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Corporations Get Creative With Healthcare
With the proposed new taxes on workplace-provided health care threatening to increase the corporate bottom-line, some are looking for ways to save a little money.
One of the most creative is on-site health clinics. Corporations with more than 1000 employees are finding that it saves both time and money to employ a nurse practitioner with basic medical supplies rather than shell out the money in health insurance claims for some of the basic services that can be provided in a clinic setting.
Flu shots, for example, can save countless money in terms of workplace productivity. Doctors appointments that might ordinarily take an employee away from his or her desk for at least half a day can be taken care of in a half an hour with on-site clinics. Without the commute back and forth to the doctor’s office or the half hour spent in most waiting rooms, employees can walk-in to an on-site clinic and be seen immediately or arrange to be called when the nurse practitioner has time to see them.
Basic services and check-ups can be provided in these on-site clinics saving quite a bit in time and money. Consider, too, the amount of money saved in early detection of health issues that result in less time out sick, at the doctors office and money spent on insurance claims.
All of these benefits add up to a win-win-win idea in on-site health clinics.
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October 2nd, 2007 at 6:35 pm
The rising costs of health care and health insurance will lead forward-thinking companies to run with these types of solutions. I recently read about a company in North Carolina which has a complete clinic (I think they even had a family physician and/or pediatrician on staff, in addition to NPs) on-site, as well as child care and an excellent cafeteria. The response from their employees was, predictably, off-the-charts enthusiastic! Creativity will reign in this market.
Jerry
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