Demonstrating Exercise Physiology Value Through Scheme Literacy and Return-to-Work Outcomes

Rhea and Isabel discuss how exercise physiologists and ESSA members can better demonstrate their value in early intervention within the New South Wales workers compensation system to avoid being sidelined. Rhea emphasises that while stakeholders may want clearer economic value supported by improved data collection, in the meantime professionals can show value by building “scheme literacy” and understanding cost drivers. The speaker explains that the most expensive part of a claim is weekly benefits paid when someone is off work or on reduced duties, and that increasing a person’s functional capacity to return to work—even for a few hours a day—reduces these benefits and overall claim costs. Clinicians should link treatment plans to measurable work capacity improvements, showing progression from no capacity to suitable duties, which strengthens their case with doctors and claims managers.

00:00 How can EPs demonstrate their value - Navigating NSW Workers Compensation Reforms with Dr. Isabel King and Rhea Mercado

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