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Employee Health Programs · For employers

One clinic for every exam your compliance calendar asks for.

Physicals, drug and alcohol testing, fit testing, audiograms, surveillance exams — most employers run these through three or four different vendors and track the due dates themselves. ICA runs them as one program, with one point of contact and one record of who is current.

One vendor, one invoiceExams, testing and surveillance under one roof.
We watch the due datesAnnuals and renewals come to you, not the reverse.
Same-day clearancesExam results to your contact the same day; rapid-screen negatives the same day where your protocol allows one. Lab confirmations follow.
Audit-ready recordsA roster of who is current, on request.

What a program is

Not a list of services. A standing arrangement.

Any clinic can do a physical. What makes it a program is everything around the appointment: knowing which of your roles need what, who is coming due, where the paperwork goes, and who to call when a new hire starts Monday.

We sit down once and map your job classifications to the exams they actually require. That map becomes your schedule. From then on, sending someone in is a phone call — we already know what they need and who pays for it.

Small employers use this to stop guessing. Larger ones use it to stop chasing four vendors for one audit binder.

What we handle for you

  • The requirement mapWhich exams each of your job classifications needs, and on what cycle.
  • Scheduling and remindersNew hires walk in or book a time; annuals are flagged before they lapse.
  • Direct billingDirect-bill accounts, so an exam never waits on an employee paying at the desk.
  • Results and clearancesThe fitness determination and any work restrictions, to the person who needs them — nothing more.
  • RecordkeepingExam files retained for the period the applicable standard requires, and produced when an auditor or insurer asks.

The programs

Seven programs, run from one schedule

Take all of them or the two you are behind on. Most employers start with hiring exams and testing, then add surveillance as their exposures get documented.

At hire · up to 24 months

Physicals & DOT exams

Pre-employment, DOT/FMCSA, fitness-for-duty and return-to-duty exams, performed against the standard your role or contract requires.

  • FMCSA-certified medical examiners for DOT cards
  • Job-specific physical ability components
  • Results to your safety contact the same day
Physical exams

At hire · random · post-accident

Drug & alcohol testing

DOT and non-DOT panels and breath alcohol, collected under full chain of custody. We are the collection site for your pool or consortium.

  • Pre-employment, random, post-accident, reasonable suspicion
  • Certified collectors, chain of custody, laboratory and MRO review
  • Rapid screens same day where your protocol allows one
Testing & screening

Annual

Respirator fit testing

Medical evaluation plus qualitative or quantitative fit testing, so anyone in a respirator is cleared and documented before they wear one.

  • OSHA 1910.134 questionnaire reviewed by a provider
  • Qualitative and quantitative fit testing
  • Fit record valid 12 months, for that make, model and size
Fit testing

Baseline · annual

Hearing & vision testing

Audiograms in a sound-treated booth by a CAOHC-certified technician, plus the acuity, colour and depth screening your roles or contracts require.

  • Baseline and annual audiograms
  • Standard threshold shift review, and the retest when a shift appears
  • Acuity, colour and depth vision screening
Hearing & vision

At hire

Function & capacity testing

Post-offer testing built from your job analysis, so a placement decision rests on the role’s real physical demands rather than an impression.

  • Tested to the same protocol for every candidate in the job category
  • Meets or does not meet each essential demand
  • Range of motion and strength baseline on file
WorkSTEPS testing

Exposure-driven

Medical surveillance

Silica, lead, asbestos and other regulated exposures, run on the cycle the standard specifies with the exam components it requires.

  • Respirable silica, lead, asbestos and hexavalent chromium
  • Spirometry and blood or urine testing on site; imaging referred out, and the report read into the exam
  • Physician written opinions for your file
Surveillance exams

At hire · as the facility requires

TB testing & immunization review

TB skin tests and IGRA blood assays, plus titers and immunization review for crews working in healthcare, care facilities or shared housing.

  • TB skin testing and IGRA blood assay
  • Titers where proof of immunity is needed
  • Workplace vaccines added to the same visit where your protocol calls for them
Tests & screenings

By role

What each job classification typically needs

Starting points, not rulings. Your exposures, contracts and insurer can all add requirements — mapping that is the first thing we do together.

CDL drivers

Trucking, delivery, heavy equipment haulers

Everything here is federally timed. The examiner can shorten the medical card to 3, 6 or 12 months for a condition that needs monitoring. We are your collection site; the pool itself is yours or your consortium's.

Map this role with a coordinator
Exam or testCycle
DOT physical & medical cardUp to 24 months
DOT drug & alcohol panelAt hire
Random pool participationOngoing
Post-accident testingAs required

Getting set up

From first call to a program that runs itself

  1. First call

    Tell us what you run

    Your job classifications, headcount, and anything already required by a contract, an insurer, or a regulator. Twenty minutes on the phone is usually enough to get started.

