ASCEND Occupational Medicine Consulting

About ASCEND Occupational Medicine Consulting

Are you a self-insured employer struggling to close your Workers' Comp claims? Do you have cases that should have been resolved ages ago? Are you confused as to why your employees have not returned to work? Are you having a hard time communicating with the corporate TPA who is managing your claims? Are nurse case manager and utilization review fees eating away at the profitability of your program? Are you seeing simple injuries cost you hundreds of thousands of dollars? Is your organization just bleeding money? You're not alone — and you're not out of options. At ASCEND, we partner with self-insured groups and employers to bring medical strategy and oversight into every stage of a claim. Here's how we help: ✅ We assign “timers” to claims based on typical recovery trajectories and flag outliers early. ✅ We monitor active claims, reach out to primary treating providers when needed, and course-correct in real time — before the claim goes off the rails. ✅ We work with adjusters to keep the claim focused — no more free-for-all add-ons or unchecked body parts. ✅ We help clearly define what is industrial vs. non-industrial and communicate that to providers, so everyone is on the same page. ✅ We question questionable QME opinions and collaborate with your legal team to challenge what doesn’t make sense. ✅ We implement wellness programs that address the whole person — because people who don’t take care of themselves don’t heal. And that’s when claims spiral. We don’t assume things are getting done — we check. We nudge. We ask the tough questions. We connect the dots across medical, legal, and administrative silos so your cases close faster and cleaner. If you’re tired of watching claims drag on and cost more than they should, let’s talk.

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