Work Comp Steering Question/Issue

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Hi Gang,This question is mainly for the Lawyers on out listserve and perhaps Uncle Vern (now member of the Gov'ners Panel - Way to go Vern!!!!!!!!!)....but alas I digress.....so here goes.I am aware of a company that does on-site evaluations of injured workers then will transport them to the nearest facility. It is not an ambulance service, in fact it is called Med Transport. Interestingly, it is owned by Cascade Health Solutions (CHS), our local Occ Med clinic. I was also told that they have contracts with companies to go to them for this service and then clearly take the injured worker to CHS. What a racquet!Is that legal, meaning does the private party contract supersede the State law that allows a worker to choose their care? It would clearly be one reason we as DCs in Eugene/Springfield only see 1-2 WC cases a year.Talk about inbreeding...they have all avenues sewn up to capture

the injured worker.Any comments........Garreth MacEugene

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Dear Colleagues,

I thought I'd post this exchange between myself and the officials at the

Workers' Compensation Division regarding the on going problem of employers

" steering " injured workers to the local Occ Med Clinics.

We will keep the pressure on until we end this " steering " regain full

attending physician status and open the close panel MCOs all of which are a

disservice to injured workers and are driving up costs not the reverse.....

Contact this Schwabe you see below on this post for complaints about

injured workers being force to treat with the local Occ Med Clinics.....MAKE

SURE YOU KEEP ME IN THE LOOP POST THE COMPLAINTS TO ME FOR MY FILES....

To the Continued Good Fight,

Vern Saboe 541-231-4528 Cell call if you have any questions at all.....

Work Comp Steering Question/Issue

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> Hi Gang,

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> This question is mainly for the Lawyers on out listserve and perhaps Uncle

> Vern (now member of the Gov'ners Panel - Way to go Vern!!!!!!!!!)....but

> alas I digress.....so here goes.

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> I am aware of a company that does on-site evaluations of injured workers

> then will transport them to the nearest facility. It is not an ambulance

> service, in fact it is called Med Transport. Interestingly, it is owned

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> Cascade Health Solutions (CHS), our local Occ Med clinic.

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> I was also told that they have contracts with companies to go to them for

> this service and then clearly take the injured worker to CHS. What a

> racquet!

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> Is that legal, meaning does the private party contract supersede the State

> law that allows a worker to choose their care? It would clearly be one

> reason we as DCs in Eugene/Springfield only see 1-2 WC cases a year.

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> Talk about inbreeding...they have all avenues sewn up to capture the

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> worker.

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> Any comments........

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> Garreth Mac

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