The studies findings are very persuasive; “injured workers treated by doctors enrolled in the center had less disability and lower medical costs, saving the state workers' compensation system an average of $447 per claim; In all, the study found that the program saved the workers' compensation system about $3.1 million.”
Over 7,000 injured workers “treated by physicians enrolled in the Spokane-based COHE between June 2004 and July 2005 were tracked and compared to the outcomes of injured workers, with similar injuries, who weren't treated by a COHE doctor.”
The Eastern Washington COHE “offers mentoring, educational resources and financial incentives to doctors who treat injured workers but don't have a background in occupational health and pays Physicians more when they discuss with the injured worker's employer light-duty jobs the worker may be capable of doing during recovery.”
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