Can all outpatient therapy clinics perform industrial rehabilitation?
Technically, yes. Any therapy clinic can charge for functional capacity evaluations or work conditioning/work hardening. However, not all clinics that offer industrial rehabilitation specialize in rehabilitating injured workers or understand the underlying legal statutes, insurance laws and unique characteristics of the workers’ compensation population. Many may add industrial rehabilitation to their list of offered services such as sports care, pool therapy and massage therapy. A true industrial rehabilitation clinic concentrates its professional efforts on assessing and treating the injured worker as its primary focus.
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