Archive for Vendor Updates

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • On-Site Healthcare is Big Business – Really Big

    We have watched Premise Health grow and grow and grow over the past four years.  The transition continues as it was announced that Water Street Healthcare Partners (who created Premise by the acquisition and merger of Walgreens' Take Care and CHS Health Services in 2014), sold its ownership interes...

  • 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...

  • Coaching Platform Twine Works to Increase Treatment Adherence, Lower Medical Cost Coaching Platform Twine Works to Increase Treatment Adherence, Lower Medical Cost

    With lack of patient adherence to treatment being a costly problem in the United States, MIT Media Lab spinout Twine Health has gained notice recently as a potential solution. Twine, a health activation platform, aims to improve health and lower medical costs. Recently, the startup has moved the...

  • Telemedicine for Mental Health Services Soaring Telemedicine for Mental Health Services Soaring

    Telemedicine for mental health services is soaring in the US in response to both the opioid abuse crisis and an increase in access to behavioral healthcare in general, according to the National Business Group on Health (NBGH) and telemedicine companies. NBGH also said that 56% of employers in 201...

  • Premise Health Selects Epic for On-Site Clinic Technology Premise Health Selects Epic for On-Site Clinic Technology

    Premise Health, one of the largest onsite providers in the industry, recently announced plans to implement Epic Systems technology into its worksite health centers within the next two years. Epic is considered the leader in electronic medical records technology. Trent Riley, COO, says this i...

  • Influx of Capital for Crossover Health Influx of Capital for Crossover Health

    It was announced recently that Gurnet Point has invested approximately $92M in Crossover Health.  This created a "partnership" between the corporations resulting in the two companies now becoming the "principal shareholders of the company."   Crossover has only been in the on-site business since ...

  • Healthcare Systems Continue to Jump In Healthcare Systems Continue to Jump In

    A recent article on HealthLeaders Media (written by Christopher Cheney), states that "Providing on-site and near-site health services for large employers. . . presents a golden growth opportunity for some health systems." The article itself uses Bellin Health System as an example of one such sy...

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