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COMPREHENSIVE HEALTH
SERVICES PARTNERS
WITH KROLL BACKGROUND AMERICA,
EXPANDS OFFERINGS INTO BACKGROUND RISK MANAGEMENT
VIENNA, VA. –
April 6, 2005 - Comprehensive Health Services
(CHS), an occupational health and wellness services
company, today announced that it has formed a marketing
and joint referral partnership with Kroll Background
America, Inc., the Nashville, Tenn. subsidiary of risk
consulting firm Kroll Inc., that expands each company’s
respective service offerings.
“As organizations face
increasing challenges in taming health care and medical
costs, it’s imperative that the right people are
in the right jobs at the onset,” said James Mitchell,
CHS executive vice president. “A risk management
program that includes background and drug screening
as well as risk consulting services can have a significant,
positive impact on a company’s overall medical
costs. By expanding our service offerings, this partnership
with Kroll Background America helps our customers make
the right hiring and placement decisions, as well as
complements on-going occupational health initiatives
such as surveillance and absence management programs.
We’re pleased to work with a partner that is held
in the highest ethical esteem to provide these background
screening services.”
CHS selected Kroll Background
America as its strategic outsource partner to provide
CHS customers with background screening, substance abuse
testing and related risk mitigation services, in connection
with its comprehensive workforce wellness and health
programs. In turn, Kroll Background America will offer
its clients CHS’ occupational health services.
“A growing number of
our background screening clients are either initiating
or expanding their occupational health and physical
assessment programs. Many of them have asked if we can
provide a resource to help them implement these plans,
said Tony Magro, business development manager, Kroll
Background America. “Partnering with CHS is a
natural fit for us, and we’re excited to forge
a relationship with a top-notch company that offers
a comprehensive range of employee health care services.”
About Kroll
Kroll Inc., the global risk consulting
company, provides a broad range of investigative, intelligence,
financial, security, and technology services to help
clients reduce risks, solve problems, and capitalize
on opportunities. Headquartered in New York with more
than 60 offices on six continents, Kroll has a multidisciplinary
corps of more than 3,200 employees and serves a global
clientele of law firms, financial institutions, corporations,
non-profit institutions, government agencies, and individuals.
Based in Nashville, Tenn., Kroll Background America
provides employee and vendor background investigations,
substance abuse testing, disability claims integrity
programs, and identity theft solutions. For more information,
please visit: www.krollworldwide.com.
About CHS
Founded in 1975, CHS is a leader
in the design, implementation and management of nationwide
occupational health services. Serving Fortune 1000 corporations
and the largest federal agencies, CHS delivers customized
solutions for maintaining a healthier, more stable and
productive workforce. With in-house medical professionals,
a national network of CHS-certified physicians and a
proactive approach fortified by a time-tempered foundation
of best practices, CHS partners with its customers to
provide flexible, performance-based workforce wellness
and health programs that result in bottom line benefits
across the organization. A member of the Founder’s
Circle of the Occupational and Environmental Health
Foundation, CHS also is a charter sponsor of the American
College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (ACOEM)
Corporate Health Achievement Award. For more
information, visit the CHS web site at http://www.chsmedical.com.
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