Authorization Number : 68550016
Agency Series No. : MRDS-10
Status : Active
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Agency : BWC
Confidential Description : contains claim information
Division : BWCIACS
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Section : BWCIACSMSPM
Record Title : Degree of Disability Management (DODM)
Revision : 1
Record Description : The Degree of Disability Management (DODM) model was developed by BWC in conjuction with Milliman & Robertson, a nationally renowned health care consultant. The DODM is a proactive disability strategy for returning injured workers to work.
The DODM takes into account both the injury and the injured worker''s occupation and establishes an optimal "well managed" return to work date for each injury/occupation combination.
For example, a construction worker who breaks a leg is expected to be off work longer than an office worker who breaks a leg, because of how the injury relates to his or her job. Likewise, the construction worker''s DODM optimal return-to-work date will follow a longer period of disability than that of the office worker.