Abstract: Treating physicians and hospitals are hard-pressed to ensure a seamless rehabilitation process during day-to-day treatment, in which the appropriate service is always provided at the optimal moment by the best qualified service provider. Consistent efforts to meet the reintegration objective require the social security carrier to implement active action plans via a professional case management. It is widely accepted that "Prevention is better than cure", leading to the principle of "prevention before rehabilitation and rehabilitation before compensation".However, prevention also plays an integral part of professional rehabilitation management. Prevention by early intervention aims to prevent people with disabilities from entering a downward social spiral until the bottom of which they become dependent on their family or social security. Even though time matters, tailored measures are key to preventive rehabilitation, too. Accordingly, case managers need to ensure that the insured's individual work situation is taken into account from the very beginning of the rehabilitation process in order to facilitate the goal of return to work. Preventive rehabilitation can only succeed if the experts' work is accepted and supported by the insured individual right from the start of the rehabilitation process. This is a key element of the individual's motivation in the process of medical and occupational rehabilitation. Rehabilitation management must take particular account of individual needs and early involvement (participation).Of at least the same importance is the reintegration of people with disabilities. A major requirement of a professional rehabilitation management for disabled people is the qualification of the experts running it. Therefore the International Disability Management Standards Council (IDMSC) has developed internationally acknowledged training modules and a certification processes reflecting the combined highest standards on disability management around the world. Professionals trained on twenty five specific training modules that, in addition, have passed an exam are certified as CDMP, Certified Disability Management Professionals.

Key words: preventive case management, early intervention, tailored measures, participation, disability management