Patent ID: 7856367
Filing Date: 2010-12-21
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method of reducing the cost of an employer's workers' compensation program and improving claims management methods comprising the steps of: a. assessing the efficiency of the best practices of an employer comprising the steps of: b. comparing the efficiency of the implementation by the employer of said best practice recommendations from said action plan to national standards by data benchmarking comprising the steps of: c. comparing the efficiency of the implementation by the employer of said best practice recommendations from said action plan in returning injured employees to work, comprising the steps of, d. providing an online improvement training process for implementing recommended best practices in said action plan; e. training users by said improvement process; f. implementing said best practice recommendations from said action plan; g. comparing the best practices implementation over time by periodically repeating steps (a)-(f) and inputting said scores on said score tracker; h. revising said action plan in response to score trends, and i. inputting data characterizing new workers' compensation claims to the computer after implementing the employer-specific recommendations.