2208       Title: Demonstrating CM's Worth: Creating A RTW Culture Date: Friday, June 20, 2008 Time: 02:30 PM - 04:00 PM Type: CONCURRENT Level: INTERMEDIATE Track: Workers' Comp Sponsor(s): - Speaker(s): Jon Paul Veltri This session will provide the participant with the skills necessary to analyze an employer’s ability to benefit from effective case management. Various types of case management, as they currently exist in the open labor market will be discussed. Key person and force field analyses of employer culture will be illustrated.  Suggestions on how to provide the most “productive” type of case management, based on employer/employee needs will be provided with specific interventions suggested for STD/LTD and Worker’s Compensation. EMPAQ statistical approaches will be demonstrated and the participants will learn how to demonstrate the bottom line savings associated with a employer centered approach.  A strong understanding of the needs of the employer to meet productivity standards and reduce both absenteeism and presenteeism will be demonstrated. Both large and small group discussion will take place with case study analysis of programs that work well and those that work even better. Understanding the role of the case manager as a change agent will be a primary goal of this presentation. Objectives: Identify corporate cultures in relation to return-to-work (RTW) and disability case management.   Calculate and demonstrate a case manager’s worth to employers.   Analyze three case studies.