The Independent Vocational Evaluation (IVE)
Hostetler Fontaine & Associates would like to introduce you to a new product. It is called the Independent Vocational Evaluation. How many times have you become disappointed with the lack of progress you have seen on a file which:
- You have assigned to a vocational rehabilitation vendor, or
- When the claimant is or has been receiving ineffective vocational services, or
- The claimant's attorney won't let them meet with anyone.
This also would include those very old files that a vocational rehabilitation counselor in the past has told you that the person is not a candidate because of their geographic location, lack of transferrable skills, etc.
The IVE is designed to help you with those problems because you are entitled to an evaluation of your own.
This evaluation will follow State of Michigan Guidelines and include:
- The Initial Vocational Assessment
- Testing
- Medical and Vocational Document Review
- JA Development if applicable
- Database Review
- Labor market surveys if applicable, and
- Will render a preliminary opinion regarding the claimant's employability wage earning capacity and vocational prognosis.
A more in-depth explanation of what is done is available to you simply by contacting one of the counselors at HFA. The IVE can and has resulted in a number of positive outcomes. The IVE is designed to provide you with as much information as possible in the shortest possible time. This information can be used by the adjuster/case manager to expedite the handling of the file, and hopefully, help it come to a successful resolution, be it placement through vocational rehabilitation, a job offer, or redemption.
HFA has tested this product for the last eighteen months with great success. For more information please contact us by phone, fax, or e-mail.
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