The rewards of rehabilitation are great in personal satisfaction, in social and economic impact, and in reduced claim costs. Of utmost importance is the responsibility that you, as the employer, and NYSIF, as the insurer, share in guaranteeing that your injured employees receive any physical and vocational rehabilitation services necessary to reduce the degree of disability and to restore their earnings potential to the highest possible level. Rehabilitation strives to rebuild and expand an injured worker’s capacities; it is never willing to accept an injured worker’s incapacities.

The WCB requires prompt filing of Form R, "Carriers Report on Rehabilitation to Chairperson, Workers’ Compensation Board", by the carrier for every compensation claim in which loss of time extends past eight weeks. NYSIF does not stop there. We have a deep conviction that our work entails more than merely filing a report, paying a medical bill, or putting a claim check in the mail.

NYSIF sponsors complete rehabilitative and vocational therapy through our Global Case Management Program, managed by our workers’ compensation claims specialists and professional registered nurses on staff in our claims units.