WorkCare™
CONTACT: Marci Trujillo, Vice President
of Corporate Communications
Phone: 714-456-2130
Fax: 714-456-2154
Email: mtrujillo@workcare.com
FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE — Wednesday,
November 16, 2005
Open
Letter to Clients of ADP
An
Invitation to Provide Cost Effective Services
ADP
Screening and Selection Services has announced
that it is terminating its occupational
health examination services effective February
2006. WorkCare, a national integrated health
company owned by a team of physicians board-certified
in occupational medicine, recognizes the
operational hardship that may occur to clients
affected by this news, and is offering to
assist those clients in transferring its
services to WorkCare.
"Occupational
health services, and specifically medical
surveillance activities, are compliance
programs that require close vendor-client
integration," said Chief Executive
Officer Dr. Peter Greaney. "We understand
the logistical considerations that employers
may face in this transition period---establishing
a new network of clinics, transferring voluminous
employee medical records, and securing a
new MRO. We are offering ADP clients the
opportunity to use our streamlined integration
plan to expeditiously transfer their health
service needs to WorkCare. We have a scalable
capacity that allows us to swiftly add new
clients and ensure there is little or no
disruption to the existing program."
Cost-Effecive
Solutions
Because
one of our core competencies is managing
medical information, WorkCare is able to
maximize economies of scale from its established
list of 1,000 plus network providers and
pass on standardized pricing to your company.
We
also understand the importance of maintaining
quality in administering the program, as
poor provider performance can lead to increased
costs, while draining management productivity.
WorkCare can offer your company significant
internal cost savings because we manage
the administrative component and oversee
all provider quality issues, reducing your
company's staff involvement in the process.
This in turn reduces employee down time
that often occurs if employees have to undergo
repeat testing due to clinic error as indicated
below.
| How
Clinic Quality Issues May Impact Costs/Productivity |
| Activity |
Impact |
Estimated
Lost Productivity |
| Physical health exam
protocol misinterpreted by clinic
---------------------- |
Employee required to return to
clinic for retest
---------------------------- |
Employee time required
for test and retest
------------------------Managerial
time for administration |
Up to 6 hours
---------------Up to 1 hour |
| Multiple health exam appointments
required because one facility cannot
meet all testing requirements |
Employee required to visit multiple
clinics to ensure testing criteria is
met |
Employee time required to visit multiple
testing sites |
Up to 4 hours |
Full-Service
Turnkey Medical Surveillance Program
WorkCare
can efficiently deploy a customized medical
surveillance program to ADP clients that
meets 29 CFR 1910.120 technical requirements.
- A
built-in credentialed provider network
in all 50 states, the District of Columbia
and many international locations
- Clinic
provider management to ensure clinical
services are delivered in an efficient,
quality-driven manner
- Consolidated
management of all participants in the
medical surveillance program, including
timely notification of employee health
clearance status to appropriate EHS staff
- Only
board-certified occupational physicians
used for examinations and records review
- Streamlined
administrative management of employee
health exams, including scheduling, participation
tracking, consolidated pricing, and record
retention
- OSHA
recordkeeping services
In
addition to these services, WorkCare offers
physician-based Incident Intervention®
to help employers manage their occupational
health injuries. Incident Intervention is
the practice of using WorkCare's physicians
to "intervene" at the time of
a workplace injury or accident occurs. This
program is designed to support company safety
goals/targets, while reducing runaway costs
associated with workplace injuries/illnesses.
Prepared
to Assist You
WorkCare
stands prepared and capable of offering
existing ADP clients to a smooth transition
to WorkCare. We have a ready-to-go implementation
system that will facilitate a seamless transition
for your employees.
Please
call Vice President of Client Realtions,
Paula Sandrock at (800) 455-6155, ext. 110
to discuss a transition plan for your company.
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