Susan
Hopper has been with CIA team for over 7
years. She is a Certified Case Manager (CCM) with over 30 years of
nursing experience in a wide verity of settings. Her clinical
background includes critical care, emergency department, oncology
research, home health, managed care, quality management and utilization
review. Susan has spent the last 9 years focusing on occupational
injury claims.
Susan facilitates Medical Case
Management solutions in many ways:
- Provide Resource/Consulting
services on a case-by-case basis
- Monitors medically
complex/catastrophic claims
- Oversees field case management
assignments and activity
- Provides information to patients,
employers and medical providers
- Reviews preauthorization requests
- Facilitates timely return to work
- Informs adjuster regarding medical
and occupational disability guidelines
- Obtains expert medical opinions to
facilitate claim resolution
- Tailors case management activity to
the specific needs of the client.
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