How to Choose an Occupational Medicine Provider — And Why It Directly Impacts Your Bottom Line

Your employee wrenches their knee. The injury is manageable, but real. No preferred provider is on file, so the employee does what anyone would do: heads to the nearest emergency room.

Your warehouse employee slips on a wet floor and sprains their wrist. Or your office worker reports wrist pain from typing. Or your driver gets rear-ended at a stoplight. If an employee gets injured at work, the first steps after a workplace accident can set the tone for everything that follows.

Your delivery driver is rear-ended at a stoplight. The other driver's clearly at fault, so you assume their insurance will cover everything. You don't report a workers' comp claim. Weeks later, your employee hires an attorney. The attorney directs them to a medical provider and takes them off work.