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Memorial Hermann HealthNet Provider's Worklink Becomes a Certified Worker's Compensation Network.

Houston, Texas – Certification of Memorial Hermann HealthNet Provider’s WorkLink program as a worker’s compensation network gives Houston area employers a new option for directing care and lowering the cost of workplace injuries, in keeping with new state laws enabling creation of managed care systems for treating injured workers.

WorkLink is the third physician network to be certified under new Texas workers’ compensation laws that took effect in January. The designation allows WorkLink to serve employers who are self-insured for worker’s compensation.

When a company chooses a certified workers’ compensation network, injured workers who live in the network’s coverage area must select a treating doctor from a list provided by the network. Referrals from the treating physician are required for specialty care.

 “Our state lawmakers recognized that applying managed care principles to the workers’ compensation system would help employers offer appropriate, cost-effective treatment for injured workers,” said WorkLink director Danielle Barrera. “We are excited about helping corporations throughout southeast Texas.”

An occupational benefits management program designed to help corporations manage employee accidents and injuries, WorkLink serves an 11-county area surrounding Houston. Occupational benefits it provides include case management, occupational medicine, claims, processing, wellness, customized provider network and on-site services.

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