Paradigm Shift to Value-Based Care Showcased at National Workers' Compensation and Disability Conference

CHICAGO, Oct. 12, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Industry leaders agree that transitioning to value-based care from fee-for-service reimbursement will benefit workers' compensation by tying medical provider payments to patient outcomes. But widespread implementation of value-based models requires overcoming challenges unique to the industry.

At next month's 25^th Annual National Workers' Compensation and Disability Conference in New Orleans, Louisiana, attendees will learn ways to operationalize value-based care for injured workers from four early adopters across the healthcare delivery spectrum.

They include:

• Ann Schnure, former Vice President Risk Management-Claims, Macy's
• Stephen T. Woods M.D., Chief Medical Officer, Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation
• Cyndy Larsen, Area Vice President, Kaiser Permanente
• Robert Evans, Vice President of Repricing Solutions, Rising Medical Solutions

From Macy's applying value-driven, integrated care for its injured workers; to the Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation incentivizing quality care through a knee injury program; to Kaiser Permanente utilizing a proven Accountable Care Organization model for workers' comp patients; to Rising Medical Solutions (Rising) bundling orthopedic surgical arrangements for work injuries, experts for the "Practical Strategies for Bringing Value-Based Care to Workers' Comp" panel will share:

• Current industry adoption rates as detailed in the soon-to-be released 2016 Workers' Compensation Benchmarking Study
• How value-based care for injured workers is improving care quality, costs and claim outcomes
• Ways to evaluate opportunities for implementing value-driven healthcare
• Challenges and successes organizations are encountering
• How to design and implement value-based programs

The session will be held on Wednesday, November 30, 2016 at the New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center from 2:30 p.m. to 3:45 p.m. CST. Rising's 2016 Workers' Compensation Benchmarking Study will be released in the weeks leading up to the conference.

About Rising Medical Solutions
Rising Medical Solutions (www.risingms.com) is a national medical-financial solutions firm that provides medical cost containment and medical care management services to the workers' compensation, auto, liability and group health markets.

Media Contact: Rachel Fikes: [email protected] / 312.224.5893

SOURCE Rising Medical Solutions

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