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  • Do Your Employees Understand How to Access & Use Their Benefits?

    You're paying for benefits for your employees.  Your corporate "mission" to provide good medical coverage and care is top-notch.  And, yet, for some reason(s) your employees just aren't using the benefits to their max.  They are confused over how their benefits work and may not use them to the fu...

  • Small Employer Option Small Employer Option

    AMD Global Telemedicine and NuPhysicia Health of Texas recently announced the creation of a partnership offering onsite services  ("The Working Clinic") for smaller, self-insured employers using dedicated "medics" and access to physicians immediately (promising the use of the same physician for chr...

  • Premise Expands Brand and Services Premise Expands Brand and Services

    Premise Health announced last month an expansion of its services beyond the on-site clinic realm, where it is a leading provider, to include near-site and virtual healthcare which includes the development of a "robust and comprehensive provider network."   This is part of a program of investment i...

  • Workplace Wellness – Finally a Comprehensive Guide & Analysis

    Wellness programs have long stymied corporations in terms of "getting it right."  Will employees enroll?  Will they participate after enrollment?  Which programs work the best? Which offerings are most widely used and accepted?  Who knows?  Well, we hope that this, the 2018 Employer Guide will...

  • Another Blog - You May Be Interested In Another Blog – You May Be Interested In

    We don't typically list blogs that are sponsored by vendors, but we became aware of one recently that you may want to check on from time-to-time.  This one is hosted  by Elation Health, an EMR vendor with several installations in on-site clinics.  We'll add it as a resource on our opening page as...

  • University of Michigan Guidelines for Opioid Use Post-Surgery

    None of us can escape awareness about the catastrophic consequences of the use of opioids in America today.  You hear about it every time you turn on the news, whether local or national.  The costs are astounding (estimated at over $500 billion for 2015), and stopping the spread of opioid addicti...

  • Another Reason Why Your Prescription Drug Costs are So High Another Reason Why Your Prescription Drug Costs are So High

    If you are a patient, or an administrative manager of a clinic, you would never stop to think that the liquid medications prescribed every day (cancer drugs, eye drops, etc.) may all contain too much of that drug for the actual need, resulting in waste every time a vial is opened.  Why would you? ...

  • Is a Chiropractor in the future for your on-site clinic? Is a Chiropractor in the future for your on-site clinic?

    The National Association of Worksite Health Centers just published the findings from a project (done by their staff and with the assistance of a grant from the Foundation for Chiropractic Progress) on the potential impact of chiropractic services for employees at on-site clinics.  This project incl...

  • Will Your On-Site Clinic be Only Telemedicine?

    For those employers out there considering an on-site clinic, the option of providing medical services on-site to employees and dependents via just telemedicine exists - but the question is, is it the right option for you? Telemedicine has certainly played a role in on-site clinics for quite some ...

  • Wellness Isn't Just about Exercise Anymore Wellness Isn’t Just about Exercise Anymore

    Perhaps we are overstating the impact of wellness programs in benefits packages these days, but the business now accounts for more than $7.8 billion annually as a market so it seems pretty huge.  We know only a portion of this is attributable to services provided through on-site clinics, but t...