PerDatum Software Helps Manage Ohio Injured Worker Care

PerDatum, Inc.ny%>, a Columbus-based software development company, says that Managed Health Care Services, has selected PerDatum's Prognos software to assist them in providing manage care services to Ohio's injured workers.

MHCS has implemented Prognos-MCO at their Cleveland, Columbus, Toledo and Cincinnati facilities. "MHCS expects the new software to increase the efficiency and cost effectiveness of their medical management services, and help to ensure their client's injured workers receive the best possible medical care and are returned to work quickly and efficiently." PerDatum says.

PerDatum's MCO software facilitates data management for its clients and assists in complying with Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation guidelines. The Windows-based application provides capabilities for incident reporting, case management, treatment planning, fee bill processing, check writing, statistical analysis, and electronic data interchange (EDI). The system allows electronic transmission and receipt of first reports of injury, medical fee bills, treatment plans, and company information directly with the Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation.

Mark Tochtenhagen, PerDatum's president, said, "Our primary objectives are to increase the efficiency of managing occupational injury and illness data, provide flexible analytical tools for evaluating the effectiveness of medical management services, and to ensure injured workers get the best possible medical care and are returned to work quickly and in good health. A good example of this is our new EDI module; it lets our clients send and receive data directly with the Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation. This eliminates the need to use a Value Added Network, and reduces our MCO clients monthly data transmission costs."