title: Use DM strategies to reign in out-of-control workers' comp costs.
abstract: A medical director who manages a large national health plan's workers' comp cases claims appropriate standards of care are not applied to workplace injuries and costs are out of control as a result. But there is some good news: Managed care organizations could reap huge benefits if they applied disease management methods to workers' comp cases.
mesh_terms: D003363:Cost Control; D019091:Critical Pathways; D019468:Disease Management; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000191:economics* / Q000534:rehabilitation / Q000628:therapy; D012017:Referral and Consultation; D014481:United States; D014942:Workers' Compensation / Q000191:economics*