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February 20, 2004 | Program Result
The State of New York Department of Civil Service created a single prescription card - called ONECARD Rx - that state workers could use for medications for their work- and non-work-related illnesses and injuries.
February 20, 2004 | Program Result
The Workers' Compensation Health Initiative supported demonstration and evaluation projects that tested new models to contain costs and to improve the quality of health care received through workers' compensation programs.
February 20, 2004 | Program Result
The Champlain Valley Physicians Hospital Center further developed and replicated an existing community-based coalition that provides health care to injured workers in rural Clinton County, called the North Country On the Job Network.
February 20, 2004 | Program Result
From 1997 to 1998, staff at the Minnesota Health Partnership designed and evaluated a model blending the best components of general health and workers' compensation medical care.
February 20, 2004 | Program Result
From 1999 to 2001, the State of Rhode Island Department of Labor and Training established a model state technical resource center to collect and disseminate data designed to encourage improvements in workers' compensation medical care.
February 20, 2004 | Program Result
The American Accreditation Health Care Commission developed and tested a set of standardized performance measurement tools for managed care organizations that provide workers' compensation care.
February 20, 2004 | Program Result
From 1996 to 2001, staff at the American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine disseminated guidelines on the treatment of low-back, hand and wrist injuries.
January 1, 2001 | Book
The Workers' Compensation Health Initiative supported demonstration and evaluation projects that tested new models to contain costs and to improve the quality of health care received through workers' compensation programs. The program provided funding to state government agencies, employers, labor unions, insurers, health care providers and researchers who sought to launch and assess promising changes in the way medical care is delivered through workers' compensation programs.
August 1, 2001 | Program Result
The National Conference of State Legislatures educated legislators and legislative staffs, regulators and administrators about the health benefit component of workers' compensation, a system designed to care for workers who are injured on the job.
June 1, 2008 | Program Result
From 1996 to 2000, researchers from the University of Washington evaluated a Washington state program that provided medical care for injured workers through managed care systems.