Occupational Health

Occ Health is a highly complex component of today’s health care delivery system.

Occ Health requires four times the communication of other specialties, is much more labor intensive, and is often misunderstood by hospitals, at home programs, and even some clinic owners!

• It is important for occ health clinics owned by hospitals to be aware as to whether they are operating under their own tax ID, or under their hospitals’ tax ID, because this can really impact revenue.
• Occ health clinics should frequently do a comparison between what they are currently billing versus what their contracts allow, to be sure that they are operating at a profitable margin.
• It is not usually considered a good sign if an Occ Health clinic will set its rates equal to what their largest client pays, which will often end up as a paid in full. A clinic should always set the bar higher than what its highest payer pays, or it is setting itself up for leaving money on the table.