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Upcoming Events!
Visit with EK Health Services at these upcoming events:
CSAOHN
October 13th - 15th
Walnut Creek, CA
Eunhee Kim and Dr. Richard Thompson will be speaking at the conference.
Educational Seminar
"Tools for Effective Managed Care Strategies"
October 26th
Pleasanton, CA
NAWC
November 9th - 11th
Las Vegas, NV
Booth #125
More Conferences
Client Testimonial
"I wanted to write you a note to thank you for meeting with me today and express my appreciation of your support. This hasn't been an easy path and I am sincerely grateful that I have someone to talk with."
- Injured Worker K, Northern California
Check the Status of California Treatment Guidelines, ACOEM and DWC (MTUS)
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About EK Health...
Headquartered in San Jose, CA, EK Health Services, Inc. is a specialty workers' compensation managed care company providing Utilization Review, Case Management, Early Claims Intervention, Return to Work Programs, Next Step Medical Advisory Program℠, Bill Review, Ergonomic Assessments/Training, Outcomes Management, Interpretation/Translation Services, Quality Assurance and Quality Improvement services. As a URAC workers' compensation utilization management accredited company, EK Health is committed to a higher level of quality service than is mandated by the state of California. EK Health provides services in all 50 states.
Learn more about EK Health Services...
Our Clients...
Clients include several municipalities, a Fortune 500 company, the largest insurance carrier in Wisconsin, a leading insurance company in New Jersey, more than 30 customers of various industries and size.
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EK Health Services, Inc.
992 S. De Anza Blvd #101
San Jose, CA 95129
Ph: 877.861.1595
Fax: 408.973.2508
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What Have We Learned about the UR process?
by Richard Thompson, MD
EK Health Services' Chief Medical Officer
Utilization Review came to California at the end of 2004 and radically changed the treatment model for injured workers as well as for treating physicians. The utilization process has certainly evolved during this time and physicians, patients, insurers and lawyers have learned they must deal with the new realities, including evidenced based medicine, medical necessity, medical reasonableness and appropriate care. This evolution is now leading us into the area of uniting utilization review and bill review.
To read full article, please click here.
Did You Know?
EK Health is featured in Datacare's Utilization Management article, "Does Your Utilization Review Team Have the Tools It Needs?"
Utilization review (UR) organizations need to coordinate the efforts of highly skilled professionals on a tight timetable. This makes modern technology a requirement for a top-performing team.
According to Dr. Doug Benner, who led Kaiser’s occupational health services for 30 years and now serves as medical business product development officer at EK Health, the California-based, URAC-certified utilization review organization, “The DataCare platform provides a more efficient, complete, and accurate utilization review process that saves time, lowers costs, and insures that the right decision is made quickly.”
Here are six ways that DataCare’s advanced technology platform is helping organizations improve treatment, while lowering medical and program costs – and six ways to evaluate whether your platform stacks up.
To read full article, please click here.
Educational Seminar Sponsored by EK Health:
EK Health is sponsoring a one day educational seminar on "Tools for Effective Managed Care Strategies" on Wednesday, October 26th. For more details, please click here.
Speaking Engagements:
Eunhee Kim is speaking with Bill Zachry and Anita Weir at the National Workers' Compensation & Disability Conference in Las Vegas on November 11th at 8:45 - 10AM on "Using Technology to Control Medical Cost Leakage."
Dr. Doug Benner is speaking with Bill Zachry, Anita Weir, and Dr. Melvin Belsky at the National Workers' Compensation & Disability Conference in Las Vegas on November 11th at 10:15 - 11:30AM on "Reducing Re-injury Through Early Intervention Functional Restoration."
LEGAL-EASE: A Pair of Opinions
by Steve Kline, Esq.
EK Health Services' Legal Counsel
The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board commissioners issued two en banc decisions of note late in September. At the beginning of this summer, the Board decided to re-look at their earlier landmark decision in Valdez v Warehouse Demo Services.
To read full article, please click here.
Ergonomic Tip of the Month
Cell Phone Usage
-by Kim Granata-Clark, MS in Human Factors and Ergonomics, Ergonomic Specialist
Since cell phones are not just cell phones these days, you need to protect yourself from injury. You can text, check e-mail, do internet searches, use it as a notepad, check your calendar, take pictures, etc… All these activities can cause a lot of stress on the head and neck from looking down at the cell phone and hands from manipulating the buttons.
To read full article, please click here.
To make a request, you may refer online by clicking here or contact Alice at 877-861-1595, or email amelendez@ekhealth.com
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