M A Work Solutions' staff includes two of the region's leading workers' compensation professionals, as well as a panel of associates, each with unique expertise in designing and implementing cost-effective workers' compensation programs.

The Principals

Wayne A. MacMasters, MS, PT, is the President of M A Work Solutions. Mr. MacMasters, a practicing physical therapist, is the Regional Director for Tidewater Physical Therapy, Inc.'s two Hampton offices. For over a decade, he has been an innovator in helping industry reduce workers' compensation costs. As an active consultant to local industry, Mr. MacMasters designs cost-effective injury prevention and management programs and assists in case resolution strategies.

Donna S. Abbott, PT, is a practicing physical therapist and Director of On-Site Services for M A Work Solutions. For the past 10 years, her professional focus has been on industrial rehabilitation. Mrs. Abbott has worked with numerous companies in the design of programs to prevent injuries and lower workers' compensation costs. Her areas of expertise include on-site service development, customized safety and education programs, job analysis, transitional-duty design, and Functional Capacity Evaluations. Mrs. Abbott currently treats patients at the Hidenwood location of Tidewater Physical Therapy.

We Begin with a Complimentary Review

The solutions development process begins with an introductory session with key management personnel. During this session, an analysis of your organization's historical workers' compensation data, safety programs, workers' compensation policies and procedures, and essential job functions allow us to assess your future cost exposure to:

• Indemnity
• Direct Medical Expenses
• Lost Productivity Costs

Our Systems Are The Solutions

Based on the Complimentary Review, our professionals will propose a customized solutions package containing one or more of the following three proven systems:

I. Injury Prevention System

The M A Work Solutions' Injury Prevention System can help protect your people, increase their productivity, and reduce your injury rates and workers' compensation costs. Utilizing the following models, our system directly targets the causes and costs of your specific work place injuries.

Safety Model

• Incentive Programs
• Education and Training: ERGOSAFE Program
• Ergonomic Assessment/Work Station Design
• Safety Committees

Work Worker Match Model

• Effective Applicant Selection Program
• Focused Fitness Program

II. Injury Management System

The M A Work Solutions' Injury Management System philosophy is "patients don't fully recover to return to work, they return to work to fully recover".

The application of this philosophy is at the core of our success in reducing the costs of each work injury. We assist your company with:

• Provider Panel Development
• Work Injury Communication Systems
• Transitional-Duty Design
• Safe Return to Work Program
• Immediate Access to Evaluation & Treatment
• Functional/Work Capacity Evaluations
• Fraud and Invalid Disability Documentation
• Impairment Ratings

III. Human Resource System

The first and most effective line of defense against high workers' compensation costs is selecting employees well suited to the tasks of the job. M A Work Solutions' can help your HR professional by developing job descriptions and selection criteria that place the right people in the right jobs and provide the information necessary for compliance with EEOC, VEC, ADA, and OSHA guidelines and regulations.

Why will our program lower your net operating costs?

• We won't propose any solution unless the benefit exceeds the cost of the solution.
• We guarantee that your rehab cost exposure is eliminated through fixed cost contracting.
• We guarantee that rehabilitated workers will return safely to the workplace.

If you can answer "yes" to any of these questions M A Work Solutions can help reduce your workers' compensation costs.

• Does it seem that you are the last to know what progress your employee is making towards returning to work?
• Has an injured worker been referred to a specialist with whom you are not familiar? Will it be more than a week before the worker is seen?
• Do all workers returning to work have the same generic work restrictions from the attending physician?
• Are you paying an insurance premium experience modifier greater than a 1.0?
• Do you suspect that workers' compensation fraud is driving up your insurance premiums?
• Is 5% of your workforce responsible for 90% of your workers' compensation costs?
• Have injured workers been in rehab for an extended period of time with no communication from the provider and no resolution in sight?
• Has the need for increased productivity forced your employees to compromise established safe work methods?

To explore how M A Work Solutions can help your company, please call us at (757) 873-3301 for a free consultation.