What is the difference between an injury management plan and a return-to-work plan?
There are 2 types of plans to help the injured worker recover and return to work as soon as possible. One is drawn up by the insurance company and is called an injury management plan and the other is written by the return-to-work coordinator (employer) and is called a return-to-work plan. The workers compensation insurance company starts to develop the injury management plan within 3 days of being notified that a worker has had an injury. Special health professionals employed by the insurer, called injury management advisors, communicate with the injured worker, the employer and the treating doctor to start injury management as early as possible. The injury management plan outlines all the services which will be required to return the injured worker to the workplace, including the proposed treatment (physiotherapy, medical investigations etc) and the employer’s offer of suitable duties. Once the insurance company provides a copy of the injury management plan to both the employer and th
