SAN FRANCISCO -- A pilot project which merged occupational and non-occupational medical treatment into a single network showed a 29 percent reduction in costs.Conducted by Pacific Bell and Integrated Health Management Associates of Emeryville, CA, from March 1996 to February 1997, the project involved 4,000 Orange County employees. Four health plans providing group health care to Pacific Bell's Orange County employees agreed to provide work-related medical treatment, return-to-work management and worke
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