Pub. 3 2021 Issue 5

TM Leadership Development and Business Growth with Agility, Ease and Confidence If these barriers exist in your organization and you want to fix them, please contact Bill Napolitano now to schedule your Complimentary Strategy Session. Bill Napolitano 774-254-0383 | bill@resultsimproved.com www.resultsimproved.com Our clients work with us because we resolve the three greatest controllable barriers to scaling a mid-market organization: 1. The Leadership Gaps 2. The Lack of Consistent Organizational Discipline 3. The Lack of a Transformational Execution Methodology We Believe That You Deserve to Win — BIG will forward this form to us, but we encourage employers to provide it via fax or email, just in case we haven’t received it. By sending the form to us, we can assist the member in identifying light-duty work and keeping the injured worker working. Many studies have been done to determine how to reduce workers’ compensation medical costs. All show an injured worker will recover faster if they can work light-duty during the treatment of their injury versus staying home and out of work until they are 100%. Studies also show that when injured workers return to work light duty, they require less medical treatment and, therefore, reduce the overall cost of the claim. The NHADA WCT Trust Agreement states that all members will provide light-duty work to their injured workers. Arranging a return to light-duty can be a daunting task for an employer; this is another area where Deb Handrahan can be of assistance. If an injured worker returns from the medical provider and the light-duty appears challenging, we encourage you to contact Deb for direction. Sending that injured worker home versus accommodating the light-duty will increase claims costs and change a claim from a medical-only to a lost-time claim. This will affect your premium and can be avoided. When you sell a car and pass over the keys to the customer, you make sure they know all the ins and outs of that vehicle and how to run it safely and effectively. Think of the workers’ compensation process in the same manner: before we pass you the keys to containing costs, we have a few details to go over with you. In the long run, we will all enjoy the ride more. Your NHADA Workers Compensation Team is here to assist: • Peter Sheffer at psheffer@nhada.com • Marta Silakka at msilakka@nhada.com • Deb Handrahan at dhandrahan@nhada.com • Justin Dowdy at jdowdy@nhada.com • Marianne Gourgiotis at mgourgiotis@nhada.com Give us a call or email us. Set up a meeting and run your questions by us before they turn into problems. Together we can work to keep claims costs down. BEFORE AN INJURY OCCURS IS THE BEST TIME TO SET UP OFFICE POLICY ON WHAT TO DO WHEN AN INJURY OCCURS. N E W H A M P S H I R E 11