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  • NAWHC is now up and running!

    "The Association" is a reality and many readers have probably already joined.  Thank you for your ideas, support and interest.  All of us who have been involved believe that this is an important step in the maturation process of the industry and that it is a very timely effort in light of the many...

  • Gaylord Entertainment Chooses H2U Gaylord Entertainment Chooses H2U

    Gaylord Entertainment (with four resorts, Nashville, Dallas, DC and Orlando) just announced that it will contract with Health to You to manage an on-site clinic for the employees at their Nashville location (4,500 of them).   It seems like we're having flashbacks this week.  We just added a story...

  • Discharge Planning, Case Management - Include Your Pharmacist Discharge Planning, Case Management – Include Your Pharmacist

    A new idea?  This is one we thought of merit and interest.   Walgreen's announced a partnership with Greystone Healthcare Management to provide medication counseling and delivery services in person by a qualified Walgreen's pharmacist at the patient's bedside.  This would be a standard protocol ...

  • NLRB, HIPAA, IBT and PepsiCo - Duking it out over Incentives NLRB, HIPAA, IBT and PepsiCo – Duking it out over Incentives

    Ok, so maybe I got a little carried away with the abbreviations and initials, but it was so darned tempting!   The thing is, apparently the International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT) has now involved the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) in a dispute with PepsiCo over financial "penalties" b...

  • The Law and On-site Clinic Development The Law and On-site Clinic Development

    Due to copyright requirements, we can't excerpt the article here, but we can point you to it.   "Legal Considerations When Implementing On-Site Clinics" on the web site, http://ebn.benefitnews.com/news/on-site-clinic-fiduciary-liability-2721550-1.html.   Worth the read, particularly if you are n...

  • Do it Yourself? Do it Yourself?

    We hadn't thought of this previously, but that is really what employers are doing when they provide an on-site clinic for their employees.  With the economic downturn, DIY is the craze; it seems that everyone is working on their own auto for repairs, or home, or taking up those chores around the ho...

  • Insurer Research Finds Benefit of PCMH Insurer Research Finds Benefit of PCMH

    It is no news to those of you out there who provide on-site services that a patient-centered medical home model is a key factor in getting and keeping employees healthy; to say nothing of saving money in the process.  But, WellPoint, the nation's largest insurer covering more than 34 million lives ...

  • QuadMed Enters into Agreement with MDLiveCare QuadMed Enters into Agreement with MDLiveCare

    By now you have read that QuadMed and MDLiveCare have reached agreement for all the QuadMed owned or managed sites to use the MDLiveCare national network of providers to offer telemedicine in a variety of specialties wherever and whenever needed using readily available technology.   The model used...

  • AHRQ/Mathematica Research on PCMH and Complex Patients AHRQ/Mathematica Research on PCMH and Complex Patients

    The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality in conjunction with Mathematica completed a study of five different medical practices to attempt to begin to identify key components they had in common in successfully implementing patient-centered medical homes.   The outcome was published in the Ann...

  • IRS Update on W-2 Reporting on Healthcare Benefit Costs IRS Update on W-2 Reporting on Healthcare Benefit Costs

    Here's a link for all of you on the latest "clarification" on reporting the cost of benefits you are providing to your employees.  We are not attorneys, so we won't comment on what this all means - but wanted to make the publication directly available to all of you providing on-site benefits to you...

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