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\n\t\n\tOccupational Medicine involves treatment and rehabilitation of environmental exposure, work-related injuries, return to work programs for injured workers, and compliance with government and regulatory needs, as well as the implementation of workforce\u00a0training to prevent injury and illness.<\/p>\n
Occupational Medicine programs are services that require distinct areas of medical and corporate expertise. Kevin Trangle & Associates determines a comprehensive course of action by using our experience to evaluate the economic and health impact of a particular case.<\/p>\n\t\t
Our services include comprehensive reviews of programs and cases involving, but not limited to, the following:<\/p>\n
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\n\tDisability and Absenteeism Management is a service provided in an effort to help employers reduce lost workdays due to injury as well as reducing non-work-related absenteeism. Kevin Trangle & Associates can deliver a measurement mechanism that affords health and productivity management cost-savings tracking, making it possible to calculate the value of the organization’s health and productivity management programs.<\/p>\n
KTA works with human resources and management to implement a more extensive integrated absenteeism, disability and workplace productivity management system including maximizing ‘presenteeism’ with an understanding of Workers’ Compensation, HIPAA, vocational assessment and rehabilitation and return to work programs.<\/p>\n
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\n\tDr. Trangle and the experienced healthcare team at Kevin Trangle & Associates provide medical director services for companies whose goals are to improve safety and productivity while reducing environmental exposures, absenteeism and disability management.\u00a0 KTA occupational physician specialists work closely with management, certified safety professionals and industrial hygienists to enhance value to the organization.<\/p>\n
KTA has developed an extensive network of physicians and nurses who can be called upon for their expertise.\u00a0 KTA is a member of several leading health and medical organizations, and Dr. Trangle is Acting President of the Corporate Medical Section for the American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (ACOEM), which comprises over 4,000 physicians providing occupational and environmental medical services.<\/p>\n
Some of the areas of focus include (but are not limited to):<\/strong><\/p>\n The aim of return to work programs is to reduce costs associated with injuries and illnesses, while concurrently promoting the best interests and health of the employee. A properly designed return-to-work program can provide suitable alternate employment or make reasonable accommodations to an employee who is unable to perform his\/her normal job duties as a consequence of accident, injury or illness, whether work related or not. \u00a0Kevin Trangle & Associates experienced healthcare team are familiar with ADA and 2nd and 3rd opinions, and will work with the organization’s management team to address any related concerns.<\/p>\n\n Transitional work is an interim step in the physical conditioning and recovery of a worker with restrictions toward the goal of returning to his\/her original job.\u00a0 Transitional work represents an opportunity for the employer to reduce the employer and employee financial liability associated with work restrictions and lost time.<\/p>\n Transitional work allows an employee to resume work functions and work lifestyles sooner with minimal time off. It allows the worker with restrictions to return to work more quickly and transition into performing an expanded range of work tasks.<\/p>\n A transitional work program can include (but is not limited to):<\/strong><\/p>\n Benefits of Return to work Programs and Transitional Work Programs:<\/strong><\/p>\n From pre-placement through to injury\/illness and return to work, fitness for duty evaluates a patient’s ability to physically or psychologically perform required job tasks. Sometimes, fitness-for-duty exams are required when an employee is ready to return to work after taking time off for a serious illness or injury. For example, an employee with a serious back injury might have to take a fitness-for-duty exam before coming back to work, to make sure the employee is capable of meeting the physical requirements of the job.\u00a0 KTA can be contracted to evaluate medical records, a patient and documentation for a particular case.<\/p>\n Our services are based on objective data and under contract include:<\/strong><\/p>\n Healthcare Cost Containment includes wellness programs geared to the promotion of health and productivity with early disease identification and intervention. Such efforts frequently entail annual flu shots, tetanus boosters, pre-employment health screening, screening for chronic disease, and health coaching for stress management, nutrition and weight management.<\/p>\n Kevin Trangle & Associates can deliver a measurement mechanism that affords health and productivity management cost-savings tracking, making it possible to calculate the value of the organization’s health and productivity management programs.<\/p>\n Kevin Trangle & Associates works closely with certified safety professionals and industrial hygienists to provide a number of programs for organizations aimed at promoting a healthy and safe work environment. By working closely with the organizations safety professionals and management team, program outcomes will be enhanced to maximize value. The OSHA Compliance Training and Standards programs offered by KTA include education and awareness to ensure Occupational Safety and Health Administration compliance with government and regulatory bodies including OSHA, FMLA and ADA. KTA also offers proper certification to work as well as ergonomic instruction to avoid injury. A consultation in this area could also lead to safety programs, reviews of job descriptions and the introduction of job modification, if needed.<\/p>\n Kevin Trangle & Associates has decades of medical experience in consulting, researching and reviewing a wide variety of environmental exposure and occupational exposure cases involving issues with indoor air quality, volatile organic compounds, heavy metals, pesticides, PCBs and other exposures.<\/p>\n KTA has an in-depth understanding of chemical and environmental health implications and has made Environmental Exposure Medical cases an area of specialty. \u00a0Experts at KTA are well suited to offer opinions and health commissions to non-work-related exposures that require litigation.<\/p>\n Some of the more common practice areas include:<\/strong><\/p>\n KTA can provide consultation and medical evaluation of various elements for potential exposures to chemical or physical agents.\u00a0 Medical evaluations can include a medical and work history with special emphasis on symptoms related to the handling of hazardous substances and health hazards, and to fitness for duty including the ability to wear any required personal protective equipment (PPE) under conditions (i.e., temperature extremes) that may be expected at the work site.<\/p>\n\t\t Occupational Medicine Occupational Medicine involves treatment and rehabilitation of environmental exposure, work-related injuries, return to work programs for injured workers, and compliance with government and regulatory needs, as well as the implementation of workforce\u00a0training to prevent injury and illness. Occupational Medicine programs are services that require distinct areas of medical and corporate expertise. Kevin Trangle…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"tpl-sidebar.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-20","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n\n
\n\t\tReturn-to-Work and Fitness-for-Duty Programs\n\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t
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Transitional Work (TW)<\/h3>\n
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Fitness for Duty Evaluation<\/h3>\n
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\n\t\tHealthcare Cost Containment\n\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t
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