Patent ID: 8285567
Filing Date: 2012-10-09
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. An improved method of reducing the cost of an employer's workers' compensation program and managing program quality control for an employer with a plurality of operating unit comprising the steps of: a. assessing the efficiency of the best practices of a multi-unit employer comprising the steps of: b. comparing the efficiency of the implementation by a multi-unit employer of said best practice recommendations from said action plan for each unit 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 in each unit 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 in the memory of a computer; h. revising said action plan in response to score trends, and i. inputting data characterizing new workers' compensation claims to the memory of a computer after implementing said employer-specific recommendations.