WORK INJURY CONSULTANTS

Work Injury Consultants (WIC) is a consulting firm specializing in work injury therapy programs and services in the workers’ compensation industry. The worker’s compensation therapy industry is ever changing and remains one of the most challenging, yet financially rewarding sectors of the therapy marketplace. WIC evolved in order to provide clinically-based consulting services, program development and education programs in order to address these changes and challenges. WIC services are designed to assist the rehabilitation provider to develop in-house clinical expertise, enhance work injury therapy outcomes, improve program efficiencies and expand marketing opportunities in worker’s compensation. WIC offers educational and marketing programs and services specifically designed for the rehabilitation providers who desire to excel and provide clinical expertise in the workers’ compensation therapy marketplace.

TRAINING PROGRAMS/PROVIDER COLLEGE PROGRAM:
Work Injury Consultants has developed a specialized training program called the " Provider College " program. This program creates a unique "College" for each provider group called the "(Name of therapy/ins. carrier Co. ) College." Each Provider College is customized for that particular organization and can include the presentation of the organization’s company logo. This unique and effective learning tool can be used by therapists, provider clients as a means of marketing services and programs, marketing team members to enhance programs sales and for training and education to insurance carriers/case managers who are actively involved in workers’ compensation case management.

Only therapists or employees from that provider company will have access to the college and the training modules. This training program is especially geared towards therapy providers, individual therapists and insurance adjusters/case managers who would like to either obtain or provide training in the clinical management of worker rehabilitation, therapy utilization, marketing and selling ergonomics and worker rehab services, provider service proposals and contracting, FCEs, ergonomics and return to work programs.

PROVIDER COLLEGE OBJECTIVES:
Provider College is a specialized training program that was developed by Work Injury Consultants in order to provide advanced training and clinical discussion in concepts of clinical management in the skilled therapy services and return to work under workers’ compensation.

TRAINING OBJECTIVES:
The overall objectives of the training include:
*Provide high quality, effective clinical education and training to therapists, rehab professionals, insurance adjusters and case managers in the field of workers' compensation.
*Provide clinical training that is based on medical necessity indicators, clinical factors and clinical practice guidelines.
*Enhance quality of therapy care and utilization under workers’ compensation
*Enhance patient satisfaction.
*Improve therapy outcomes.
*Enhance case closure/case resolution.
*Enhance the clinical skill level of the therapists, to create “experts” in workers’ compensation therapy care.
*Provide open forum discussions and clinical advising about clinical issues, experiences and solutions.
*Provide additional clinical educational tools and resources.
*Improve the clinical management and cost efficiencies of therapy care in various reimbursement environments.
*Enhance the utilization of therapy services based on clinical factors and medical necessity.

*Provide certificate of completion that is printable from website.
*Identify appropriate candidates, benefits and indications for other therapy programs in workers’ compensation such as FCEs, work hardening and work conditioning programs, ergonomic services.

HOW DOES PROVIDER COLLEGE WORK?
Provider College works by offering web-based training to all company therapists or employees. Upon registration, each participant receives a log in and password to the access the specialized Provider College website. The participants take the online course(s) and are required to pass a post-course quiz. Each participant has their own account that records the status of all courses. Reports of therapist or employee course outcomes can be generated for clinical managers. After passing the quiz, the participants can immediately print a certificate of completion for their records.

PROVIDER COLLEGE PROGRAM/WEBSITE INCLUDES:
*Series of advanced clinical training modules in exciting, high tech, interactive web-based format.
*Individual accounts.
*Reports summarizing training outcomes and participation.
*Open forum to post clinical issues, solutions and experiences.
*Ability for participants to email ErgoRehab Consultants with questions.
*Flexible, anytime web program access for participants.
*Additional educational resources: web links, articles to clinical pertinent reference material.
*Company Logo on Provider College website (optional/with permission)

ADVANTAGES OF WEB-BASED TRAINING:
A web-based program for training was chosen over the traditional, in-person seminar format in order to provide the following advantages:
*Maximize therapy patient treatment time.
*Maximize clinical/case management time.
*More efficient training cycle.
*Train new therapists/employees immediately.
*Ability to expand training to additional regions.
*Superior Technology.

*Participants can print certificate completion immediately after passing quiz.
*More effective learning format.
*Records and tracks participant training outcomes and attendance.
*Study Group Discussion/Instructor Advising Feature.
*Overall Cost Savings.

" PROVIDER COLLEGE " REGISTRATION:
Registration for online training modules or provider college program can be done in one of several ways:

• Purchase online training module on ErgoRehab, Inc. online store. (ErgoRehab is an affiliate of Work Injury Consultants)
• Download registration form from ErgoRehab, Inc. website for the training modules/provider college program from website and fax, email, mail or phone in your order.
• Contact nicole.matoushek@ergorehabinc.com directly for registration form, information and questions. Orders can be faxed, emailed, mailed or phoned in.

Upon registration, each participant receives an email notification containing web site address, log in information and a password to the access the specialized Provider College website.

The participants take the online course(s) and are required to pass a post-course quiz. Each participant has their own account that records the status of all courses. Reports of therapist or employee course outcomes can be generated for clinical managers. After passing the quiz, the participants can immediately print a certificate of completion for their records.

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