learn that OHP’s Disability Management program offered new tools to control their subjective, open-ended wage continuation policy. Through OHP’s evidence based Disability Management program, the employer is now going to offer time limited wage continuation based on benchmarked durations of work disability. To learn more about Disability Management implementation for your company, contact us.
Some good news in this faltering economy for all you Ohio employers, the BWC has approved a 5% rate decrease effective July 1, 2008. For the whole story go to BWC approves 5% rate reduction
Just one last friendly reminder, May is open enrollment month for changing your MCO. Unfortunately most of you will be inundated with propaganda from every MCO in Ohio. Basically, if you are one of our clients and you actually know who we are, you know that we are good at what we do. If you are one of our clients and you don’t know who we are, you are obviously great at what you do. Keep up the good work.
Many companies are actively and aggressively recruiting new clients based on BWC report card statistical results. The real factor in determining your MCO’s effectiveness is your bottom line. What good is it to have impeccable entry times on FROI’s if your MCO is not actively working with your injured workers and their providers to get your employees back on track and in turn save you money on your WC premiums? Click on the following hyperlink to compare the lack of staggering statistical discrepancies between the top Ohio MCO’s. MCO Report Card 2008