ANNUAL BI DIRECTORY LISTS ORGANIZATIONS PROVIDING REHABILITATION SERVICES

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Physician Advisors to Disability Managers (PADM)

225 W. Wacker Drive, Suite 2260, Chicago, Ill. 60606; 312-857-1300;

fax: 312-857-1308

1996 revenues

Total$750,000

% rehab services direct to employers50%

Rehab services direct to employers$375,000

Staff

Total3

Including: 1 degreed professional, 2 physicians

Customers

Total65

Corporate/institutional clients20

Claims administrators/TPAs10

Insurance companies15

Cases

Closed in 1996600

IME cases50

Expert opinion cases200

Rehab services since: 1990.

Services: Frequent services include prescreening of cases for rehabilitation intervention, telephone case management, medical assessment, return-to-work modification and coordination, testimony and expert opinion.

Occasional services include IMEs.

Other services: Preadmissions certification, concurrent hospital treatment review, length of stay determination, discharge planning, outpatient utilization review, retrospective review, second surgical opinion, hospital bill audits, provider bill audits, PPO access.

Coverage: Workers compensation, auto liability, general liability, short-term disability, auto no-fault, short-term disability, long-term disability.

Service area: Nationwide.

Compensation: Per case, $250 to $1,000; per hour, $100 to $250.

Officers: Arthur Broder, medical director; Michael Cherny, executive vp.

Contact: Michael Cherny.

Professional Case Management Consultants Inc.

P.O. Box 940338, Maitland, Fla. 32794-0338; 800-647-6347; fax: 407-647-1395

1996 revenues

Total$730,000

% rehab services direct to employers25%

Rehab services direct to employers$200,000

Staff

Total25

Professionals25

Including: 17 RNs, 5 vocational counselors

Designations: 4 CRCs, 8 CDMSs, 10 CRRNs, 18 CCMs

Customers

Total34

Corporate/institutional clients7

Claims administrators/TPAs6

Insurance companies18

Cases

Closed in 1996360

IME cases15

Expert opinion cases5

Rehab services since: 1993.

Services: Frequent services include prescreening of cases for rehabilitation intervention, telephone case management, onsite medical case management, medical assessment, job analysis, return-to-work modification and coordination, vocational assessment and testing, vocational counseling and plan development, labor market survey, job-seeking skill training, job placement, Social Security disability insurance review.

Occasional services include IMEs, testimony and expert opinion.

Other services: Concurrent hospital treatment review, discharge planning, outpatient utilization review, patient advocacy programs, retrospective review, second surgical opinion, hospital bill audits, provider bill audits, pharmaceutical therapy review, medical cost projections, certified life care planning.

Coverage: Workers compensation, auto liability, general liability, auto no-fault, short-term disability, long-term disability; group health.

Service area: Florida.

Compensation: Per case, $225 to $895; per hour, $65 to $100.

Officers: Belinda Brice, president; Harry Greene, director-customer relations.

Contact: Harry Greene.