Kaiser Permanente On-the-Job is a managed care organization (MCO) that was certified by the state of Oregon in 1990. As an MCO client, you can direct your injured workers to a specific set of physicians for care related to on-the-job illnesses and injuries. Kaiser Permanente On-the-Job has consistently demonstrated total lower claim costs for employers, including medical and time-loss costs.
Our physicians and staff are dedicated to minimizing functional impairment of the worker and to encourage and assist workplace efforts in health maintenance and promotion. As a coordinated care program, we are focused on the health and safety of your workforce.
Our Kaiser Permanente On-the-Job program is effective because we tailor our resources to individual client needs. Our services are backed by the facilities and staff of Kaiser Permanente and our more than 50 years of experience as a fully integrated, managed health care provider.
Kaiser Permanente On-the-Job provides medical treatment for work-related injuries and illnesses, workplace health services, medical exams, employer consultation, whether they are Kaiser Permanente members or nonmembers. Employees receiving treatment under this program also have access to our full range of health care services, including specialty care, if needed.
After one of our health care professionals sees an employee initially for a work-related injury or illness, the employer will be notified the following information:
Kaiser Permanente physicians and staff coordinate medical treatment for work-related injuries and illnesses, offer occupational health and safety services, medical exams, consultations, and time-loss prevention programs.
Whenever we provide treatment to ill or injured workers, you will be notified. We will give you the diagnosis, the plan of treatment, return-to-work status, and work restrictions, if any.
Workers do not need to be Kaiser Permanente members to be treated for on-the-job illness or injury by Kaiser Permanente On-the-Job.
Our full-time staff of health care providers is dedicated to preventing and treating work-related injuries and illnesses. All physicians in our Occupational Medicine Department are board certified; we have Oregon 's largest group practice of physicians certified by the American Boards of Occupational and Environmental Medicine. In addition, we have experienced occupational health providers with at least five years of industry experience. Supporting these physicians and provider team is a team of allied health care professionals, occupational health nurses, and health administrators specializing in occupational medicine and safety services.
We have four occupational health clinics at our medical facilities located in Portland, Beaverton, and Salem Oregon, along with Vancouver Washington.
For more information on any of these services please contact our toll-free number: Toll Free: 1-888-414-3531 Option 1 or email our group inbox at nw-healthatwork@kp.org
You may also call our Occupational Health Service Center at 1-888-414-3531 Option 2 on weekdays from 8am - 5pm to schedule an appointment or email ohclaims@kp.org.
