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March 7, 2002

Streamlining workers' comp claims

  • New L&I program to speed injured employees' return
    • By ANNU MANGAT
    Journal Staff Reporter

    Workers suffering from job-related injuries may be able to avert long-term disability under a new state program.


    "The main driver is reducing disability. It's really enabling the injured worker to return to a productive life."

    -- Diana Drylie,
    Labor and Industries

    The state Department of Labor and Industries (L&I) has awarded a contract to Renton-based Valley Medical Center to administer a three-year pilot program that aims to streamline workers' compensation claims and improve the treatment of workplace injuries.


     
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