Most Valuable Information for DISABILITY or MEDICAL CASE MANAGER:

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1. The manual developed to assist case managers in making work site adjustments to allow workers with upper extremity disorders return to work;
2. Recommended employer measures for workers' compensation outcomes and benchmarking results;
3. Examples of  forms used by employers and physicians to speed communication about the employee's medical condition and work status. Note that the Mid-America form is designed to help obtain many of the measures in the "Benchmarks" tool;
4. Information on the URAC (American Accreditation HealthCare Commission) performance measurement set for workers' compensation managed care organizations;
5. Information on the studies measuring physicians compliance with treatment standards;
6. Results of attempts to integrate the treatment of occupational and non-occupational conditions;
7. A general  orientation to the public policy issues involved in Workers' Compensation Medical Care.