Workers' Compensation

High-Value Physician Services in Workers’ Compensation Situations

A Guide to Locating Exceptional Care for Your Injured Workers

The ideal industrial medicine physicians are those who:

· Accept patients covered by workers’ compensation insurance

· Employ best practices to provide high quality and compassionate medical care

· Respect and fulfill the extra responsibilities the workers compensation system requires

· Produce the best outcomes at comparatively lower costs over the course of an injury or illness. (High quality care produces better outcomes for workers and better value for payers)

Physicians who provide high value services in workers’ compensation will meet these basic requirements:

· Accessible when needed

· Appropriately credentialed

· Possess relevant professional experience and necessary proficiencies

· Practice high quality medicine by utilizing evidence-based treatment methods, ordering tests, procedures, and specialist services judiciously, and by coordinating care

· Focus on functional recovery and minimize life disruption and work disability for employees

· Produce good overall medical and functional outcomes in a timely manner

· Satisfy the needs of the key parties in workers’ compensation cases (worker, employer, payer, and others who may become involved) efficiently and effectively.

· Provide information and guidance without bias.

PrairieStar Health Center offers complete industrial medicine services. Our industrial medicine physicians have years of experience working in this specialty and provide companies with the ease of access they require. Choosing the right physicians to care for work related injuries is essential. Let PrairieStar Health Center assist you today.

Our program meets the individualized needs of the employer for the treatment of occupational injuries. Our workers’ compensation physicians are:

Jerold D. Albright, M.D.

William J. Ciskey, M.D.

Jerome S. Spitzer, M.D.

Gregory Morgan, M.D.

To schedule an appointment contact our office at 620-663-8484. To obtain additional information or speak with our Industrial Medicine Representative call 620-200-0610. All inquiries will be handled expeditiously.