title: Case managers at the helm of return-to-productivity programs.
abstract: Case managers are the fulcrum of integrated health and disability management. Achieving this critical place in the grand scheme of integrated health and disability initiatives has taken vision, talent, endurance, dedication, quick wit, and hard labor.
authors.affiliation: Integrated Health Management Associates, Emeryville, Calif., USA.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Thrift
mesh_terms: D019090:Case Management / Q000458:organization & administration*; D019033:Delivery of Health Care, Integrated / Q000458:organization & administration; D004185:Disability Evaluation; D004651:Employment; D006801:Humans; D009786:Occupational Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D012050:Rehabilitation, Vocational / Q000379:methods*