  2. Within a week

    We map roles to requirements

    You get back a written map: each classification, the exams it needs, the cycle each one runs on, and which of them you are currently missing.

  3. Setup

    We agree on the mechanics

    Who at your company authorises an exam, where results go, how billing works, and whether testing happens by appointment, walk-in, or scheduled blocks for a whole crew.

  4. Ongoing

    The schedule runs

    New hires go in as they are hired. Annuals and renewals come up on our calendar and we contact your coordinator before they lapse, not after.

  5. Once a year

    We review it with you

    Roles change, exposures change, and requirements get added. An annual look keeps the map honest and catches the classifications that quietly drifted out of compliance.

Day to day

What it feels like once the program is running

The difference shows up in the small things — the calls you no longer have to make and the emails you no longer have to chase.

Your coordinator is a real person at ICA who knows your account, not a queue.

Employee Health Programs in Colorado See how a program runs
  • A new hire starts MondayOne call or email. We already know what that role needs and who approves it.
  • An annual is coming dueYou hear from us first, with a list of names and open appointment times.
  • A selection comes out of your poolSend them in. Certified collector, chain of custody, and the result travels the fixed route from laboratory to MRO to your designated employer representative.
  • An auditor asks for recordsAsk your coordinator for the roster. Exam dates and clearances come back from our files.
  • Someone is restrictedYou get the work status and the restrictions. A provider will talk it through if the job is hard to modify.

Is it for you

Where a program pays for itself

If you hire a few people a year and nothing is regulated, walk-in appointments are fine. Tick the ones that sound like you and we will tell you whether a program is worth the call.

Privacy

What you see, and what stays with us

Employee health exams sit on a line worth being explicit about. Employers get the answer they need to make a staffing decision; the clinical detail stays in the medical file.

Goes to you

You receive

  • Whether the employee is cleared for the job, and any work restrictions
  • Pass or fail on a regulated test, and the date it was completed
  • Expiration dates, so you know when someone comes due
  • A roster of who is current, on request

Stays with us

Stays in the medical record

  • Diagnoses, medications and personal medical history
  • The clinical detail behind a restriction or a failed component
  • Your answers on a confidential health questionnaire — your employer receives only the written recommendation, never the answers
  • Records we retain for the period the applicable standard requires

Common questions

How small is too small for a program?

There is no minimum. If you have one CDL driver or one person in a respirator, you already have a compliance schedule — it is just being tracked by hand. Small employers often get the most out of this because there is no one on staff whose job it is to watch the dates.

Can we start with just one program?

Yes, and most employers do. Hiring physicals and drug testing are the usual starting point because the volume is predictable. Surveillance gets added once exposures are documented.

Do you administer our random pool?

No. We are your collection site, not your pool administrator. Your pool or your consortium draws the selections; you send the employee in and we handle the collection under full chain of custody, with the result travelling from the laboratory to the medical review officer to your designated employer representative.

How fast can a new hire get in?

Walk in at any of our four clinics Monday to Friday, 7 a.m. to 5 p.m., or book a time. Booking guarantees you are seen at that time; walk-ins are taken as capacity allows. Tell your coordinator the role and we schedule what that role requires without you listing the components.

What does it cost?

Pricing depends on which programs you run and your volume. Your coordinator will quote per-exam rates against the requirement map so you can see the annual cost before committing to anything.

Who decides what our roles require?

You do, with our help. We tell you what the applicable standards and common contract terms call for; the final requirement list is your decision as the employer, and we run the schedule you approve. General information, not legal advice.

What if an employee fails or is restricted?

You get the work status and the restrictions — what they can and cannot do. Placement decisions are yours, but a provider will talk through what a restriction means in practice if the job is hard to modify.

Can you come to our site instead?

For some programs, yes. Scheduled testing and employee health services can be delivered at your location under our on-site plans — worth discussing if pulling a crew off the floor is the real cost.

Do you keep the records, or do we?

Both. We retain the exam files for the period the applicable standard requires and produce them when you need them. You should keep your own copy of clearances and expiration dates for day-to-day staffing.

We are already an ICA employer for injuries. Does this change anything?

No. It runs on the same account with the same contact. The advantage is that hire-time baselines and the injury chart live in one place.

Next step

Bring us your roster. We will tell you what it needs.

A program coordinator will walk your job classifications with you and come back with the exams, the cycles, and what it costs to run. No obligation to start.

Talk to a program coordinator

Already sending injuries to ICA? Your program can run on the same account and the same contact.