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CEO tells board hospital will stop taking workers' compensation cases; transition dates set
Summary
CEO Kelly told the board the hospital plans to stop accepting workers' compensation employer-service cases, with a planned stop date of June 15 and final follow-up appointments on July 17; the change affects a small number of staff (about 3 FTEs and 3.5 per-diems).
CEO Kelly announced a planned operational change to discontinue the hospital's workers' compensation employer-services line, which leadership concluded is "not sustainable anymore." She said the hospital will notify employees "tomorrow morning" and the public "mid morning" and set an intended stop date: "The intent would be that we would stop taking workers comp cases on June 15 and we would see our last, follow-up case on July 17," Kelly said.
Kelly described transition steps including notifying carriers and providing a list of regional occupational-health clinics; she said the hospital would offer stay bonuses to some staff so current patients could complete care during the transition. Board members raised concerns about offering stay bonuses while winding down the service; Kelly said bonuses were intended to ensure continuity of care for patients currently in treatment.
