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A risk manager at your company asks you to report what an injured employee on workers' compensation tells you about their physical activities, because this employee is suspected of malingering. What will your answer be?
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Take these steps if you are asked to provide information that might be used in assessing the need for starting or continuing surveillance of an employee:
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Guideline-based care provided by occupational physicians is a cost-effective way to treat workers with common mental health problems, according to new research.
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At Health Plan of Michigan, every employee is trained on the importance of HEDIS measures, and the health plan offers incentives to employees, physicians, and patients based on performance on the quality improvement measures.
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When a UPS manager had an onsite blood pressure screening, his blood pressure was so high that an occupational health nurse took him to the hospital immediately. He was diagnosed with a heart attack, and he survived with minimal damage because he was treated so quickly.
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Weight management and other components of metabolic syndrome are the target of many wellness programs at Warrenville, IL-based Navistar.
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As the cost of health care continues to soar, employer groups and health plans are focusing on wellness programs that help people who aren't sick now change their lifestyles and avoid developing chronic diseases, such as emphysema, heart disease, or diabetes.
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When members at Regence BlueCross Blue Shield want to lose weight, start exercising, quit smoking, manage the stress in their lives, or get a good night's sleep, help is just a phone call away.
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George is a 67-year-old man with diabetes, cardiac problems, and asthma who takes more than 10 medications. He is insulin- and oxygen-dependent, lives alone, and is illiterate.
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A newly hired occupational health nurse knew intuitively what she was saving her company, but lacked quantifiable numbers. To come up with hard data to show her worth, the nurse turned to her workers' compensation carrier.
