RPC

Rehabilitation Professionals of the Carolinas

RPC Welcomes NC Rehab Professionals

   

 

      

NC Rehabilitation Advisory Board to the NCIC

NCIC REHAB ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEMBERS

The N.C. Industrial Commission Rehabilitation Advisory Board functions as a resource for the Industrial Commission, the Rehabilitation Professionals, the medical community, and the parties working for the benefit of the injured workers in North Carolina. Should you have questions, concerns, issues that need to be brought to the attention of Rehabilitation Community or the NCIC please feel free to contact any of the board members. The Members of the board are as follows:

Barbara Armstrong, RN, CDMS, CCM, CLCP                                                                                                             
Armstrong & Associates
P.O. Box 470637
Charlotte, NC  28247 
e-mail

Vickie Dixon, MS, CRC
Southern Rehab
3725 National Drive: Suite.123
Raleigh, NC  27612 
e-mail

Rebecca Earley, BSN, RN, CDMS, CCM
Complete Case Management
P.O. Box 1663
Morganton, NC 28680
e-mail

Caroline Fortner, RN, CDMS, CCM
Ortho Carolina
1001 Blythe Blvd.; Ste. 200
Charlotte, NC  28203
e-mail

Rebecca Hobbs, BSN, RN, CCM
St. Paul/Travelers
P O Box 473502
Charlotte, NC  28247 e-mail

Beverly Jeter, M.Ed., CRC
American Rehabilitation Inc.
Charlotte, NC  28247
e-mail

Jeanne Russell, MS, CRC, CCM
Intracorp
1440 Goodwin Road
Apex, NC  27523
e-mail

Ted H. Sawyer, MA, CRC, CDMS, LPC
Crawford and Company
220 Horizons Drive; Ste. 203
Raleigh, NC  27615 e-mail   

 Karen Smith, RN, COHN-S 
NCIC Nurses Section
4341 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC  27699-4341
e-mail

Maureen Ortega, BSN, RN, CDMS, CCM
Key Risk Management Services
PO Box 49129
Greensboro, NC 27419  e-mail

Nancy Wells, MS, CRC
Carolina Case Management & Rehabilitation Services, Inc.
118 Wind Chime Ct.
Raleigh, NC 27615 
 e-mail

NC Rehab Advisory Board Meetings

The NC Rehabilitation Advisory Board to the NCIC

The Rehab Advisory Board meets regularly at Key Risk in Greensboro, NC. The next meeting is scheduled for May 20, 2010 at 10:00 a.m.

 

 

Next Meeting: If you have issues or concerns and want to attend the meeting the board asks that you inform them in advance of the meeting the amount of time you need and your issues so plans can be made accordingly. Please send an e-mail to Karen Smith at Karen.Smith@ic.nc.gov with your information.

 

Previous Meeting Highlights

Task Assignments

Please review the memo from the Full Commission on the NCIC website regarding "task" assignments.

http://www.ic.nc.gov/ncic/pages/022208mn.pdf 

NCIC Requests Your Credentialing Information

 ***IMPORTANT***

If you practice Rehabilitation in NC as a case manager in workers' compensation please go to the NCIC web page (click here) and read about the NCIC and their request that we submit our credentialing information. To assure the NCIC that we as professionals have the required credentials, it is important that we provide them with the requested information.

The NC Rules for Rehabilitation

To view the North Carolina Industrial Commission Rules for Utilization of Rehabilitation Professionals in Workers' Compensation Claims please click here .

If you would like to download a copy of these rules you may do so from this web site by clicking here.