Grants

Technical assistance and direction for RWJF's Workers' Compensation Health Initiative

The Foundation's Workers' Compensation Health Initiative is a program of demonstration and evaluation projects aimed at containing costs and improving the quality of care provided to injured workers.This grant provides support for technical assistance and direction for the Foundation's Workers' Compensation Health Initiative. In April 1995, $6 million in funding was authorized for a program to help state government policy makers, private-sector reformers, and health care providers explore potential solutions to this cost crisis.

Grant Details

Amount Awarded $327,351.00

Awarded on: 9/29/1995

Time frame: 10/1/1995 - 6/30/1997

Grant Number: 27831

Grantee

University of Massachusetts Medical Center

55 Lake Avenue North
Worcester, MA, 01655-0001

508-334-1000
Website

Jay S. Himmelstein
Project Director

508-751-2478
Email

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