Access to treatment
When an employee is absent from work, the employer is affected by a number of direct
and indirect costs: from basic salary, staff replacement costs and lost production/business
opportunities, to increases in health related insurances and early ill health retirement
costs on pension schemes.
Medisure Access works to reduce the length of absence by providing employees with
access to private medical treatment where there is a real cost justification. In
doing so it has a direct impact on your organisation's costs.
We advocate and respond to early intervention triggers, ensuring common causes of
long-term absence such as stress and musculoskeletal disorders are identified and
treated as soon as possible, thus significantly reducing the risk of their becoming
long term or chronic conditions.
The starting point for Medisure Access is a review of the main causes of absence,
absence reporting procedures and the way your organisation accounts for absence
costs.
We then agree a framework for your organisation to evaluate, at the earliest opportunity,
the benefits of funding the cost of private treatment when it can be clearly
demonstrated that this will produce savings. Decisions are taken on
a case-by-case basis and employers are advised in advance of the savings which will
be achieved from each stage of any intervention.
Medisure has a nationwide database of healthcare providers covering all disciplines
in both physical and mental health. The Medisure Musculoskeletal Network provides
both physiotherapy and rehabilitation services, ensuring your employees are treated
and returned to work with the functionality required for their role.
Our procedures meet all legislative and clinical guidelines. Through agreed reporting
arrangements, we ensure employers receive concise and relevant information regarding
the employee's capability to return to work
Medisure Access brings access to private healthcare to all employees
– many of whom would not normally be covered by traditional medical benefit plans
– and with no limits or exclusions. This in turn can make staff
feel more valued, and enhance recruitment and retention.
The service can be tailored to your organisation's requirements and tested as a
pilot, allowing you to evaluate its benefits before rolling out across the whole
organisation.
To see examples of savings, please click here.
