Do you know what sleep apnea is and how it can negatively impact a motor carrier's costs, if left untreated? Are you aware of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration's status concerning rulemaking and how this might impact the trucking industry?

No one knows exactly how many drivers have Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA), but current estimates show that 30% of the driver population suffers from this disorder to some degree. The situational performance of an untreated driver is similar to that of a person with a .06-.08 blood alcohol content level.

Join Dr. Todd Simo, Chief Medical Officer at HireRight on Tuesday, September 1, 2015 at 2:00 p.m. ET / 1:00 p.m. CT / 11:00 a.m. PT as he covers the following topics:

• Brief description of what OSA is from a medical perspective
• What problems does OSA cause
• Why FMCSA, motor carriers and drivers should care
• Prevalence of OSA among the driver community
• Challenges of diagnosing OSA in the trucking industry
• The HireRight enabled management of OSA diagnosis

About the Speaker:

Dr. Todd Simo joined HireRight in 2009 and currently serves as the Chief Medical Officer working out of our Charlotte, NC office. Dr. Simo came to HireRight with a decade of experience in the medical consulting arena. Prior to HireRight, he was the Medical Director of an occupational health clinic in Virginia and owned a consulting firm providing medical director service to multiple companies located throughout the country.