This company has now instituted an "on site" clinic for employees...a minimum of 300 plus employees is required to set up a facility as stated on the website...it sounds to be similar to a "private Minute Clinic" type of facility open to employees only and I didn't find any mention of what the cost would be to use the facility for the employee and it could be offered free, but I would guess that would be determined on how the facility and contract was set up. BD
A health-care consultant operates the free clinic at Microchip's Chandler campus, with a nurse practitioner on site. Microchip does not have access to workers' sensitive health information. And the clinic blends wellness tips, such as smoking cessation and weight management, with traditional patient care. Since Scottsdale-based Clinical Resources Group opened the CareCorps work-site clinic at Microchip on May 1, Microchip has saved nearly $2,000 per day in health-care costs, according to Clinical Resources Group.
This was an idea that really appealed to the executive team here," said Gordon Parnell, chief financial officer of Microchip.
"The trends are encouraging, and the feedback from employees has been positive."
Joyce Apperson, a global-account program manager at Microchip, scheduled an appointment in early August when she suspected she had a urinary-tract infection. It was the type of appointment that Apperson normally would arrange with her primary-care doctor, but a busy schedule and convenient location prompted her to try the company clinic.
On-site clinic helps Microchip cut costs, provide routine care
Web Site: http://www.carecorpsclinics.com/
thanks.
ReplyDeleteThe clinic is free to employees. While the comparison to a retail clinic is simple, the on-site employer clinic is not a retail clinic model. In addition to providing primary care, our clinicians follow up with their patients, provide education, consult with the patient's primary care physician, and remain an ongoing resource for patients. This model incorporates primary and acute care, wellness, referrals, health risk assessments, and preventive medicine, for example, and provides employers with a tangible way to not only reduce costs to their health plan, but to help their employees become healthier and more productive.
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