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CONFIDENTIAL 1
Musculoskeletal Disorder Incidence Rates
CONFIDENTIAL 2
REPORT OF AN INJURY
CONFIDENTIAL 3
• AN EMPLOYEE REPORTS A WORK-RELATED INJURY• 30-50% OF REPORTED INJURIES ARE SPRAIN/STRAIN
• EMPLOYERS MUST THEN COMPLY WITH:• FEDERAL AND STATE STATUTES
• CMS MANDATORY REPORTING ACT
• ADAAA (AMERICANS WITH DISABILITY ACT & AMENDMENT)
• OSHA
• HOW DO YOU VERIFY IT IS WITHIN COURSE AND SCOPE (AOECOE)?
• HOW DO YOU IDENTIFY THE AGE, LOCATION AND APPROPRIATE TREATMENT OF THE INJURY?
EFA-STM A R E V O L U T I O N A RY A P P R O A C H T O W O R K C O M P C L A I M S
CONFIDENTIAL 4
• EFA: ELECTRODIAGNOSTIC FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT• A PROPRIETARY FDA-CLEARED DEVICE FOR THE DIAGNOSIS OF SOFT TISSUE INJURIES• A SIMPLE, NON-INVASIVE BASELINE TEST COMPARES CURRENT, PRE-INJURY STATUS • USES 5 MEDICALLY ACCEPTED TESTS TO OBJECTIVELY EVALUATE MUSCLES IN THE NECK, SHOULDER, BACK
AND EXTREMITIES
• EFA-STM: SOFT TISSUE MANAGEMENT PROGRAM• A BOOKEND SOLUTION WITH EFA TO CONTROL SOFT TISSUE WORK COMP CLAIMS COSTS• BASELINE TEST ALL NEW EMPLOYEES IN A PARTICULAR JOB CLASS• POST-INCIDENT TEST TO VERIFY NATURE/SCOPE OF INJURY
• RETURNS CONTROL OF MEDICAL CARE TO EMPLOYER OR CARRIER – EVEN IN STATES THAT DO NOT ALLOW EMPLOYER CONTROL
EFA-STM PROCESS
CONFIDENTIAL 5
EFA PROTOCOL CUSTOMIZED FOR JOB CLASSIFICATION/PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS
EFA BASELINE PERFORMED ON EMPLOYEES IN JOB CLASS
UNREAD BASELINE STORED
EFA POST-LOSS TEST PERFORMED AND COMPARED WITH
BASELINE
WORK-RELATED INJURY REPORTED
EFA - HOW IT WORKS
CONFIDENTIAL 6
EFA INCORPORATES THE FOLLOWING ASSESSMENTS:• ELECTROMYOGRAPHY (EMG)• RANGE OF MOTION (ROM)• FUNCTIONAL CAPACITY
THE TEST USES ELECTRODES + DYNAMIC MOVEMENT TO PINPOINT AGE, LOCATION OF INJURY AND EFFORT
CONFIDENTIAL 7
EFA – STM STRATEGY• PROACTIVE RISK MANAGEMENT PROCESS FOR THE
OBJECTIVE DIAGNOSIS FOR WORK-RELATED INJURIES
• TESTING PROTOCOLS DEVELOPED BASED ON THE ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS OF THE POSITION AS OUTLINED IN THE JOB DESCRIPTION PROVIDED BY CLIENT
• TEST NEW HIRES AND STORE THE UNREAD DATA AS A BASELINE TEST
• TEST GROUPS OF EXISTING WORKFORCE WITH AN EVALUATION AND STORE AS A BASELINE
• POST-INJURY: PERFORM EFA TEST – COMPARE WITH BASELINE – DETERMINES WORK-RELATED STATUS
EFA EVALUATION PERFORMED
CONFIDENTIAL 8
ComplianceAppropriate muscle usage and
appropriate recruitment of type II motor units
Non-ComplianceInappropriate muscle usage
and no recruitment of type II motor units
Objective Medical Evidence
Pain
BENEFITS OF EFA-STM
CONFIDENTIAL 9
• BETTER CARE FOR THE WORK-RELATED INJURY
• EFA-STM IS LEGALLY DEFENSIBLE
• CAN BE PERFORMED ON EXISTING WORKFORCE
• ADA COMPLIANT
• MITIGATE RISK
• CUT CLAIMS COST BY 30-80% IN THE FIRST YEAR
CONFIDENTIAL 10
9/11-8/12 9/12-8/13 9/13-8/14 9/14-8/15, Post EFA - STM0
100,000
200,000
300,000
400,000
500,000
600,000
700,000
515,100586,477
440,750
38,344
Claims Cost Related to Soft Tissue Injuries
Ready-Mix Savings Analysis
Excludes soft tissue injuries not addressed by the EFA – knee, ankle, wrist sprains
Cost of program: $82,000
Baseline program began 8/14 with new hires with existing and new employees
5 2 % r e d u c ti o n i n # o fr e l e v a n t c l a i m s f r o m
p r e v i o u s y e a r
8 3 % r e d u c ti o n i n c o s tp e r c l a i m
Manufacturing Co. Savings Analysis
5/1/14-4/30/15 5/1/15-4/30/160
10,000
20,000
30,000
40,000
50,000
60,000
70,000
60,375
6,744
Claims Cost Related to Soft Tissue Injuries
Excludes soft tissue injuries not addressed by the EFA – knee, ankle, wrist sprains
Cost of program 5/14-4/15: $14,250
Baseline program began in 5/15
Oklahoma Transportation Co. Claims ROI
3/11-2/14 Average Annual Cost 3/14-2/15 3/15-11/15 $0
$50,000
$100,000
$150,000
$200,000
$250,000
$300,000
$350,000
$303,535
$115,942
$32,422
Claims Cost Related to Soft Tissue Injuries
Excludes soft tissue injuries not addressed by the EFA – knee, ankle, wrist sprains
Baseline program began 9/14 with new hires with existing employee
Top 100 Transportation Co. Savings Analysis
10/11-9/12 10/12-9/13 10/13-9/140
500,000
1,000,000
1,500,000
2,000,000
2,500,000
3,000,000
3,500,000
3,172,000
2,623,0002,098,000
Claims Cost Related to Soft Tissue Injuries
Excludes soft tissue injuries not addressed by the EFA – knee, ankle, wrist sprains
Cost of program: $41,267 $54,698 $82,237
Baseline program began in 10/11 with new hires w/phased geographic rollout
CONFIDENTIAL 15
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