Ohio Admin. Code 4123-6-04.6 - Return to work assessment
(A) The bureau may perform a return-to-work
assessment of an injured worker who has a
eight or more days of lost time
claim as defined in section 4123.52 of the Revised
Code
due to a work related injury and
who has not returned to work within an acceptable timeframe as determined by
the bureau.
(B) The assessment may
include, but is not limited to, the medical case management goals,
identification of barriers, return to work plan, medical stability and
vocational status of the claim.
(C)
All findings and conclusions of the assessment and all recommendations for
addressing deficiencies shall be documented in writing to the MCO assigned to
the claim. The assigned MCO shall have five business days from receipt of the
bureau's findings to initiate or complete the recommended action steps
identified by the bureau or propose alternative action steps acceptable to the
bureau.
(D) If the assigned MCO
does not carry out the recommended action steps or if the MCO fails to propose
an acceptable alternative course of action to resolve the return-to-work
barriers, the bureau may assume the medical and vocational rehabilitation
management of the claim.
Notes
Promulgated Under: 119.03
Statutory Authority: 4121.12, 4121.121, 4121.30, 4121.31, 4121.44, 4121.441, 4123.05
Rule Amplifies: 4121.12, 4121.121, 4121.44, 4121.441, 4123.52
Prior Effective Dates: 01/01/2001, 11/13/2015
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(A) The bureau may perform a return-to-work assessment of an injured worker who has a eight or more days of lost time claim as defined in section 4123.52 of the Revised Code due to a work related injury and who has not returned to work within an acceptable timeframe as determined by the bureau.
(B) The assessment may include, but is not limited to, the medical case management goals, identification of barriers, return to work plan, medical stability and vocational status of the claim.
(C) All findings and conclusions of the assessment and all recommendations for addressing deficiencies shall be documented in writing to the MCO assigned to the claim. The assigned MCO shall have five business days from receipt of the bureau's findings to initiate or complete the recommended action steps identified by the bureau or propose alternative action steps acceptable to the bureau.
(D) If the assigned MCO does not carry out the recommended action steps or if the MCO fails to propose an acceptable alternative course of action to resolve the return-to-work barriers, the bureau may assume the medical and vocational rehabilitation management of the claim.
Notes
Promulgated Under: 119.03
Statutory Authority: 4121.12, 4121.121, 4121.30, 4121.31, 4121.44, 4121.441, 4123.05
Rule Amplifies: 4121.12, 4121.121, 4121.44, 4121.441, 4123.52
Prior Effective Dates: 01/01/2001, 11/13/2015