ACOEM Urges Presidential Candidates to Include Workforce Health Measures
in their Reform Proposals
ACOEM has called on the presidential candidates to include in their health care proposals new policies to safeguard and improve the health of America's workers -- a step it says is vital to help preserve the viability of the U.S. health care system. . . [Read More]

Upcoming ACOEM Webinars – Register Now!

Commercial Driver Medical Certification – Issues You'll Want to Know – (10/16). Recent changes/recommendations in the Commercial Driver Medical Certification program including sleep apnea, renal disease, vision, musculoskeletal conditions and fitness for duty as well as the NRCME will be discussed. 

Coding and Classification in the Occupational Medicine Office – (10/29). Issues to be considered when choosing CPT codes to characterizing services rendered to workers' compensation patients and factors to consider with ICD-9 diagnosis codes, the various types of codes and strategies for matching ICD-9 and CPT codes in specific clinical situations. 

Water Contamination and Waterborne Disease: Are Your Patients at Risk – (11/20). Latest trends in waterborne disease and recent controversies such as the presence of pharmaceuticals in drinking water and agricultural water as a potential source of E. coli O157:H7 infection.

Introducing the ACOEM "Fall Course Cluster"

ACOEM is offering a series of educational courses November 6-9, 2008, in Albuquerque, New Mexico. By participating in the Fall Course Cluster you may receive up to 22.5 AMA PRA category 1 credit(s) ™ in just 4 days. In an effort to be cost effective, and provide our members an excellent educational opportunity at an exceptional value, ACOEM is offering a substantial discount to those who take two of the courses over the 4-day period. . . [Read more]

Call for Individual Presentation and Abstracts

2009 American Occupational Health Conference
Hyatt Manchester Hotel, San Diego, CA, April 24-29, 2009

Please consider submitting an individual scientific abstract or poster for presentation at AOHC 2009. Ten minutes will be made available on the program for each presentation, with additional time for questions. Submitters of individual abstracts should identify the theme that most closely matches the topic of their presentation, so that similar presentations or posters may be assembled appropriately into thematic scientific sessions.

The online submission form is available through the conference website at www.acoem.org/aohc09.aspx. Original research papers, conceptual or theoretical papers, meta-analyses, and systematic reviews will be considered. Individual abstracts will be reviewed by a selection panel and successful papers chosen on the basis of their clarity and quality. The deadline for submission of individual presentations or posters is November 30, 2008 at 11:59 PM Central Time.