Employers/Employees

EMPLOYER BENEFITS

The CWMP offers the following advantages to employers:

• Ability to choose initial care site and direct patient care
• Prompt referrals to a specialist as required
• Proactive case management to coordinate care, enhance communication, and simplify the treatment process
• Cost savings opportunities include:
  
  
  • Provider discounts and other negotiated savings (routinely 13% to 15% below the workers’ compensation fee schedule)
  • Reduced indemnity costs through effective return-to-work programs
  • Significant reduction in attorney involvment and related litigation costs

EMPLOYEE BENEFITS

The CWMP offers the following benefits to employees:

• Timely initial medical evaluation and follow-up care from physicians trained to treat workplace injuries
• Convenient initial care sites and provider locations
• Prompt specialty referrals as required
• 24-hour telephone access to a registered nurse case manager as required
• Access to advocate/case manager to ensure patient does not “fall through the cracks” in the workers’ compensation system
• Early return to work (and full pay) due to timely appointments and an aggressive return-to-work program