Medical Cost Management
SFM's occupational medicine expertise helps control wage-replacement costs and rising medical treatment costs, reducing their impact on your premium.
In-house nurses and occupational therapists:
- Work with injured employees facing long-term treatment
- Keep treatment and return-to-work plans on track
- Are highly effective in reducing the cost of expensive workers' comp wage-replacement benefits
In-house occupational medicine physicians:
- Consult with claims representatives on complex medical issues
- Review treating doctors' diagnoses and treatment plans
- Identify injuries not related to work
- Keep treating doctors current on successful ways to treat occupational injuries
- Identify inaccurate ratings for disability benefits
Medical bill review:
- Provides thorough, careful review through multi-level professional bill review systems
- Includes reviews from first dollar billed
- Results in substantial reductions in medical billings, thus lowering long-term costs for employers
Provider networks:
- Help control medical costs at the point of purchase
- Offer employers quality medical care at discounted rates through a PPO network in partnership with CorVel
- Manage prescription costs through negotiated pricing and prescription management in partnership with Express Scripts