Approximately 80 percent of IMO cases are closed within 120 days of referral.

Per case cost savings range from $1,000 to $20,000 in medical and lost time savings.

A survey of disability income and medical rehabilitation/case management programs found that a small investment can produce significant financial results. On average, that return was $30 for every $1 invested (Health Insurance Association of America).

In a Tillinghast-Towers Perrin study on workers' compensation, 41 percent of employers reported decreased costs, but only because of their own efforts to reduce them. 88 percent of these employers use case management; 82 percent use transitional return to work programs; and 71 percent use vocational rehabilitation.

Repetitive stress injuries, such as carpal tunnel syndrome, are one of the fastest growing health hazards in the American workplace. The number of repetitive stress injuries reported increased sevenfold in the last decade, costing businesses $20 billion a year and involving 2.7 million accepted workers' compensation claims per year.

Back pain is the second leading cause of work absenteeism in the U.S. and results in more lost productivity than any other medical condition. (Rowe, M.L. "Preliminary statistical study of low back pain." J Occup Med. 1963;5(7):336-341.)

Back injury is the most expensive on-the-job injury.

The cost of treating patients with low back pain has increased 241 percent during the last decade. (Kelsey, J.L., White, A.A., III. "Epidemiology and impact on low back pain." Spine. 1980;5(2):133-142.)

Lost time from work and disability payments for work-related low back problems cost up to three times as much as actual medical procedures.

Estimates of total costs of direct medical and indirect expenses for low back pain in the U.S. range from $20 to $100 billion annually. (Snook, S.H. "The costs of back pain in industry." Occup Med. 988;3:1.)