Rocky Mountain Rehab (RMR) provides professional medical case management to individuals who have been injured in accidents (motor vehicle, work, or recreational). A common problem that an injured person and his or her attorney may experience is the frustration that both feel when medical progress is not being made. In most of these cases, the client is not making progress because the medical provider who can be of the greatest benefit is not involved in treating him or her. Moreover, as the attorney and the client’s insurance company deal with the legal issues involved, medical services the client needs may be delayed. RMR can help an injured person in this situation find the most appropriate kind of medical care, as well as the most experienced and skilled medical providers. RMR works closely with the client, the medical community, and attorneys to bridge the gap between each party so the client can receive the best medical care.
What can medical case management do for the attorney?
- Save you time by facilitating the appropriate medical care and addressing the client’s needs in the medical provider’s office.
- Assist your client in orienting himself or herself to the medical world and in gaining awareness of available social services.
- Advocate the best medical care so that the client can achieve the highest level of physical and mental functioning.
- Reduce your frustration by directly dealing with medical providers about appropriate medical care for the client.
- Help the client follow medical recommendations.
- Work with the treating medical provider(s) to ascertain if other referrals would be beneficial and appropriate.
What services will Rocky Mountain Rehab’s medical case management program provide to the attorney?
- Review of medical records and meeting with the client and his or her attorney to determine goals and the direction of medical care.
- Coordination and mobilization of health provider resources in order to ensure that all work as a cohesive team to meet the medical and psychosocial needs of the client.
- Advocacy of the best medical care for the client so that he or she can achieve maximum medical improvement.
- Case closure once maximum medical improvement has been established.
- Completion of a summary of services and of barriers still experienced by the client.