National Workers’ Compensation and Disability 2017

Reduce Costs by Eliminating Silos and Coordinating Physical Medicine Networks (Room Islander I)

Integrating wellness and injury-prevention efforts with post-injury, physical therapy services — based on claims-data analysis revealing optimal use of each — makes sense, but rarely occurs. The result is a disjointed program lacking the focus that can produce optimal outcomes with a more efficient use of resources. Learn how multistate-employer Coca Cola Bottling Co. Consolidated tackled this problem and improved its results by enhancing coordination of its pre-injury and post-accident efforts. You’ll see how you can get more impact from a range of services that often are already in place, including physical therapy networks.