Archive for General

  • Cerner expands services with new division, Anuva Health

    Cerner, a long-time provider of on-site clinic services (starting with their own employees and including some big companies like Toyota), now has a new offering, Anuva Health.  Anuva will provide services as "near-site" clinics, aimed at multiple employer participation.  The clinics will include l...

  • Mayo Clinic and Premise Health – a brand new addition to on-site clinic capabilities

    It was announced recently (May, 2019) that Premise Health (the largest provider of on-site clinic services, responsible for care at more than 600 clinic sites throughout the majority of the United States, covering at least 275 clients) and the Mayo Clinic will be working together to improve care for...

  • Want some help?

    An article on the BenefitsPro.com website attempts to give you some - help, that is.   It outlines multiple strategies for reducing health care costs overall and many links to other similar articles and sites.  Check it out....

  • DirectPath Rewards in Use

    DirectPath Rewards was formed in mid-2016.  Pretty unique in its scope of services, DirectPath offers benefits education, but also the ability to incentivize employees based on pricing  transparency with actual cash payments made to employees when they choose lower cost services.   Of course, in...

  • Some Articles of Interest

    We're trying something new and providing you with a list of articles which may be of interest, instead of summarizing them for you and providing links in our own articles (we'll continue that style, too - but this may give you a shortcut to important information).  So, here we go with our first pos...

  • Private Investors Expand Involvement in the On-site Clinic World

    According to a recent article on Benefitspro.com, funding of up to a half-billion dollars will be flowing into organizations like Paladina Health and will use that money to create new clinics.  The article also provided a graph (courtesy Mercer Survey of Employer-Sponsored Health Plans) demonstrat...

  • Mental Health Services by Phone? Mental Health Services by Phone?

    You can get just about anything by phone/video for your employees, why not mental health?  Well, MYnd Analytics announced that they have just created a site in Florida where mental health services are provided through the use of telemedicine.  This is being done at Bayside Health and Rehabilitati...

  • 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...

  • 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...