Posts Tagged ‘United States Postal Service’

WOL+MED Earns Maximum CARF Accreditation

Friday, December 11th, 2009

WOL+MED has earned its 3rd straight maximum CARF accreditation for Pain Management, Work Hardening, and Work Conditioning.  CARF stands for the Commission on Accreditation of Rehab Facilities.  This is the international “Gold Standard” in rehabilitation.  By the end of the current accreditation period, WOL+MED will have been accredited for a full decade.  To become CARF accredited, a medical / physical therapy facility has to meet or exceed hundreds of standards for excellence.  Among these standards are those requiring accessibility into the rehab programs, tracking of excellent outcomes, patient satisfaction, maintaining an excellent medical team, effective business operations, maintaining a safe treatment environment, and much more.  CARF accreditation is an ongoing effort which means that WOL+MED is committed to always providing the highest level of service to its patients and their families.  We don’t have to be CARF accredited.  After all, it’s really hard.  We do it because we know that it makes us better and because we know that it’s important to our patients.

At last check, WOL+MED has the only CARF accredited Pain Management program between Dallas and St. Louis, Missouri (traveling along I-35).  We’re proud of our program and of our patients’ results.  The majority of people who complete our programs get better and are able to get their life back.  With our continued CARF accreditation, we’re committed to that high level of excellence.

If you know someone who suffers with chronic pain or they haven’t gotten the results they expect from other places, please tell them about WOL+MED’s CARF accredited pain management program.  Go to our web site and read the testimonials from other patients who experienced success with WOL+MED.  We can help.

WOL+MED & North Texas Food Bank Feed Thousands

Wednesday, December 2nd, 2009

WOL+MED has teamed up with the North Texas Food Bank to help feed families in need.  The North Texas Food Bank uses a virtual food drive so that anyone can get involved.  When you don’t have time to go to the grocery store and buy canned food, you can instead donate money online.  When you don’t have time to take food to the food bank, you can donate money online.  WOL+MED employees made enough donations during the Thanksgiving holiday to provide over 4,000 meals!  We will continue to support the North Texas Food Bank thru the Christmas holiday and throughout 2010.  If you would like to make a donation, you can click on the food bank icon located on WOL+MED’s home page.  Thank you for your support!

WOLMED Patients Love to Refer Others

Wednesday, November 4th, 2009

The vast majority of new patients at WOL+MED are referred by other patients. It is said that this is the nicest compliment given to a company. So, we want to say THANK YOU. WOL+MED’s #1 core value is, “Patients are #1″. The very high level of referrals from our patients tells us that our message is being heard. We will continue to be our patients’ biggest advocate. In the coming year, our #1 goal is to go above even our normal way of doing business to make our patients say, “WOW!”

If WOL+MED can help you with a work or auto injury, or with a chronic pain condition, please call us in Denton at (940) 484-7000 or in Dallas at (972) 572-5000. Also, please visit us on the web at http://www.wolmed.com/.

We look forward to helping you say, “WOW!”

10 Dangerous and Expensive Traps for Injured USPS Workers

Wednesday, November 4th, 2009

WOL+MED specializes in the treatment of work injuries for USPS employees. After reading the manual for treating federal workers comp cases, we realized that USPS employees can lose money and their work injury benefits several different ways if they’re not careful, and if they don’t have a doctor who understands how to avoid these problems. So, here’s a list of 10 ways a USPS employee can use work injury benefits and money.

1. Choose the right doctor the first time. Future unauthorized changes of treating doctors could make you personally responsible for the cost of medical treatment.

2. You must claim your benefits in order to receive them. Having dependents increases your check from 67% of your normal pay, to 75% of your normal pay.

3. You must fill out the Form CA-16 and OWCP-1500 and give it to your doctor so that you won’t be held personally responsible for your medical bills.

4. You must fill out your Form CA-1 within 30 days of your injury or you may not receive Continuation of Pay (COP).

5. Medical Evidence of Your Injury must be reported to your employer within 10 work days or your COP may be terminated.

6. You must fill out a Form CA-7 (Claim for Compensation on Account of Traumatic Injury or Occupational Disease) if you can’t return to work due to your injury and you are losing pay for more than 3 days.

7. If you don’t fill out a Form CA-8 for continuing compensation, after the CA-7 dates run out, continuing compensation may not be paid to you while you are off work.

8. You must return to work on-time, as determined by your doctor, or you can to lose compensation or COP.

9. If your injury is not thoroughly documented by your doctor, you can lose your medical benefits and payment during your time off from work.

10. Not filing your required paperwork on-time and to the right people, can cause you to lose all of your injury benefits.

WOL+MED doctors and staff will fill out your CA forms with you in the office to make sure they are correct and filed on time. They are also expert at doing a complete Letter of Causation proving that your injury is work-related. It’s not easy to find a doctor who will treat your federal workers comp injury, but WOL+MED is expert in that area. We love helping injured USPS employees.

If you were injured while working for the United States Postal Service, we can help you. Call us in Denton, TX at (940) 484-7000 or in Dallas at (972) 572-5000. You can also visit us on the web at www.wolmed.com.

We want to be your doctor!