On-Site WSIB Program

A WSIB Cost Cutting Program Customized for Your Home

Some long term care homes suffer several thousand dollars per injury claim, while others pay only a few hundred dollars per claim. Some enjoy very few claims at all, while others struggle with epidemics. Why such large differences between nursing homes?

We have spent years developing a program for the long term care community that utilizes proven successful strategies for reducing costs related to lost days. In some cases these same strategies have helped reduce muscle injury related lost days by 50 – 70%.

Reduce WSIB Costs Our COST CUTTING program teaches your home how to address injuries and costs as two separate issues.

We bring to your home a proactive, affordable WSIB program. We are highly experienced at not upsetting delicate workplace politics. We address worker compensation claims and costs in ways that correct attitudes and politics that are often the root of these issues. As a pt Health client, your home can receive this highly valuable service at a discounted rate.

Strategies:

Reduce work injuries
Reduce worker comp costs
Reduce worker comp claims
Prevent ergonomic injuries
Create an effective return to work program
Reduce cost per claim with the goal of No Lost Time!

Customizable Program Services:

Needs Analysis Meeting: 10 point needs analysis questionnaire. Zero in on your chief issues and using this information to help create a customized cost cutting program that meets your expectations. A detailed proposal is provided.

MSD Ergonomics Work Site Analysis:

MSD risk factor identification. Clearly identifies where in your company MSD risks take place.
Baseline Comparison. Learn how you compare against industry averages.
Politics, Policies and Attitude assessment. Identifies which socio-political aspects might be contributing to increasing MSD costs.
Educate and Review. You’ll learn exactly what’s wrong and how to fix it.
Customized Action Plan. No more guessing! We lay a road-map of corrective actions that can be started right away.
Easy to understand MSD report. No deciphering or interpreting confusing quantitative data – just useful information on what’s wrong and how to fix it.

Management MSD Back, Neck and Arm School:

Managers, supervisors and union leadership (if applicable) training. We bring effective MSD prevention in-house by teaching your leadership how they can reduce MSD claims and costs.
Improved Workplace evaluation techniques. Your management team will learn how to effectively evaluate your home’s individual workplace areas.
Pinpoint Risks for MSD Claims. Learn how to spot potential risks and change them before they become costly problems.
Socio Political and Policy Analysis. Learn which issues may be increasing worker comp costs associated with MSD claims and how to correct them immediately.
Action Plan Design. Roll out an exact action plan upon by all parties to reduce claims and costs.
Create Committed Experts. Your leadership will become informed, committed experts on the control of MSD problems.

Employee Prevention Training on Neck, Back and Arm MSD Avoidance:

Addresses Low Back, Neck and Arm MSD risks. Your employees learn responsibility for self care through various motivational concepts.
Fatigue Avoidance Strategies. Proven strategies to help reduce fatigue, wear and damage leading to MSD.
MSD risk identification. Unique protocols are introduced that teach your staff what to look for and how to develop prevention tactics. (Conditions are not directly discussed rather a focus on fatigue avoidance)

Workplace Micro Stretch Program:

Customized Micro Stretching. Specific 10 second protocols for the demands of specific jobs to help greatly reduce MSD injuries.
Employee Motivation. Program instruction is designed to motivate supervisor and employee cooperation.
Stretch Review. Initial and ongoing supervision of proper techniques and performance by therapist.
Productivity. Average increase of 9.2% productivity rate in employees with this program alone.

Restricted Duty Program Development: Getting your injured workers back to work as quickly as possible is essential to effective rehabilitation and cost containment. Modified duty, restricted duty or light duty jobs are tools that greatly help you in this effort. An effective restricted duty program can be one of your most financially rewarding investments you can make to reduce worker comp costs.

All of your homes jobs descriptions are identified and categorized as options for restricted duty assignments for common MSD.
We help you write restricted duty program guidelines, polices, procedures for the company from a customized rehabilitation perspective.
Your managers and supervisors are trained how to effectively implement your homes restricted duty program to assure proper attitudes, cooperation and maximum success as well as prevent problems of abuse or conflict.
We provide you consulting as needed on individual workers being considered for restricted duty, or to problem solve for specific workers struggling with restricted duty progress.

On-site Clinic with Measurable Results:

Your entire rehabilitation program is brought in – house giving you more cost containment and return to Work success. Your injury costs are reduced costs through quicker employee intake and effective Physiotherapy interventions. You get immediate report of findings and recommendations so that you are informed right away and every step of the way.
Onsite direct attention to help effectively manage your restricted duty program. Immediate access for your employees to answer any questions encouraging early reporting before it becomes a claim or cost for your home.
Intimate knowledge of your homes work site and job demands. Unlike using off site health care providers for rehab services, your physiotherapy intervention and restricted/ modified duty pairing is custom fit to the demands catalogued in your home. Net result. Less chronicity and employee is back to work faster.
Positioned with employees as an impartial, and objective resource. Written protocols – you get outlines of treatment protocols that demonstrate predictable structure of patient care.

Take control of your WSIB related costs with the pt Health WSIB Costs Cutting program. For more information please call us at (877) 696-1620 or email eldercare@pthealth.ca