Liberty Mutual Partners with Comprehensive Managed Care to Enhance Workers' Compensation Services

Liberty Mutual, the leading provider of workers' compensation products and services in the United States, has announced a new partnership with Comprehensive Managed Care (CMC), the workers' compensation managed care affiliate of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota. Through this partnership, Liberty Mutual will combine its occupational health and safety expertise with CMC's statewide network of quality healthcare providers to deliver better quality care outcomes, faster and more efficient service, and cost-effectiveness for both employers and employees.

Key Takeaways:

• The partnership aims to provide better quality care outcomes, faster and more efficient service, and cost-effectiveness for both employers and employees.
• Comprehensive Managed Care will coordinate and manage medical care, 24-hour telephone triage, initial case management, and utilization review for Liberty Mutual's insured and self-insured workers' compensation customers.
• Liberty Mutual will provide overall medical and disability management, vocational case management, underwriting, risk management, payment of medical bills, and coordination of benefits.
• CMC's statewide network of participating providers includes 330 primary care clinics, most occupational medicine providers, and 100 percent of nonfederal hospitals.
• This partnership is part of Liberty Mutual's "LibertyWorks," the company's national workers' compensation managed care network that combines its occupational health and safety expertise with the occupational and non-occupational medical care efficiencies of leading healthcare organizations.
• Liberty Mutual is the leading provider of workers' compensation products and services in the United States and one of the largest multi-line insurers in the property/casualty industry.

Statistics:

• Liberty Mutual has consolidated assets in excess of $33 billion and assets under management of more than $40 billion.
• Liberty Mutual employs 22,000 people in more than 450 offices throughout the United States, Canada, Mexico, Bermuda, Ireland, the United Kingdom, and Japan.
• CMC has a statewide network of participating providers including 330 primary care clinics, most occupational medicine providers, and 100 percent of nonfederal hospitals.
• Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota covers more than 1.3 million members through its own plans or plans administered by the company.

Sources:

• PRNewswire, "Liberty Mutual Group Announces Partnership with Comprehensive Managed Care to Provide Enhanced Workers' Compensation Services"
• Comprehensive Managed Care website
• Liberty Mutual Group website
• Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota website