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County hears pitch for on-site athletic trainer program aimed at reducing injuries and workers’ comp costs
Summary
Optimum Impact representatives described an on-site athletic-trainer model they say reduces lost work days, improves return-to-work timing and can cut workers' compensation costs; the company proposed a fixed-price contract of about $80,000.
Representatives from Optimum Impact and Optum Health System presented a proposal to Glynn County commissioners on Tuesday to place on-site athletic trainers and related occupational-health services for county employees and first responders.
Russell Brooks, an athletic trainer who said she works with the City of Statesboro, described services the company offers: injury prevention programs, on-site evaluation and treatment, faster care navigation to specialty physicians and job-specific return-to-work testing. "Key benefits of their program include faster return to work rates, reduced…
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