Workers' compensation claims analytics software gives fire, police, and city leaders a complete view of injury costs, including overtime and backfill, and flags claims falling behind recovery targets.
MILWAUKEE, Oct. 1, 2026 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Ready Rebound today announced the launch of Return, a new workers' compensation claims analytics software purpose-built for municipalities and fire and police departments.
Return by Ready Rebound automatically benchmarks every open claim against medical recovery targets, flagging the claims that are falling behind and identifying where delays may be occurring across the claims and recovery process. For municipal leaders, that can make it easier to understand total injury-related costs and focus attention on cases that require action.
The need for clearer injury and claims visibility is significant: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported 3.148 million recordable workplace injury and illness cases across private industry and state and local government in 2024. Workers' compensation is also a material employer expense. National Academy of Social Insurance data show employer workers' compensation costs averaged $0.98 per $100 of covered payroll in 2023, while total benefits paid reached $64.1 billion. Actual insurance costs vary by state, payroll, job classification, and claims history. Municipal and company budgets remain tight, and workers' compensation has long been one of the few major costs departments haven't been able to fully optimize, as there typically is not a clear line of sight into where those dollars are going.
Municipalities have long relied on third-party administrator (TPA) reports and loss runs that show only part of the picture, leaving out costs like overtime and backfill that departments absorb while an injured member is out. Return by Ready Rebound closes that gap by combining a department's claims data with medical recovery benchmarks, giving the entire department a complete view of what every injury costs, including medical, indemnity, and overtime.
"Since founding Ready Rebound in 2015, we've helped firefighters, police officers, and other first responders return to duty up to 30% faster. Along the way, the cities and companies we work with kept telling us the same thing: they had no cross-functional visibility into what their claims were actually costing them. Return is the next step in that work — extending the visibility we've built around recovery into finance, operations, HR, and the frontline workers themselves, so every part of the department can see the true cost of every injury," said David Reeves, Chief Executive Officer of Ready Rebound.
Fire departments, police departments, public works departments, municipalities, and self-insured employers with frontline workforces can use Return by Ready Rebound to:
- Identify drifting claims in less than 15 minutes by uploading their claims data to the software (loss run, check register, and line-item detail)
- Add an additional layer of claims intelligence and visibility without requiring changes to existing systems
- Control who sees protected health information with HIPAA-compliant workflows
Departments can request a demo of Return starting today or by calling Ready Rebound at +1 (800) 781-2320.
About Ready Rebound
Ready Rebound is a provider of workers' comp claims analytics software and injury recovery services for fire departments, police departments, public works departments, municipalities, and self-insured employers with frontline workforces. Ready Rebound is trusted by more than 400 municipal departments nationwide to get their injured members back to duty faster, reduce overtime spend, and build stronger, more resilient teams. For more information, visit readyrebound.com.
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