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<title>FOH - What is Federal Occupational Health?</title>
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alt="What is Federal Occupational Health?" width="500"
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<td align="center"><img src="/images/smission.gif"
alt="Our Mission..." width="246" height="35"><p><font
size="3"><b>To be the </b></font><b>benchmark for
comprehensive Occupational Health Services delivered at
the best value -- lowest cost and greatest customer
satisfaction.</b></p>
<p><b></b>&nbsp;</p>
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<td align="center"><font size="5"><b>1946</b></font></td>
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<td><b>Congress authorizes Federal agencies to use
appropriated funds for occupational health programs and
to consult with the U.S. Public Health Service.</b></td>
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<td align="center"><font size="5"><b>1947</b></font></td>
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<td><b>PHS creates the Federal Employee Health Division
which contains special units for health education, mental
hygiene, nutrition, nursing, tuberculosis control, dental
health and public health engineering.</b></td>
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<td align="center"><font size="5"><b>1950-1965</b></font></td>
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<td><b>FOH establishes 20 health centers, mostly in
Washington, D.C. The Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) restrains further growth.</b></td>
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<td align="center"><font size="5"><b>1965-1985</b></font></td>
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<td><b>OMB reverses its policy and encourages
occupational health services as a good managerial
investment. FOH health centers increase to 200
nationwide.</b></td>
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<td align="center"><font size="5"><b>1985</b></font></td>
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<td><b>Health Resources &amp; Services Administration
appropriation for FOH services is abolished. Under the
Bureau of Primary Health Care, FOH provides occupational
health for Federal employees on a reimbursable basis.</b></td>
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<td align="center"><font size="5"><b>1985-1995</b></font></td>
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<td><b>FOH revenue grows from $16 million to $81 million
annually.</b></td>
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<td align="center"><font size="5"><b>1996</b></font></td>
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<td><b>FOH becomes a DHHS candidate for the franchise
pilot program which is part of the White House
Reinvention of Government Initiative. FOH celebrates 50
years of &quot;Caring for Federal Workers&quot;.</b></td>
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<p align="center"><a href="http://www.os.dhhs.gov"><font
size="2">Go to HHS</font></a></p>
<p align="center"><a href="http://www.hrsa.dhhs.gov"><font
size="2">Go to HRSA</font></a></p>
<p align="center">For more information about FOH, please
call 1-800-457-9808.</p>
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<p><font size="1"><strong>Revised: <!--webbot bot="TimeStamp"
s-format="%B %d, %Y" s-type="EDITED" startspan -->March 03, 1999<!--webbot
bot="TimeStamp" endspan i-checksum="17303" --></strong></font></p>
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