Grantee Publications by Project Title

Community Based Collaborative Approach to Improving Workers' Compensation Medical Care- Mid-America Coalition on Health Care

• "Final Grant Report- Evaluation Component- Cooperative Employer-Provider Medical Management and Early Return to Work in Workers' Compensation."
• Barkman, William H., MD, MSPH. "Medical Practice Guidelines for Management of Five Categories of Workers' Compensation Injuries."Kansas City, MO: Solis Printing, 1997.
• Brady, Patrick. "Demonstration Project on the Collaborative Approach to Managing the Medical Component of Workers' Compensation." The IAIABC Journal 34, no. 2 (1997): 22-34.
• Cosens, Ronald. "MACHC Project Takes Collaborative Approach to Solving Workers Compensation Problem."The Greater Kansas City Medical Bulletin 23, no. August 1997 (1997).
• Jacobi, Bob, Jr. "LMC Works with Workers' Compensation Project."The Leader 1, no. 1:4 (1991).

A Joint Labor/Management Integrated Health Care Delivery System- Electrical Employers Self-Insurance Safety Plan

• Borba, Philip S., PhD and Thomas Parry, PhD, "An Evaluation of the Comprehensive and Organized Managed Care Program: Final Report."prepared for the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Joint Industry Board of the Electrical Industry, October 13, 2000.
• Parry, T, Hom, A, Borba, P. "Treating Work and Non-Work Conditions: EESISP Baseline Medical Care Costs and Lost-Time Outcomes."Integrated Benefits Institute (1998).

Development and Testing of a Data Collection System for Assessing Clinician's Compliance with Occupational Treatment Guidelines- University of Colorado Health Sciences Center

• Final Grant Report, September 26, 2001

Development of a Model State Technical Resource Center for the Improvement of Workers Compensation Medical Care

• Final Grant Report

Development of a Performance Measurement Set for Workers' Compensation Managed Care Organizations

• "Measuring Quality in Workers' Compensation Managed Care Organizations: A Strategy for Purchasers."URAC, 2001.
• Greenberg, Liza. "Measuring Quality in Workers' Compensation Managed Care Organizations: Technical Manual of Performance Measures."Washington, DC: URAC, 2001.
• Greenberg, Liza. "Back on the Job." Healthplan Magazine (1998).
• Greenberg, Liza, Leopold, R. "Performance Measures in 'Workers Compensation Managed Care Organizations." Occupational Medicine: State of the Art Reviews 13, no. 4 (1998).
• Leighton, R, Harris, J, Greenberg, L. "Defining an MCO for the Purpose of Measuring Performance." Journal of Workers' Compensation (2000).

Evaluation of California's 24-Hour Pilot Program

• Kominski, Gerald F, Danielle Rose Ash, "Employee Choice in Managed Care Workers' Compensation,"submitted to Medical Care Research and Review, June 2001. (Unpublished report)
• Kominski, Gerald; Nadereh Pourat, Danielle Ash, Hongjian Yu, Marianne Cantwell. "Evaluation of California's 24-Hour Coverage Pilot Demonstrations."UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, 2001.
• Rudolph, Linda, Dervin, Kathy, Cheadle, Allen, Maizlish, Neil, Wickizer, Thomas. "Injured Worker Satisfaction with Care in a 24-Hour Pilot Program."Division of Workers' Compensation, California Department of Industrial Relations, December 2000.
• Rudolph, Linda, Dervin, Kathy, Cheadle, Allen, Maizlish, Neil, Wickizer, Thomas. "What Do Injured Workers Think About Their Medical Care and Outcomes after Work Injury?"Division of Workers' Compensation Research Brief (May 2001).

