25A - AGMT - MEDICAL SRVS REVIEW

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City of Santa Ana Response to Request for Proposal (RFII) Medical Services Revic�r 1 2/9/15 or more of the essential functions of the job and to save time by eliminating costly delays. Obtain Medical Information Nest, Occu -Med selects the appropriate physician to pro% -ide the needed medical information (this can be the treating physician or an independent specialist). Occu -Med contacts the employee b) issuing an Individualized Assessment' /Reasonable Accommodation Letter. The Individualized Assessment /Reasonable Accommodation Letter will introduce Occu -Med to the employee as the City's healthcare and human resources consultant and will explain that the IRTW Evaluation is an ADA /FEHA compliant reasonable accommodation process. Additional[), the letter will inrorm the employec of the necessary steps and information required to complete the IRT'W Evaluation. The letter, to be made available to the appropriate physician or physicians designated, requests the specific, appropriate medical 1 information that will be necessary to determine uahcther the employee continues to be an appropriate 1 placement in the job, with or without restrictions. When such medical information is submitted, our 1 medical stuff evaluates it in conjunction with the essential functions of the employee's job to determine 1 whether a contraindication to,job performance exists. 1 Recommendation Occu -Med delivers a recommendation to the City through verbal communication rollowed by a lcgally defensible written report outlining the specific process that occurred and how the recommendation �%as determined (all u%hile protecting the confidentiality of all medical information that is not job related nor consistent with business necessity). The recommendation specificallc advises the client or whether Occu -Med recommends that an employee should be returned to work or not returned to c ork. Occu -Med's recommendation is outlined in each report and is determined by the evaltlation of the medical information submitted in conjunction with the review of the essential functions or the job class. The aforementioned qualifications are explained in each report along with the specifics or the case, For example, sometimes the recommendation is that the employ ee be retained in or returned to the job o ih work accommodations or restrictions. In this case, Occu -Med will provide the requested restrictions or accommodations to the client, and the client must then identify the neeessar) ac ommodal!ons or restrictions that are reasonable, if am)'. Thus, the City's obligation to reasonablc accommodation or the employee is met. .lob assessment is completed and the employee can be returned to pork in the same Job it the recommended accommodations are indeed reasonable. In he event that the restrictions or accommodations aren't reasonahle, the client must then determine if an _.,.., Occu Med 25A -31