During a recent online educational program sponsored by RYAN Associates, four speakers representing three health system-affiliated occupational health programs discussed the development of revenue-producing product lines designed to complement core service offerings, including: 

The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) enhances the privacy and security safeguards required under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) for certain individually identifiable health information.

Over the past decade, workers’ compensation costs have escalated for many public and private business entities in California, including the University of California (UC) system.

The Obama administration’s plans to move forward with a technology-driven “medical home” initiative as part of overall efforts to reform the nation’s healthcare system is generating speculation about potential long-term impacts on the practice of occupational medicine.

With this issue, VISIONS introduces a new ask-the-expert column focused on occupational health sales and marketing. The responding expert (Dr. Marketing) is Jack Harms, president of The Marketing Department.

The number of companies taking action to combat chronic health conditions among employees and their dependents increased nearly 30 percentage points in 2008, according to a recently released survey by Hewitt Associates, a global human resources consulting and outsourcing company.

George Pappas, D.O., was a trendsetter when he introduced a point-of-care medication dispensing system at Tyler Medical Services, his occupational medicine practice in the northwest Chicago suburbs, about 15 years ago.

One intriguing aspect of workers’ compensation is that medical costs are higher than they are under group health plans for the treatment of comparable conditions.

Tighter oversight of medication use equates to getting a better handle on overall workers’ compensation medical costs, two industry experts told employers during a recent online presentation.

The value proposition in occupational health is getting a lot of attention these days as programs are being called on to demonstrate their worth to clients, prospective customers and their own organizations.