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Happy Holidays! It's been a pleasure serving you this year.
In many respects, 2006 was a year of innovation and growth
at Workability Network, as we transform our business to better
meet the growing needs and expectations of our customers and
therapy providers.
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Company-specific
TWP materials such as Workability Job Profiles.
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TWP
Development “Best Practice” manual materials.
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Provider
training materials and reporting templates.
| Unraveling
the Mystery of Disability Determination
 Each
year, approximately 10 percent of injured workers
incur prolonged or permanent withdrawal from the workforce.
At the front of this issue is disability determination.
But exactly when is disability required? Webility
president and occupational medicine expert Jennifer
Christian, MD, MPH, answers this question and more
as she offers her suggestions to prevent unecessary
disability.
Full
Story›
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BWC
Discontinues Transitional Work Grants:
What's Next for Employers?
 The
Ohio Bureau of Workers” Compensation (BWC) recently
announced its plans to discontinue the Transitional Work Grant$
program effective December 31, 2006. Since late in 2001, this
grant has helped pay for over 8000 state funded employers
to develop formalized return-to-work programs (Transitional
Work Programs).
What's
the impact on Ohio employers? Even if your organization was
fortunate enough to cash in on this program, now may be the
best time to re-focus your efforts. Read this article to find
out about life after transitional work grants.
Full
Story›
Transitional
Work Therapy On-site: Work is Therapy!
 You
know the routine:
- worker
gets injured;
- worker
receives treatment;
- worker
returns to work following treatment.
But
what's missing? Work is therapeutic!
Delivering
high quality outcomes requires thinking beyond the traditional
rehabilitation model. Read this whitepaper to learn how to
use work as a key component of a therapy plan to promote an
injured worker’s safe return to productive duty.
Download
Whitepaper›
Progressive
Accommodation Rescues Mechanic
When
traditional physical therapy and work conditioning failed
to make any real difference for a vehicle maintenance worker,
vocational case manger John Dumas turned to WorkAbility Network.
Transitional work-site therapy, with an emphasis on job modification,
resulted in safe return to productive duty.
Full
Story›
Cost
of Physical Therapy Services by Physicians
“Is it true that physical therapy services billed by
physicians are much higher than services billed by other healthcare
providers?"
Answer›
Voc Rehab Providers Expectations of Therapy Providers
"What do vocational rehab providers expect from therapy
providers?"
Answer›
Selecting
a Transitional Work Therapist
"How do I know I'm getting a qualified transitional
work therapist?"
Answer›
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WorkAbility
Network has updated its 
