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CompCare is a specialized full service occupational medicine program that strives to maximize the wellness of your employees and minimize work-related injury medical expenses for your business with company specific illness and injury prevention, treatment, and rehabilitation services. CompCare is an industry leader in providing the most comprehensive and advanced occupational medicine services available to you today.

Our staff and participating physicians are available to assist you in creating a plan to help your company reduce your workers’ compensation and health care costs in addition to improving worksite safety and meeting regulatory requirements. Also, through a wide range of preventive health services, we are available to help encourage healthier lifestyles.

We also provide each CompCare employer/client a full range of physical exams, DOT exams, FAA exams, drug and alcohol testing, and OSHA testing requirements.

In response to your needs, 24-hour-a-day, seven-day-a-week coverage is available for CompCare employers/clients. Most procedures performed through CompCare are scheduled during regular business hours for the convenience of your employees. We also offer night clinics that are being conducted by participating physicians, or any of Laredo Medical Center facilities. If a referral to a specialist is needed, CompCare can refer employees to physicians who in our network through our care management coordinator. After-hours, weekend and holiday treatment is available from the emergency department of Laredo Medical Center.

CompCare encourages an aggressive approach to managing work-related injury costs through individualized care management services. Our care management coordinator facilitates the entire medical care process to ensure appropriate organization of medical care and comprehensive communication between employee, employer, insurers and all medical providers.

Work-related injury care, Rehabilitation, Preventive health services, worksite consultation. CompCare offers a comprehensive system that can put a company’s health care costs on the road to recovery.


Work Injury Program

Whether your business is large or small, you need an occupational medicine program that works for you. When an injury occurs, our team of healthcare professionals is ready to care for your employee while our program coordinator provides you with communication about the injury. We support return-to-work programs whenever the patient can safely do so and will help you design recuperative duty.

CompCare occupational health and rehabilitation services are designed to help injured workers recover and return to work as quickly as possible. Our philosophy of care is one of providing the highest quality of service and specialized treatments for our employers/clients. We provide response to employers with each patient encounter that facilitates returning the employee to work safely and promptly.

CompCare ensures the treatment plan is effective and results in the quickest recovery possible. CompCare staff will communicate and follow up regularly with the worker’s employer, physician and insurance company throughout treatment and rehabilitation.

Our programs and services can be tailored just for your business and can include:

• Quality medical evaluation and treatment
• Timely, safe return-to-work program, including light duty
• Decreased lost work time and injury rate
• Individual assistance in containing costs
• Consistent communication and follow-up between CompCare and the employer/client
• After-hours direct coverage through the emergency department at Laredo Medical Center (and in-network Night Clinics)
• Appropriate physician and service referrals
• On-site physician services (pre-arranged)

Care Management Coordinator

The staff provides communication and follow-up on every work-related injury. CompCare staff will assist with all areas of management, including follow-up on your employee/patient.

• Communication with employee/patient, employer, treating physicians, referral sources with each clinical encounter
• Early intervention through preventive care coordination
• Expedition of employees’ appropriate return-to-work
• Coordination of second opinion examinations and treatment referrals

Physical Evaluation Program

Our healthcare professionals can create a physical evaluation program designed to help insure that the workers you hire can function successfully in their jobs. In the event of a serious injury, we can conduct a fair and accurate assessment of disability. When tailored to specifically meet the needs of each CompCare employer/client, physical evaluation programs can save your company money. Such programs include:

• ADA compliant post offer physicals
• Return-to-work physicals
• Executive physicals
• DOT physicals
• Disability Physicals
• Carpal Tunnel evaluation (NCV)
• IME (Independent Medical Evaluation)
• Back evaluations, strength and endurance testing
• Physical and Occupation therapy
• Work conditioning/Work hardening
• FCE (Functional capacity testing)
• Civil Service Physical
• Pain Management
• FAA (federal Aviation Agency)

Health/Safety Education and Wellness Programs

CompCare provides health/safety education, wellness and fitness consultation and on-site programming. These services can be provided at your worksite. We can help put together a complete wellness program for your employees or simply provide those services you choose including:

• Motivational health-related luncheons and seminars
• Quarterly employer programs on special topics
• Disease prevention information (cancer, heart, alcohol)
• Health screenings (diabetes, hypertension, cholesterol)
• Nutritional Counseling
• Fitness evaluation
• Carpal Tunnel prevention
• Substance abuse education, including DOT supervisor training
• Diabetic Education
• On-site lectures on OSHA compliance issues, ergonomics, and other topics
• Additional education, depending on your employee’s needs
• Smoking Cessation
• Stress Management
• Weight Management
• First aid/CPR training

Medical Monitoring Program

CompCare’s medical monitoring and surveillance programs can design a physical evaluation program to keep your work site safe and healthy for employees while helping your business reduce health care costs and meet OSHA required standards. We can provide any type of testing your company might require, including:

• Toxicology screening for baseline, periodic or exit testing
• Pulmonary function testing and respiratory fitness evaluations
• Audiometric screening
• Vision screening
• Urine drug screening (Federally regulated DOT, non-DOT, and instant results testing
• Medical Imaging
• Cardiac stress and fitness testing
• Assistance with OSHA compliance and company-specific testing

Immunization Program

The immunization program provided by CompCare offers convenient, high-quality immunization services for your employees. Designed specifically to meet your needs, services can be provided at your site or ours. This program can include:

• Flu Shots
• Hepatitis A and B Vaccines
• TB skin test
• Tetanus shots
• Foreign travel immunization
• Other immunizations, depending on your needs

On-Site Nursing Services

With CompCare, a nurse can be placed on-site for a pro-rated number of hours per week, depending on your company’s needs. The nurse coordinates your entire health care program utilizing the following components:

• Professional response to illness or injury
• Health education and training
• Follow-up care
• Wellness counseling
• Immunizations
• Other nursing options


1700 E. Saunders
Laredo, TX  78045
 
  Laredo Medical Center
1700 E. Saunders St.
Laredo, TX 78041
(956) 796-5000
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