Ultima Medical

Ultima Medical Services Inc.

Statistics reveal that disability claims costs in Canada exceed ten billion dollars each year. Ultima Services is recognized as a Leader in Disability Management strategies and has assisted major organizations in claims cost reductions exceeding millions of dollars per year. Our unique methods have realized positive outcomes for both large and small organizations. We believe our client focused and compassionate approach is integral to our success and the results are 'Win-Win' outcomes for all Stakeholders. Whether you have an existing Disability Management Program or not, Ultima Medical can provide numerous benefits to your organization.

Disability Management (DM):

Ultima Medical Services Inc. can meet the Disability Management (DM) needs of any organization, no matter the size. Our experts will help your organization to implement an effective Disability Management Program. Disability Management is a proactive, Return-to-Work process for individuals suffering from injury/illness, which coordinates the activities of Labour, Management, Insurance Carriers, Healthcare Providers and Vocational Rehabilitation Professionals. It is designed to minimize the impact of economic, human, and social costs of disabilities, to workers and society at large. The process is workplace based, managed and directed in consultation and cooperation with all relevant parties. Disability Management strategies targeted at the effective and safe reintegration of injured and ill Workers back to the workforce have demonstrated significant benefits in reducing the economic and social costs of disabilities on both Employers and Workers.

An effective Disability Management Program is of benefit to all Stakeholders:

• Workers recover significantly quicker, allowing them to maintain attachment to the workplace and regain normal life activities.

• The company retains experienced and valued employees and reduces costs related to disabilities.

• The Union provides a valued service to their members and retains membership.

• There is a lessened demand on the health care and other social services, thus benefiting society at large.

• The company experiences significant cost savings in Workers' Compensation and non-occupational claims.

• The company realized decreased costs for overtime, temporary workers, recruitment, training, supervisor time, and loss of productivity.

• Workers view the company as 'a good place to work'.

• Company meets requirements of the Human Rights Act.

Case Management:

Ultima can provide your organization with a full range of Case Management Services. We can assist in ideantifying these cases and work with Employees, the Insurance Carriers, the Medical Treatment Teams, Employers & Unions to insure that all efforts have been made to provide treatment and services to either return the Worker to employment or reduce the long-term costs. We are recognized for our unique skill and knowledge in developing recovery programs and identifying meaningful and productive return-to-work options.

Disability Management Audits:

The Consensus Based Disability Management Audit® (CBDMA®) is a highly calibrated, reliable and weighted tool used for benchmarking an organization's disability management program. From this scientifically developed benchmarking tool has now emerged a much shortened Workplace Disability Management Assessment® (WDMA®), which allows workplaces over the course of approximately 4-6 hours to obtain a highly accurate snapshot review of their current disability management performance.

Our Disability Management Audits provide:

• A detailed analysis of current and potential claims and premium rate increases.

• A gap analysis to determine the relative strengths and weaknesses of an organizations' Disability Management Program which includes recommendations on how to achieve best practices.

• An audit tool to determine current level of compliance to the Code of Practice for Disability Management.

• A monitoring tool, which, when administered at regular intervals, reveals relative increases or decreases in effectiveness for each audit area measured.

• A corrective tool, to identify program deficiencies and highlight remedial action.

• A program promotional tool, maintaining Disability Management concepts in Worker consciousness and demonstrating management's commitment to Disability Management values, goals and principles.

Who would want to take the Audit?

Both the Consensus Based Disability Management Audit and the Workplace Disability Management Assessment® tool are being used in a variety of settings around the world. Any organization that wants to improve its Disability Management Program should consider this audit. There are three main reasons why organizations want to improve their Disability Management Programs:

• it's the law. - Canadian Supreme Court rulings, the Human Rights Act and Provincial Human Rights Codes make it clear that employers are legally required to help assist disabled Employees back to work.

• it's good business. - Work accidents cost the Canadian economy  about 10 billion dollars a year in direct and indirect costs. For companies, disability costs can be extremely expensive, typically in the range of $2 million per year per 1,000 Workers. Effective Disability Management has been shown to reduce these costs by greater than 50 percent.

• it is the socially conscious thing to do. - Effective Disability Management Programs allow individuals who acquire a disabling condition to continue to work and avoid potential poverty. Currently, more than one million skilled Canadians (equal to 6.5 per cent of the workforce), have some kind of disability, but persons with disabilities account for just over two per cent of the Canadian workforce.

Employability Assessments:

An Employability Assessment is a detailed analysis of an individual's residual employability through the use of medical, vocational and psycho-vocational assessments. Ultima has years of experience preparing Employability Assessments for a variety of vocational and legal purposes.

• Comprehensive review of all medical and physiological information.

• Thorough investigation of an individual's vocational history to identify transferable skills and other occupational attributes.

• Detailed look at the individual's socio-economic status in order

to identify possible barriers to employment or factors that enhance employability.

• Review of physical, environmental and psychological abilities and/or restrictions for alternate employment if employment is not a consideration, we will identify how the indivisual's injury or illness has impacted on their daily living activities in some cases, extensive.

• Labour Market Research is completed to identify current and viable work opportunities including starting and future earnings potential.