The Feasibility of Establishing a California Work Injury Resource Center- California Public Health Institute

• Rudolph, L, Dervin, K, Cheadle, A, Maizlish, N, Wickizer, T. "What Do Injured Workers Think About Their Medical Care and Outcomes after Work Injury?"
• Rudolph, L, Dervin, K. "Executive Summary of Workers' Compensation Quality of Care Project."San Francisco, CA, 2001.
• Rudolph, L, Linford-Steinfeld, J, Dervin J. "Utilization Review in California's Workers' Compensation System: A Preliminary Assessment."San Francisco, CA, July 2001.
• Rudolph, Linda, Dervin, Kathy, Cheadle, Allen, Maizlish, Neil, Wickizer, Thomas. "Injured Worker Satisfaction with Care in a 24-Hour Pilot Program."Division of Workers' Compensation, California Department of Industrial Relations, December 2000.
• Rudolph, Linda, Dervin, Kathy, Cheadle, Allen, Maizlish, Neil, Wickizer, Thomas. "What Do Injured Workers Think About Their Medical Care and Outcomes after Work Injury?"Division of Workers' Compensation Research Brief (May 2001).

Maximizing Outcomes in the Federal WC System (FECA) Through Integrated Case Management

• Feuerstein, Michael, Grant D. Huang, William S. Shaw. "Responding to the Shifting Managed Care Environment in Workers' Compensation."
• Lincoln, Andrew E, Feuerstein, Michael, Shaw, William, Miller, Virginia I. "Impact of Case Manager Training on Worksite Accommodations in Workers' Compensation Claimants with Upper Extremity Disorders."Journal of Occupational Medicine 44, no. 3 (March 2002).
• Shaw, William S, Feuerstein, Michael, Lincoln, Andrew E, Miller, Virginia I, Wood, Patricia M. Case Management Services for Work Related Upper Extremity Disorders: Integrating Workplace Accommodation and Problem Solving"AAOHN Journal, August 2001, Vol. 49(8), 378-389.

Minnesota Health Partnership: Coordinated Health Care and Disability Prevention-Demonstration Project

• McGrail, M, Gorman, R, Lohman, W, Parker, D. "Disability Prevention: Assessing Appropriate Activity."Minnesota Physician XIV (14), no. 1 (2000).
• McGrail, M, Gorman, R, Lohman, W. "Disability Prevention Principles in the Primary Care Office."American Family Physician 63, no. 4 (2001).
• McGrail, Lohman, Calasanz, Christianson, Cortez, Gorman, Parker, Radosevich, Westman. "The Minnesota Health Partnership: Coordinated Health Care and Disability Prevention: The Implementation of an Integrated Benefits and Medical Care Model."Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation 12, no. 1 (March 2002): 43-54.
• McGrail, M, Gorman R, Lohman, W. "Disability Prevention."
• Radosevich, McGrail, Lohman, Gorman, Parker, Calasanz. "The Relationship of Disability Prevention with Patient Health Status and Satisfaction with Their Primary Care Provider."Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine 43, no. 8 (August 2001): 706-12.

Maine Workers’ Compensation Health Care Improvement Initiative

• Documentation of Database Development Process, Maine Health Information Center (unpublished)

Maine 24 Hour Coverage Pilot Project

• Maine's 24-Hour Coverage Pilot Project: Completed Grant Report to The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

Evaluation of the Coordinated Health Care and Disability Prevention project- Park Nicollet Institute, Park Nicollet Health Services

• McGrail, M, Gorman, R, Lohman, W, Parker, D. "Disability Prevention: Assessing Appropriate Activity."Minnesota Physician XIV (14), no. 1 (2000).
• McGrail, M, Gorman, R, Lohman, W. "Disability Prevention Principles in the Primary Care Office."American Family Physician 63, no. 4 (2001).
• McGrail, Lohman, Calasanz, Christianson, Cortez, Gorman, Parker, Radosevich, Westman. "The Minnesota Health Partnership: Coordinated Health Care and Disability Prevention: The Implementation of an Integrated Benefits and Medical Care Model."Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation 12, no. 1 (March 2002): 43-54.
• McGrail, M, Gorman R, Lohman, W. "Disability Prevention."
• Radosevich, McGrail, Lohman, Gorman, Parker, Calasanz. "The Relationship of Disability Prevention with Patient Health Status and Satisfaction with Their Primary Care Provider."Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine 43, no. 8 (August 2001): 706-12.

