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► <br />► <br />1 <br />City of Santa Ana Response to Request for Proposal (RFP) Medical Services Re%iew 1 215/15 <br />beyond acceptable time periods or if the applicant lives closer to an alternative clinic. Upon scheduling <br />the medical exam the applicant is pros ided in advance all the necessary paperwork in order to complete <br />the exam successfully. This includes a copy= or OCCU -Med's GINA compliant medical history forms (see <br />APPENDIX E) avhich are used in place of the local medical providers forms. We do this to ensure no <br />inappropriate medical history questions are solicited as often times, clinic specific forms lack compliance <br />as they are used for various other types of` medical eva] uations. <br />Having scheduled the medical exam, and with knowledge of the length of time required to obtain results <br />from the medical testing included in the exam (i.e., PPD test for tuberculosis takes 48 to 72 hours for <br />results), Occu -Med contacts the medical provider to request, or "hareest," tlae exam at the absolute <br />1 earliest time that it should be ready for review. This service has cut exam turnaround time for our clients <br />1 in half in almost every case. Thus, eliminating a clinic from "holding" an exam until they hire staff that <br />I can fax or email the results. Occu -Med commits to submitting a Medical Exam Summary Report to the <br />I City on the same day the complete medical exam is received (provided it is received before 4:OOPM II <br />EXAMQA <br />When reviewing an exam Occu -Med combines; <br />a) a thorough knowledge of the essential physical and environmental components of'the, jobs in <br />question; <br />b) the medical expertise to gather all necessary and appropriate medical information upon ra -hich to <br />base safe placement, return -to -work and fitness -for -duty recommendations; and, <br />c) extensive knowledge of the legal constraints e ithin «hich such hiring decisions must be made. <br />This aspect of our services means that Occu -Med and its medical revieav staff review all completed <br />medical exams aid it is Occu -Med's recommendation that is made to the City regarding an applicant or <br />employces safe placement. This process ensures that pertinent aspects regarding a placement decision are <br />considered and not <br />,just those in the examining physician's pun iew. For Conditional Qualifications WQ). <br />an Employment Agreement accompanies each such report, For Recommended Delaycd for Qualification <br />(RDQ), RDQA is initiated ra ith the applicant, and the City is simply notified that the process has begun. <br />phis eliminates the possibility of disclosure of protected personal medical information that may be <br />undesirable for the City to have received. For each Disqualification (DQ), an appropriate medical -legal <br />report is submitted documenting the specific.jt1Aifications for the disqualification and hilorrning the City <br />of the requirement of a consideration of Reasonable Accommodation In process in which we encourage <br />l 1 Octu -Med <br />25A -25 <br />