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City of Santa Ana Response to Request for Proposal (RFP) Medical Services Review 2/9/15 OCC❑-Med's IRTW Program kill provide the City an effective method of managing the possible return to work of employees who require a medical leave of absence due to injury or medical conditions, as well as an Americans With Disabilities (ADA) and Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA)-compliant reasonable accommodation forum for engaging such employees. Occu-Med's IRTW Program is currently in use by hundreds of municipalities, water agencies and fire districts. Occu-Med is uniquely positioned to assist the City with human resources matters involving complex medical cases that require a prompt and discerning assessment of the medical factors that may constitute a contraindication to an employee's performing one or more of the essential functions of the his/herjob. Occu-Med's expert staff guarantees the quality and timeliness of its reports. Our experts range from physicians, nurses, and physical therapists to legal and human resource professionals. It is through our expert staff that a quality and consistent service is rendered. Occu-Med's staff and consulting physicians as well as other medical providers represent a considerable breadth in various medical fields including: Cardiology, Internal Medicine, Occupational Medicine, Family Practice, Urology, Optometry, Orthopaedic, Rheumatology, Gastroenterology, Neurology, Toxicology, Pathology, Psychiatry and Psychology, as well as a consulting audiologist. Our staff and consulting medical providers ensure that our recommendations are medically appropriate and employer oriented. Additionally, by maintaining legal staff, our clients can be confident that our recommendations are also legatly defensible. OCen-Med's IRTW Program is ready to be implemented immediately as a turnkey model to the City. 'The program is designed to provide the client with the information necessary to make an informed decision regarding any employee's ability to safely perform the essential functions of his or herjob by means of a legally defensible recommendation. The IRTW Program strategically applies OCCU-Med's medical and Legal expertise in order to render medical analysis and recommendations regarding the facts of an evaluation while considering the applicable laws and regulations. Tums, we also render legally defensible recommendations throughout the reasonable accommodation process. The evaluation begins with an assessment of the factors causing the need for the evaluation. This process is formally started by the submission of the requisition form (APPENDIX F). T'he requisition form requests the employee's contact information, a job description (if a ,lob Profile has not already been developed), and other peripheral information pertinent to the employee's situation. The goals are to reduce risk through obtaining specific medical information to determine whether or not a pertinent medical condition, injury or medication being prescribed will affect the employee's ability to safely perform one 1.4 1 Occu Med