Minnesota Workers' Compensation Program: Mandatory Treatment Parameters Evaluation

• Final Grant Report
• Radosevich, David M., Werni, Tina LK, Gilberton, David T., Lohman, William H. "Assessment of Minnesota's Workers' Compensation Mandatory Treatment Parameters for Low Back Claimants."Stratis Health, Inc.

North County On The Job Network: A Rural Coalition Accessing Medical Management for Injured Workers

• Final Grant Report: Evaluation Component
• Kennedy, Margaret. "North Country on the Job Network Serving Essex County." Essex Economix: publication of the Essex County Business Council (2000).
• Lipscomb, Hester J., PhD, Samuel Moon, MD, MPH, Leiming, Li, MS, Lisa Pompeii, RN, MPH, Margaret Q. Kennedy, RN, MS. "Evaluation of the North Country on the Job Network: A Model of Facilitated Care for Injured Workers in Rural Upstate New York."Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine 44, no. 3 (March 2002): 246-57.
• Sportini, Michael. "Local Network Delivers on Rehab." Occupational Hazards (1998).

Dissemination and Implementation of ACOEM Medical Practice Guidelines- American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

• Harris, JS. "Evidence and Guideline-Based Management of Absence from Work." Journal of University of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (Japan) 19, no. 1 (1997): 68-92.
• Harris, JS. "The ACOEM Occupational Medicine Guidelines." In Integrated Health Management: The Key Role of Occupational Medicine in Managed Care Disability Management and Integrated Delivery Systems., edited by JS Harris, Loeppke, RR. Boston, MA: OEM Press, 1998.
• Harris, JS, Miller, LA. "Sources and Uses of Occupational Medicine Data." In Integrated Health Management: The Key Role of Occupational Medicine in Managed Care, Disability Management and Integrated Delivery Systems., edited by JS Harris, Loeppke, RR, pp. 111-17. Beverly Farms, MA: OEM Press, 1998.
• Harris, JS. "Payers' Use of Practice Guidelines." In Integrated Health Management: The Key Role of Occupational Medicine in Managed Care, Disability Management and Integrated Delivery Systems, edited by JS Harris, Loeppke, RR, pp. 242-44. Beverly Farms, MA: OEM Press, 1998.
• Harris, JS, Glass, LS, Ossler, C, Low P. "Evidence-Based Design: The ACOEM Practice Guidelines Dissemination Project." Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine 42, no. 4 (2000): 352-61.
• Harris, JS, Mueller, KL, Low, P, Peplowski, B, Koziol-McLain, J. "Suggested Improvements in Practice Guidelines: Market Research to Support Clinical Quality Improvement." Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine 42, no. 4 (2000): 377-84.
• Harris, JS, Mueller, KL, Low, P, Koziol-McLain, J, Ossler, C, Phelan, J, Glass, L. "Beliefs and Use of Occupational Medicine Practice Guidelines among Case Managers and Insurance Adjusters." Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine 42, no. 4 (2000): 370-76.
• Mueller, KL, Harris, JS, Low, P, Koziol-McLain, J, Peplowski, B. "Acceptance and Self-Reported Use of National Occupational Medicine Practice Guidelines." Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine 42, no. 4 (2000): 362-69.

"ONECARD Rx" Integrated Prescription Service - Demonstration Project

•   Final Report "ONECARD Rx: Demonstration Project,"prepared by Stephanie T. Washington, NYS Department of Civil Service, August 31, 1999.
• "Introducing NYSHIP Prescription Drug Coverage for CSEA HMO Enrollees." New York State Department of Civil Service, 1999.
• "New York State Workers' Compensation Program Bulletin" NYS Department of Civil Service, 1999.
• "New York State Workers' Compensation Program Bulletin" NYS Department of Civil Service, 2000. 

"ONECARD Rx" Integrated Prescription Service - Evaluation Project

• "Findings from the ONECARD Rx Satisfaction Survey"The Lewin Group, Inc., August 23, 2000.
•   "Evaluation of the New York State ONECARD Rx Workers' Compensation Benefit," Final Report,The Lewin Group, Inc., September 20, 2001.

