What to Expect

• First, address any urgent medical needs of the injured employee.
• The next step is to call Company Nurse, IMWCA’s first-report-of-injury provider.
  • You will be asked for a Location Code. Look it up by your employer’s name
• An Injury Care Coordinator will take the first report of injury and offer phone-based medical triage with a registered nurse.
• The nurse will advise self-care or referral to a medical provider. Company Nurse sends an injury report to the employer and IMWCA.
• Company Nurse offers to send the injured worker a text containing information about their injury report, including a injury ID and medical and pharmacy referral information. While this ID is not your claim number, it helps direct medical bills to IMWCA.

Sample Text from Company Nurse to an injured worker:

INJURY REPORT: I422105, 9-06-19

Urgent Care, 3333 W Main St, Des Moines, IA 50309, (515) 555-5555

Benefits Overview

Your rights as an injured worker under Iowa’s Workers’ Compensation law are defined by the Iowa Workforce Development Workers’ Compensation Division. Every year, the Division creates a new benefits Questions & Answers brochure for injured workers.

Prescription Plan Information

IMWCA partners with Prodigy RX to provide pharmacy benefits to injured workers. The program allows injured workers to quickly and easily obtain needed medication without incurring out-of-pocket costs.