Author Archive
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On-Site Vendor, Walgreens, Hosts Clients for Forum
Earlier this month, Walgreens (Take Care Health Systems) hosted a meeting for clients at which the discussion focused on what's coming up in the arena of on-site clinics, health and wellness. This was a two-day conference, so obviously the employers involved were serious about learning more and ...
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Data on Consumer-Driven Health Plans
The Employee Benefit Research Institute recently published Brief 345 regarding the use of high deductible and consumer-driven health plans. The Brief gives statistics and insight into what is happening with the use of these plans, as employers offer them as a component of their overall plan to hel...
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NBGH & Towers Watson 16th Annual Survey on Value
Technically, it is the 16th Annual National Business Group on Health and Towers Watson Employer Survey on Purchasing Value in Health Care. As always, a reliable body of research by two nationally credible entities involving 588 companies (representing the employment of more than 9.2 million people...
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John Torinus Web Site – Straight Talk from the Heartland
John Torinus, CEO of Serigraph and author of the book "The Company that Solved Health Care" (a must read for employers as they work to control costs and improve the health of their employees), now has a Web site/blog. While it has a broad range of topics which he discusses, all related to busine...
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Putting the Patient back in Patient-Centered Care Webinar
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality is sponsoring a webinar on March 30 from 1:00 to 3:30 p.m. EST focusing on the use of healthcare information technologies to improve patient involvement in their own care management. You can read more about the qualifications and backgrounds of the pr...
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Going Local
Port St. Lucie has been evaluating proposals from four different vendors to manage an on-site clinic for city employees. The clinic has been managed by CareHere, but that contract expires May 1 of this year. It was announced about two weeks ago that a final decision was being postponed because...
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Pawlecki Assumes Goodyear Post as CHO
Brent Pawleck, former medical director at Pitney Bowes has assumed the role of Chief Health Officer at Goodyear. Dr. Pawlecki is one of the few medical directors who can lay claim to the management of a health care program that includes on-site services from major vendors, community providers and ...
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Kansas City’s Healthiest Employers
The Kansas City Business Journal initiated a program just this year to evaluate and honor employers in the area who have a strong focus on wellness and the health of their employees. They use an outside firm, Healthiest Employers, to review submitted applications by the employers and honor the t...
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New Vendors in the On-Site Market?
We routinely try to monitor the entry of new vendors in the field of on-site clinic provision. We found two recently and wanted to mention them. The two new entrants are Wellness Coalition America and Medicine At Work. None of the established vendors out there should get too concerned at thi...
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National Business Group on Health Releases Survey
The NBGH released a survey yesterday which shows that 75% of workers use their employer as a resource for medical and health information (based on 2010 data, up from 54% in 2007). To quote Helen Darling, President of the NBGH, the survey shows ". . that workers want their employers to play a rol...
