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🌿 New Member Resource: What Marijuana Rescheduling Actually Means for Your Drug Testing Program
The DOJ dropped new guidance this week — and your employer clients are already asking questions based on things they got wrong.
The short answer: nothing has changed yet for your day-to-day drug testing operations. But the longer answer matters, and it's moving fast.
We put together a practice brief that covers where the federal rescheduling process actually stands, what the new DOJ order does (and doesn't) do for non-DOT programs, how MRO reporting should be handled right now, and where your real exposure is building — specifically around ADA accommodation requests, which are coming.
Provider Office Hours: First Session in the Books
The April 15 kickoff went well — good discussion. We worked through the Big 4 occupational medicine provider actions: the clinical decisions that define whether an occ med program is actually performing or just processing visits.
This Wednesday's session goes deeper on a topic that trips up more providers than almost anything else in day-to-day practice: OSHA first aid versus "beyond first aid" — and why getting that line wrong has real consequences for your recordkeeping, your employer relationships, and your credibility as a program.
If you're enrolled, you're already registered. Show up Wednesday at 9:00 AM Pacific.
Not enrolled yet? This is exactly the kind of applied clinical and compliance content the course is built around — and Office Hours is where it gets worked through in real time with peers.
— Larry
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🏪 Occmarket
All corporate members are eligible to list your clinic locations on the Occmarket.
If you haven’t yet, PLEASE submit your locations using this template - make a copy, add your organization name to the title, then share or email back to me - [email protected], then we’ll meet to get your full account set up.
These listings are free for corporate members and will begin to attract outside business.
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🗓 Upcoming Events
Sales & Marketing Office Hours
Many Occ Med accounts start with injury care, but the broader opportunity is often in helping employers prevent injuries, improve job fit, and manage workforce health more strategically.
In our next Occ Med Sales Office Hours, David Saslavsky and Ira Pasternack will be joined by Denise Dumont, PT, a Maine-based occupational health leader whose career has spanned physical therapy, onsite employer services, hospital-based occupational medicine, large private and national occupational medicine organizations, and urgent care employer strategy.
We’ll discuss how a PT-informed perspective can help practices expand employer relationships beyond reactive injury care, including prevention-minded services, smarter program design, and what is realistic to offer, build, or partner around.
Thursday, May 14 at 10 a.m. Pacific / 1 p.m. Eastern.
If you are responsible for growing employer relationships, this session will help you think more clearly about how to expand Occ Med accounts in a way your practice can actually deliver.
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Becoming a Safety Leader in Healthcare
The Expanding Role of the Nurse in Health Care Safety
Goal: Master the evolving intersection of occupational health and safety leadership.
Key Topics:
• Shifting expectations of OHNs: from clinical care to system safety oversight.
• Understanding the dual lens of employee and patient safety.
• Introduction to Total Worker Health® principles in hospital settings.
• The business case for nurse-led safety programs (ROI, risk reduction, engagement).
Target Audience:
Registered Nurses, Occupational Health Nurses, and Employee Health professionals transitioning into or expanding safety leadership roles in healthcare systems.
Free Intro Class:
Speaker: Shanna Dunbar
The first cohort for the full course is coming this fall.
How new technology will affect your practice
Technology is reshaping occupational health — and the clinics that understand it early will have a real competitive edge. Join Dr. Andrew Seter of SensiaTech for a practical conversation about the tools and trends that are changing how occ health programs operate, grow, and deliver care.
This isn't a product pitch — it's an honest look at where the industry is headed, what's already working in the field, and what you need to know to stay ahead.
Topics we'll cover
AI in clinical workflow
EMR evolution and integration
Sales and business development
Digital marketing strategies
Employer communications tools
Platforms like OccMarket
Featured speaker
Dr. Andrew Seter
SensiaTech
Thursday, April 30, 9 AM pacific (note date change)
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🏭 Occupational Health Industry News & Signals
OSHA Heat Enforcement Just Got a New Directive. OSHA's Heat National Emphasis Program expired April 8 and was replaced two days later by Directive CPL 03-00-024 on "Outdoor and Indoor Heat-Related Hazards." The underlying federal heat standard remains stuck in rulemaking — public hearings concluded in mid-2025 and no final rule timeline exists — but enforcement hasn't slowed. OSHA conducted roughly 7,000 heat-related inspections between 2022 and 2024 under the NEP, compared to about 200 annually before the program launched. For your employer clients in construction, manufacturing, and outdoor work: summer is coming and inspectors are showing up with updated checklists. This is a legitimate clinical touchpoint for your program — heat illness prevention plans, acclimatization protocols, and return-to-work guidance after heat events are all within your scope. Make sure your accounts know you can help.
OSHA MSD Log Column Proposal Withdrawn. OSHA is withdrawing its proposal to add a musculoskeletal disorder column to the OSHA 300 Log. The rule would have required employers to separately flag MSK injuries in their recordkeeping. Its withdrawal doesn't change the clinical or cost reality — MSK remains the dominant workers' comp cost driver — but it does remove a potential data lever for programs trying to demonstrate early intervention value to employers through their own injury logs. Programs relying on employer-side MSD tracking will need other means to surface that data.
HazCom Deadline Reminder: November 20. If you have employer clients managing chemical exposure programs: the OSHA Hazard Communication Standard compliance deadline — updated labels, written programs, worker training — moved from July to November 20, 2026, following a four-month extension announced in January. The extension reflects implementation complexity, not a reduced enforcement expectation. Programs with industrial accounts in manufacturing or distribution should be flagging this now in their employer outreach.