OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE

Occupational medicine (also known as “occupational health”) is focused on the treatment of work-related injuries and illnesses. Physicians for occupational medicine diagnose and treat work-related injuries much more effectively than most primary care physicians. We do so by remaining up-to-date on federal and state regulations for workforce health and safety, including Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), Department of Transportation (DOT),  so we can make the best treatment plans and perform regulatory examinations.  

• PATIENT ENGAGEMENT
  A great patient experience can be the deciding factor between patient disability and recovery. The patient is an active part of their recovery process.
• CLEAR COMMUNICATION
  Communication and reporting are essential for a successful occupational medicine program. At ATI, we communicate patient treatment status with all key stakeholders—employer, employee, and clinicians—to provide you with the information you need to keep your business running smoothly.
• QUALITY MEDICAL OUTCOMES
  Our return-to-work philosophy is built upon evidence-based insights driven by clinical expertise in occupational medicine. Patient treatment is focused on early intervention, which promotes activity and physical rehabilitation to avoid medically unnecessary disability, which gets patients back to function, faster.
• WORKFORCE HEALTH
  Proactively preventing workplace injuries, training employees how to be safe at work, and performing pre-employment testing before employees start work are all essential to workplace health. ATI's customized approach makes it easy to keep your employees safe and healthy on the job.

Finding the right medical review service can be overwhelming. ATI Medicine’s in-house medical expert review committee takes the complexity out of the search process, allowing us to review cases in a timely and cost-effective manner. Expert review help you resolve complex or contested workers' compensation claims using medical experts who are familiar with the conditions being evaluated. We provide pharmacy reviews, utilization reviews, complex chart reviews, Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) reviews, disability reviews, and claims adjudication services in a timely and cost-effective manner.

• TIMELINES
  To help you comply with state-mandated  deadlines, our medical experts focus on providing timely and accurate recommendations when you need them.
• COMMUNICATION
  We maintain a consistent, open line of communication with our clients' operational staff and are available to provide additional consultation.
• REPORTING
  Once all necessary information is collected, a detailed physician advisory report is created, citing appropriate, evidence-based criteria upon which recommendations are based.
• SAVINGS
  Our panel of expert medical advisors manage your medical review needs in a cost effective and responsive manner --- saving you time and money.

Telehealth Injury Management System (T.I.M.S.)

ATI Medicine’s on-call TIMS response team is staffed with physicians and medical experts familiar with urgent medical scenarios including emergencies. Knowing the difference between Routine, Urgent, and Emergent is the difference between efficient treatment without delays and an unnecessary Emergency Department visit. By utilizing our TIMS on-call team, you can rest easy knowing your workers will not be sent to the hospital for non-emergencies and OSHA recordable events will not occur for a simple scrape or bump. 

The frontline medical worker (RN) evaluates the injury and incident. They treat and assist the injured worker within their scope of practice and training. The worker returns to work. If there are concerns, the RN immediately calls the TIMS on-call physician for expert guidance. If the RN feels the worker needs to visit the Emergency Department, they must obtain approval from the on-call physician. There are life-threatening emergency exceptions to this rule, yet >90% of cases do not require a hospital visit. 

Sample conditions for TIMS on-call:

Initial Injuries
Minor strains (i.e., pulled muscles)
Minor sprains
Bruises/contusions
Tendonitis/repetitive-use injuries
Minor burns
Contusions 
Minor cuts and scrapes
Work-related rashes
Bloodborne pathogen (BBP) exposures

Injury Rechecks
Some wound and laceration checks
Second-degree burns
Moderate cervical and low back injuries
Significant sprains, strains, and contusions
Routine postoperative checks

ATI provides:

• CONVENIENCE
• EARLY INTERVENTION
• MEDICAL EXPERTISE
• PRIVACY & SECURITY

ATI can provide screening evaluations for employees with potential work-related exposure to COVID-19. Authorization to Treat is required.

Employee physicals, or physicals for work, are designed to keep employees safe and healthy on the job. Many jobs require employers to ensure their employees are compliant with exams to improve workforce safety. Some of these, like commercial truck driving, are regulated by government agencies to protect both the driver and the public. To provide employers with the most current exam standards, we work with the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and National Institute for Occupational Safety (NIOSH). 

Pre-placement, pre-employment, post-offer employment, second opinions, and return-to-work physical exams ensure the health and safety of your workforce. Employee physicals, or physicals for work, are designed to keep employees safe and healthy on the job. ATI offers general wellness exams and job safety physicals to keep your employees safer, healthier, and more productive at work and home. Additionally, regular physical exams make it clear which medical  conditions are work-related and which medical conditions are personal (outside of work). ATI Medicine provides a wide variety of physicals, including:

Fit-for-duty exams
Respirator questionnaire
Respirator physicals
Respirator fit testing
Job-specific functional tests
Pre-employment physicals
Functional capacity exams
Hearing screenings

When your workers are sick, they may not be able to come to work. Many times, work is missed not due to the illness, but due to sitting in a doctor’s office for hours, using a sick-day and costing your team valuable resources and lost productivity. With our partner, Your Doc 24/7, missed days for doctor’s appointments, simple illness, or minor injury, will be a thing of the past. While employees may intend to take a half day for an appointment, often times this results in an entire shift missed, costing the employer thousands. With Your Doc 24/7, your employees can simply log into the portal, click the button to specify “Personal illness,” not work-related, and they can receive medical treatment instantly from the comfort of the staff break room or from the comfort of their own home so they can make it into work the next morning on time.