Benefits
Employers
The HCN Solution
Benefits to Employers:
- Enjoy a very close tie-in with in-network Providers
- Better monitor status of an injured employee early on in the case
- Control Work Comp costs and administration
- Help drive better medical and disability outcomes for your employees
- Provides Connectivity
- Identifies Providers/Practices through a Web-based application that provides high-quality care with better, faster outcomes
- Monitors Progress/Streamlines Processes
- Monitors injured employee’s care and utilization through the real-time, interactive capabilities of the HCN system
- Eliminates unnecessary hassles, wasted time, and employee treatment delays associated with poor documentation, disorganized treatment planning, improper referrals, missed appointments and billing errors
- Reduces Costs
- Controls direct costs, such as cost of care and indemnity for lost wages associated with WORK COMP
- Impacts indirect costs, such as administration and case management
- Improves Outcomes
- Helps injured workers return-to-work more quickly by accelerating communications and authorizations processes
- The ability of occupational Providers/Practices to return a higher proportion of injured workers to work early and shorten claims durations is a major factor influencing outcomes where, according to a recent study done by Johns Hopkins and the Louisiana Work Comp Corporation looking at healthcare Provider network vs. out-of-network results, the average frequency of lost workdays for a closed claim was reduced by 46% while the corresponding average cost of a closed claim was reduced by 38%.