Self-Insured Functional Outcome Summary

VocWorks’ Self Insured Field Case Managers recently completed a Functional Outcome Study that provided us with some informative data we’d like to share with our customers and potential customers. The study included more than 400 case management files with 35 different referrals sources, including self-insured employers with a variety of occupations as well as Third Party Administrators (TPAs).

• We were able to document 95.2% successful Functional Outcomes.
• 70% of the time the Field Case Manager was able to return an injured worker to the same job with their same employer.
• Other successful outcomes documented were returning an injured worker to a different job with their same employer (DJSE), a different job with a different employer (DJDE) and Maximum Medical Improvement (MMI).

The study further illustrates VocWorks’ ability to deliver creative case management that help injured workers get back to work and control overall workers’ compensation costs!

Modified Duty Off-Site

Our successful placement outcome results speak for themselves.
VocWorks’ Modified Duty Off-Site (MDOS) program has proven valuable to employers of all sizes.  By utilizing MDOS, employers can reduce their workers’ compensation and disability costs by placing those employees, with restrictions that cannot be accommodated on-site at a non-profit organization “temporarily” for 30-60-90 days.  VocWorks is proud to deliver the MDOS service on a national level.
Overall Referral and Placement Outcomes

• Our overall placement success rate is 94%.

Outcome of Successful Full Time Placements

• 79% Successful return to work.
• 11% Terminated.
• 4% Refused participation or resigned.

Additional statistics

• Average time to secure placement: Within 48 hours of referral
• Average time from referral to MDOS start date: 8.6 days
• Closed for medical instability: 6 percent

MDOS Key Benefits

• Retention of regular wages while participating in return-to-work program.
• Retention of health care and other benefits.
• Provides a support structure during recovery with case manager and medical provider working together.
• Keeps injured worker active, performing meaningful, productive tasks.
• Helps reduce de-conditioning, which can occur from lack of activity.
• Facilitates a quicker recovery and transition back to the original/regular job position.
• Structured program designed for safety allows injured worker to perform work within documented restrictions.
• Reduces or eliminates “work adjustment” issues

VocWorks’ Comprehensive Services

Quality Case Management Services

• Catastrophic and Crisis Intervention Case Management
• FMLA Absence Management Services
• Long and Short Term Disability (LTD/STD) Medical Management
• Medical Field Case Management
• Modified Duty Off Site (MDOS) Nationally
• Task Based Case Management
• Telephonic Case Management
• Toll-Free Call-in and First Report Response
• Vocational Case Management

Vocational Rehabilitation Services

• Employability Assessments
• Job Placement Programs
• Job Seeking Skills Training (JSST)
• Labor Market Surveys
• Permanent Total Disability (PTD) Vocational Assessments
• Vocational Evaluations, Assessments and Screenings

Supplemental Management Services

• Fee Bill Processing
• Independent Medical Exams (IMEs)
• Integrated Disability Management
• Medical Bill Audits
• Medicare Set Aside and Life Care Planning
• Physician File Review
• Utilization Management
• Wellness

To learn more about our services, please contact your local VocWorks Account Manager via email below or call our Corporate Headquarters, toll-free, at 1-877-641-2010.

Laura Alexander
John Brose (Pennsylvania & West Virginia)
Tony D’Orazio
Lee Ann Griffith
Kathleen Hamlin
Denise Pretzer (Michigan)
Amy Miller (Indiana)
Leslie Samuelson (Michigan)