Bardavon

Effectively caring for injured workers, ensuring prompt treatment, and facilitating a swift return to work are vital aspects of workforce management. Failure to optimize these processes can negatively impact a company’s productivity and, consequently, its profitability.

An employer witnessed this the hard way when one of their key employees suffered a severe upper extremity injury in which recovery was delayed due to an ongoing reluctance from the employee to be treated, despite having previously received quality treatment.

The worker’s recovery accelerated once Bardavon, an outcomes-based workers’ compensation network committed to aiding companies in improving employees’ musculoskeletal health through post-injury and preventive therapies, became hands-on with the patient’s care plan. Through direct clinical consultation with the injured worker and occupational therapist (OT), Bardavon was able to influence and refocus the patient on their treatmentplan. This proactive intervention expedited the patient’s recovery, swiftly preparing him to re-enter the workforce.

“We aim to elevate the availability of OT services for America’s injured workers and support the therapists for optimal service delivery,” says Sarah Meyer, SVP of client experience and network expansion at Bardavon. The company hosts a network of over 35,000 outpatient therapy providers and is renowned for its solutions for preventing workplace injuries, treating workers’ compensation patients, and facilitating injured worker recovery through patient engagement. It also maintains a pool of support clinicians available to assist OTs in planning the treatments per employers’ requirements.
At the core of the company’s commitment to offer timely, personalized treatment for injured workers, Bardavon works closely with their stakeholders, such as therapists, physicians, employers, adjusters and case managers, to create a transparent, care-focused environment. Partnering with quality therapists that understands the complications of a workers’ compensation cases is key, and Bardavon connects patients to our network partners daily.

Bardavon also engages in co-marketing to educate those stakeholders on the need and value of occupational therapy, inspiring network partners to host continuing education unit (CEU) courses that elevates their awareness within the market - ultimately increasing referrerals.

Bardavon’s clinicians conduct case reviews from data entered into bNOTES to provide clinical guidance to OTs treating patients that are high risk to becoming outliers. They also assist in ensuring the injured worker’s goals and treatment plans are focused around return-to-work functionality.
The platform is free for all stakeholders, allowing them to seamlessly use the data to optimize their operations. Newcomers in occupational therapy can use the data to collaborate with stakeholders, comprehending employer needs and strategizing treatments for a swift and efficient return to work. It also helps them track patient data, enhancing the accuracy and timeliness of their services. Adjusters and case managers benefit from transparent insights into treatment duration and progress for in-depth insurance claim analysis and improved compensation planning.

Data stored in the bNOTES platform also reflects the statistics and trends regarding injuries and their surgical and non-surgical treatments. This aids OTs in enhancing their offerings to better plan and manage patients’ health issues. Through Bardavon, OTs have the opportunity to diversity their scope of business into the workers’ compensation domain.

Bardavon, along with its bNOTES software, provides communication and transparency in workers’ compensation injury treatment. This ensures that workers receive optimal occupational therapy options while employers benefit from a fit and productive workforce. Bardavon is dedicated to growing the footprint of occupational therapy services available to the workers’ compensation industry.