The marketplace for the care of work injuries in the ’90s and 2000s underwent a significant shift from Family Practice Clinics (FPC) to Occupational Medicine Clinics (OMC).
Many research studies have been published showing that individuals who are hypertensive, diabetic, or asthmatic are at greater risk of contracting COVID-19.
The year 2020 started out as a dream come true for me.
As we recognize February as National Heart Month, much emphasis, and rightly so, is on heart health.
While it is easy to state this difference, circumstances are often nuanced to blur the differentiation.
While nearly every occupational health program is looking to gain some competitive edge, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic, getting one of the providers designated as an FAA Aviation Medical Examiner (AME) is one way to offer an additional service line that is often overlooked by many programs and will help a program become even more elite.
The CMS and the AMA have finalized the biggest change to Evaluation and Management (E/M) codes that have occurred within the past 25+ years.
There’s probably nothing more aggravating to your employer clients than when they have sent an injured worker for care in your office or to the ED if after hours and they get … silence.
I was asked recently by a program director about a physician who routinely schedules work comp recheck visits out for 2 to 3 weeks, even after the first visit.
OSHA record-keeping is a regulation that, with recent COVID mandates, everyone’s gotten an inkling of its importance. It initiated in 1971, essentially requiring employers to maintain safe workplaces. It covers almost eight million worksites in America. A critical subset of employers must maintain records of occupational injuries and illnesses.
From our friends at Trestletree and special thanks to Becky Parker, PhD, for sharing —
The week of Thanksgiving. A time to be thankful. A time to pause and count our blessings. A time to connect with others. Yet, the stressors of life don’t stop this week. For our patients, our coworkers, our family, our friends, and even ourselves, life continues to be stressful and messy for some of us at this time.