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BI ANNUAL DIRECTORY OF REHABILITATION SERVICE PROVIDERS: P

Posted On: Oct. 25, 1998 12:00 AM CST

P

Physician Advisors to Disability Managers (PADM)

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

fax: 312-857-1308

1997 revenues

Total $750,000

% rehab services direct to employers 70%

Rehab services direct to employers $525,000

Staff

Total 10

Professionals 3

Including: 3 physicians

Customers

Total 50

Corporate/institutional clients 20

Claims administrators/TPAs 10

Insurance companies 10

Cases

Closed in 1997 900

IME cases 100

Expert opinion cases 250

Rehab services since: 1993.

Services: Telephone case management, medical assessment, return-to-work modification and coordination, IMEs, testimony and expert opinion.

Other services: Preadmissions certification, outpatient utilization review, retrospective review, second surgical opinion.

Coverage: Workers compensation, auto liability, general liability, short-term disability, long-term disability, Federal Employers Liability Act, Longshore and Harbor Workers Compensation Act.

Service area: Nationwide.

Compensation: Per case, $500 to $1,500; per hour, $150; flat monthly fees based upon claim volume.

Officers: Arthur Broder, medical director.

Contact: Michael Cherny, executive vp.

Professional Case Management Consultants Inc.

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

1997 revenues

Total $830,000

% rehab services direct to employers 25%

Rehab services direct to employers $208,000

Staff

Total 38

Professionals 30

Including: 21 RNs, 6 vocational counselors, 3 degreed professionals

Designations: 4 CRCs, 7 CDMSs, 9 CRRNs, 13 CCMs

Customers

Total 53

Corporate/institutional clients 7

Claims administrators/TPAs 12

Insurance companies 19

Rehab services since: 1993.

Services: Prescreening of cases for rehabilitation intervention, telephone case management, onsite medical case management, medical assessment, job analysis, return-to-work modification and coordination, IMEs, vocational assessment and testing, vocational counseling and plan development, labor market survey, job-seeking skill training, job placement, testimony and expert opinion, Social Security disability insurance review, pharmaceutical review, certified life care planning, Americans with Disabilities Act assistance, transferable skills analysis, work site/job modification.

Other services: Concurrent hospital treatment review, discharge planning, outpatient utilization review, patient advocacy programs, retrospective review; focused reviews, random review program, peer reviews; Spanish/English bilingual service.

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

Service area: Florida, Georgia.

Compensation: Per hour, $65 to $125; some flat-fee services.

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

Contact: Harry Greene.