Occupational Health Medical Directors / Clinical Administrators
| Directors and administrators provide direction, leadership and community outreach. They also actively recruit providers from the community to participate in the COHE.
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Participating Providers
| MDs, DOs, DCs, ARNPs and PA-Cs receive training in occupational health best practices.
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COHE Mentors
| Experienced physicians, including specialists, who agree to see injured workers promptly and advise on clinical and return-to-work issues.
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Health Services Coordinators (HSC)
| HSCs serve as care coordination resources and facilitate return-to-work efforts with providers, employers, unions, and the workers’ compensation system.
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Financial Incentives for Occupational Health Best Practices
| Enhanced reimbursement is provided by L&I to enrolled providers for the following services: - Submitting accident report to the workers’ compensation insurer (L&I) within 2 business days
- Documenting injured worker’s physical status and limitations at each visit using the Activity Prescription Form (APF)
- Contacting the injured worker’s employer about return-to-work options when the worker cannot return to the job-of-injury
- Assessing barriers to return-to-work at 4 weeks of time-loss or when a previous attempt of return to modified duty fails
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Center of Occupational Health & Education
| COHEs enhance occupational best practices by working with employers, labor unions, health care providers and the workers' compensation system
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Community Leaders
| Leaders from businesses, labor unions and health care facilities and institutions provide support, advice and expertise for the project.
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| Case Tracking Systems
| Information technology systems that monitor the injured worker's progress and generate reminders to providers and health services coordinators, enhancing case management, rehabilitation and return-to-work.
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Performance Feedback
| Performance measures and scorecards gives providers information on how well they are performing compared to the best practice benchmarks.
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Performance Data
| Data generated through the workers' compensation carrier and the COHE tracking systems that is provided to the UW study team for the formal evaluation of the project.
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Sources:
Diana Drylie, MHA Senior Project Manager, Dept. of L&I (360) 902-6807
Dr. Dan Hansen, Project Director, Eastern WA COHE (866) 247-6243