Archive for General
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GENERICS Cost-Shift to Diabetics (Reuters)
Reuters is reporting on a new study that shows cost shifting by Walmart, K-Mart and others in generics and brand pharmaceuticals. Everyone has taken advantage of the cost savings provided by the big box retailers when they dropped generic script prices to a few bucks per fill on commonly prescribe...
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Washington Post – The real world has moved on.
An article in the Washington Post recently caught my eye. The title, "Real world making health-care reforms" was concise and summed up the point the author (Steven Pearlstein) was making nicely (and something we have said time and again here and in our newsletter), while Washington is busy debatin...
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CHS Opens New VANGUARD Clinic
Comprehensive Health Services, Inc. (CHS) is now serving 9,000 Vanguard employees at its corporate headquarters in Malvern, Pa. The newly constructed onsite health center is a 4,500 square foot facility with six exam rooms, lab, and PT/rehab. The workplace health program provides primary care an...
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Get Big – or Get Out?
Standard and Poors' wire service announced that GE Capital has launched a $225 million dollar to cover a secured loan for Valencia, Calif.-based U.S. HealthWorks that will be used to refinance debt and redeem preferred equity, according to sources. If you like "offerings", you can get the prospec...
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Working with Local Providers – a Monograph
Working with Local Providers (La Penna Presentation to MBGH Spring Meeting: Employer Worksite Healthcare Conference, Chicago, April 2011) Background Every employer and every “employer health care program” co-exists and is interdependent on local health care providers and support sys...
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Nebraska Companies Collaborate for On-site Programming
Marathon Health, Inc. today announced its selection as the onsite medical services provider for Lincoln, Neb.-based companies Lincoln Industries and IMSCORP. This arrangement is a prototype for a "shared services" on-site clinic business model. Marathon Health CEO Jerry Ford stated, “The share...
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National Association Formed to Concentrate on Worksite Health Programs and Onsite Clinics
New National Association Formed to Concentrate on Worksite Health Programs and Onsite Clinics NWHCA will focus on helping employers develop and expand onsite health care programs CHICAGO – May 5, 2011 – The non-profit Midwest Business Group on Health (MBGH), in cooperation with The L...
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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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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...
