The staff member’s compensable salary will be charged to the Workers’ Compensation office providing the department complies with the policy and procedure outlined in “Reporting of Incident.” Failure of the department to comply with the requirements outlined herein may result in the department being responsible for 100 percent of the staff member’s compensation while the staff member is out on workers compensation for up to one year. Once the staff member is released to return to work the staff member’s department becomes responsible for the staff member’s compensation until the staff member is placed in a regular position, or the end of one year whichever occurs first.

In some instances a staff member will be released to return to work with restrictions or needed accommodations. In those instances, the staff member will be placed in the Return-to-Work Program. The staff member’s department is responsible for one hundred percent of the compensation for a staff member in the Return-to-Work Program until the staff member is placed in a suitable position or the end of one year whichever comes first.

Medical

In accordance with the Workers’ Compensation Act, the Institution is responsible for full payment of medical costs associated with a compensable injury providing treatment is obtained from entity’s Employee Health, or for urgent/ life threatening injuries, staff members are to use the Duke, Durham Regional or Duke Raleigh Hospital Emergency Department. Medical attention needed outside the normal operating hours of the entity’s Employee Health (7:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. M-F) should be obtained from a Duke Urgent Care facility, or from Duke, Durham Regional, or Duke Raleigh Hospital Emergency Department.

A staff member obtaining medical care treatment outside of this network without pre-authorization by entity Employee Health or Workers' Compensation will be responsible for all medical fees associated with treatment.