Services

Hometown Occupational Medicine partners with employers to provide cost-effective, comprehensive occupational medicine services including treatment of workplace illness and injury.

We have a thorough understanding of federal and state regulations including Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA) and Department of Transportation (DOT) regulations, so we can make the best treatment plans and perform regulatory examinations.

If you are regulated by OSHA, choosing an occupational medicine team that understands the OSHA recordkeeping rule and how certain medical diagnoses and treatments impact your OSHA 300 log is crucial.

Our providers are all trained to treat non-life and limb-threatening injuries.

Three Reasons Not To Use ER or Urgent Care

1. Cost: Emergency room and urgent care costs are incredibly high.
2. Knowledge: Hospital system providers are unaware of the process for work injury treatment based on Workers Compensation rules, regulations, and standards that govern lost time, OSHA recordables, and variances in medication prescriptions that can alter how an injury is required to be documented.
3. Time: Hospital emergency rooms are typically overflowing with patients that need to be seen and it will take hours to have an employee be checked and cleared for work.

Services Offered

• Evaluation and treatment of workplace injuries
• Work status summaries (provided to employer after each patient visit)
• In-house X-rays
• Post-accident drug and alcohol testing
• Return-to-Work evaluations
• Case Management (continued work injury care coordination)

Hometown Occupational Medicine offers Employer Sponsored Concierge Primary Care Services, which includes almost everything you would see your primary care provider for: visit with provider, labs (drawn on-site), and generic medications (dispensed on-site).  We are committed to helping you provide healthcare benefits to your employees, for less.

Please contact us for more information.

Exams Offered

• Pre-employment Physical Exams
• Return to Work Physicals
• Fit for Duty Exams
• Bus Driver Physicals
• DOT Physicals (Department of Transportation)
• Respirator Physicals
• Asbestos Physicals
• HAZMAT/HAZWOPER Physicals
• Silica Physicals
• MAPEP Physicals (State of GA Exams)
• Sports Physicals

We offer an expansive list of drug screens. Types of substance abuse testing include Pre-Employment, Post-Accident, Reasonable Suspicion, Random, and Return to Duty

Most Common Panels Offered

• DOT 5 Panel
• Quick test 4 panel
• Quick test 5 panel
• Quick test 10 panel
• Non DOT Lab based testing
• 5 panel
• 8 panel
• 10 panel
• 10 panel with expanded opiates, etc.
• 5 Panel Hair Test
• 5 Panel with expanded opiates Hair Test

Please contact us and we will assist your employees in getting the test that they need.

Audiometric testing monitors an employee’s hearing over time. During the audiogram, the employee will wear a set of headphones and respond to tones administered at different frequencies in each ear.

A pulmonary function test assesses lung performance. Hometown Occupational Medicine uses spirometry, the most common type of pulmonary function testing, to assess standard measurements of lung function.

To prepare for a pulmonary function test, an employee should avoid:

• Smoking for at least an hour before
• Eating a large meal for at least two hours before
• Exercising 30 minutes prior to the test

An electrocardiogram records the electrical signals in your heart. It’s a common test used to detect heart problems and monitor the heart’s status in many situations.

This is a noninvasive, painless test with quick results.

We perform on-site and results are reviewed by provider. If abnormal, patient is referred to cardiologist for further evaluation.

We offer a variety of x-ray services. Chest X-Ray and B Read available.

We offer an expansive list of laboratory services.

Popular Laboratory Services Offered

• Heavy Metals
• Hepatitis Titers
• MMR Titer
• Varicella Titer
• Tuberculosis TSPOT Testing
• Tuberculosis QuantiFERON Gold Testing
• Wellness Panels
• Standard Bloodwork Panels

Please contact us and we will assist your employees in getting the test that they need.

We offer the following vaccinations:

• Measles, Mumps, and Rubella (MMR)
• Varicella, also known as Chickenpox
• Hepatitis B
• Tetanus Vaccination
• Tetanus-Diptheria-Pertussis (Tdap)
• Seasonal Flu (Flu Shot)

We offer DOT and Non-DOT breath alcohol testing. Breath alcohol testing is the most common method used to detect alcohol impairment. Hometown Occupational Medicine utilizes an Intoxilyzer 240/240D to perform breath alcohol tests.

Hometown Occupational Medicine’s biometric screening will measure and assess height, weight, waist measurement, body mass index, blood test for lipid and glucose measures, blood pressure and pulse.

A biometric screening can help identify individuals with health risks before they become high-cost claimants, giving individuals an opportunity for health improvement.

To help improve your employee’s health and reduce healthcare spending, employers should utilize biometric screenings.

We offer Qualitative Fit Testing.

This is a pass/fail test method that uses your sense of taste or smell, or your reaction to an irritant in order to detect leakage into the respirator facepiece.

We keep a standard N-95 mask in the office. If your employees need to be fit tested to a specific mask, please have them bring the mask in with them.

We offer rapid (antigen) and lab-based (PCR) testing.

All COVID-19 testing is performed from the convenience and comfort of your vehicle. Walk-in service for COVID-19 testing is NOT an option. This is a very coordinated and sensitive process. An appointment is required. You must call to schedule an appointment.

We also provide antibody testing.

We offer rapid flu testing.

All flu testing is performed from the convenience and comfort of your vehicle. Walk-in service for flu testing is NOT an option. This is a very coordinated and sensitive process. An appointment is required. You must call to schedule an appointment.

We offer a variety of vision screening options.

The most common are:

• Snellen Chart
• Ishihara 14 Plate
• Titmus

Please contact us and we will assist your employees in getting the test that they need.

The tuberculosis skin testing process has 2 parts:

• The tuberculin skin test (TST)
• The TST result assessment

Patients must return for a follow-up visit within 48 to 72 hours of the first visit to complete the TB test

Through a third-party company we can provide background checks and motor vehicle record checks.

This test focuses specifically on the physical demands of the job that the candidate would be doing and the ability of the candidate to meet those demands. These tests can also be done for fit-for-duty and return-to-work physicals.

The lift test we perform is based on OSHA guidelines, and we generally suggest lifting 50 pounds.

Please contact us and we will assist your employees in getting the test that they need.