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City of Santa Ana Response to Request for Proposal (RFP) Medical Services Review 1 2/9/15 <br />or more of the essential functions of thejob and to save time by eliminating costly delays. <br />Obtain Medical Information <br />Nest, OCcn-Med selects the appropriate physician to provide the needed medical information (this can be <br />the treating physician or an independent specialist). Occu-Med contacts the employee by issuing an <br />Individualized Assessment/Reasonable Accommodation Letter. The Individualized <br />Assessment/Reasonable Accommodation Letter will introduce Occu-Med to the employee as the City's <br />healthcare and human resources consultant and will explain that the IRTW Evaluation is an ADA/FEFIA <br />compliant reasonable accommodation process. Additionally, the letter will inform the employee of the <br />necessary steps and information required to complete the IRTW Evaluation, The letter, to be made <br />available to the appropriate physician or physicians designated, requests the specific, appropriate medical <br />information that will be necessary to determine whether the employee continues to be an appropriate <br />placement in thejob, With or without restrictions. When such medical information Is submitted, our <br />medical staff evaluates it iu conjunction with the essential functions of the employee's job to determine <br />whether a contraindication to job performance exists. <br />I Recommendation <br />Occu-Med delivers a recommendation to the City through verbal communication followed by a legally <br />defensible written report outlining the specific process that occurred and how the recommendation was <br />1 determined (ill while protecting the confidentiality of all medical information that 1s notjob related nor <br />1 consistent with business necessity). The recommendation specifically advises the client of %bother <br />OCCn-Med recommends that an employee should be returned to work or not returned to work. <br />OCCn-Med's recommendation is outlined in each report and is determined by the evaluation of the medical <br />l information submitted in conjunction with the review of the essential functions of thejob class, <br />1 The aforementioned qualifications are explained in each report along with the specifics of the case. For <br />example, sometimes the recommendation is that the employee be retained in or returned to thejob with <br />work accommodations or restrictions, In this case, OCCLI-Med will provide the requested restrictions or <br />accommodations to the client, and tote client must then identify the necessary accommodations or <br />i <br />restrictions that are reasonable, if any. Thus, the City's obligation to reasonable accommodation of the <br />i <br />employee is met. Job assessment is completed and the employee can be returned to work in the same <br />,job if the recommended accommodations are indeed reasonable. <br />In the event that the restrictions or accommodations aren't reasonable, the client must then determine if an <br />15 I OtCU-Med .wa,......�..«. <br />