UNITE: Expanding Access to Workers' Compensation Medical Care for Low-Wage Immigrant Workers- Union of Needletrades, Industrial and Textile Employees

• Herbert, Robin, MD. "Expanding Access to Workers Compensation Health Care of Low Wage Immigrant Workers: The UNITE Union Health Center Workers' Compensation Project."
• Integrated Benefits. Edited by MG Stefanchick, 1999 Workers' Compensation Managed Care Sourcebook. New York, NY: Faulkner and Gray, 1998.
• "Healthcare That Works for Working People." UNITE Union Health Center, 1999.
• "NYCOSH Bi-Weekly." New York, NY: The New York Committee on Occupational Safety and Health, 1999.

Evaluation of UNITE: Expanding Access to Workers' Compensation Medical Care for Low-Wage Immigrant Workers- New School for Social Research

• Final Grant Report- Evaluation Project- Evaluating the Benefits of Enhanced Access to Medical Care for Patients at UNITE's Union Health Center.
• Fahs, MC, Herbert, R, Kontos, N. "Detection, Disease Management and Compensation: Health and Economic Outcomes of Upper Extremity Work-Related Musculoskeletal Disorders among Garmet Workers in New York City."
• Herbert, R, Janeway, K, Schechter, C. "Carpal Tunnel Syndrome and Workers' Compensation among an Occupational Clinic Population in New York State." American Journal of Industrial Medicine 35 (1999): 335-42.

Washington State Workers' Compensation Managed Care Pilot Evaluation

• "Workers' Compensation Managed Care Pilot Project: Final Report to the Legislature." Washington Department of Labor and Industries and University of Washington Department of Health Services, 1997.
• Cheadle, Allen, PhD, Wickizer, TM, Franklin, G. "Evaluation of the Washington State Workers' Compensation Managed Care Pilot Project II: Medical and Disability Costs."Medical Care 37, no. 10 (1999): 982-93.
• Keyes, K, Wickizer, TM, Franklin, G, Weaver, M. "Effects on Employer Satisfaction of Managed Care in Treating Work-Related Injuries." Paper presented at the 124th Annual Meeting, American Public Health Association, New York, November 1996.
• Keyes, K, Wickizer, TM, Franklin, G. "Final Results of the Washington State Workers' Compensation Managed Care Pilot Project." Paper presented at the 125th Annual Meeting, American Public Health Association, Indianapolis, Indiana, November 1997.
• Keyes, K, Wickizer, TM, Franklin, G et.al. "Evaluation of the Washington State Workers' Compensation Managed Care Pilot Project I: Medical Outcomes and Patient Satisfaction."Medical Care 37, no. 10 (1999): 972-81.
• Keyes, K, Wickizer, TM, Franklin, G et.al. "Employer Satisfaction with Workers' Compensation Health Care: Results of the Washington State Workers' Compensation Managed Care Pilot Project." under review by Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine.
• Keyes, K, Wickizer, TM, Franklin, G. "Two-Year Health and Employment Outcomes among Injured Workers Enrolled in the Washington State Workers' Compensation Managed Care Pilot Project." American Journal of Industrial Medicine 40 (2001): 619-26.
• Wickizer, TM, Franklin, G, Plaeger-Brockway, R, Mootz, R, Drylie D. "Improving the Quality of Occupational Health Care in Washington State: New Approaches to Designing Community-Based Health Care Systems." Journal of Ambulatory Care Management 25, no. 2: 1-10.
• Wickizer, TM. "Effects of Managed Care on Medical and Cost Outcomes: Results of the Washington State Managed Care Pilot Project." Paper presented at the 15th Annual Conference of the Workers' Compensation Research Institute, Boston, MA, March 1997.
• Wickizer, TM, Franklin, G, Plaeger-Brockway, R, Mootz, R. "Improving the Quality of Workers' Compensation Health Care Delivery: The Washington State Occupational Health Services Project." Millbank Quarterly 79, no. 1 (2001): 5-35.