The office, located in the Noe Valley neighborhood, is home to the company’s West Coast strategic partnerships department, according to Whole Health Management, which works with major employers such as Qualcomm, Discovery Communication, Scotts Miracle Gro and Harrah’s Entertainment.

Its corporate offices will remain in Cleveland.

“Whole Health’s strategic growth plan has allowed the company to expand at a rapid pace across the country,” said Jim Hummer, the company’s founder and CEO, calling San Francisco one of the nation’s top corporate development and growth centers. “We’re looking forward to partnering with the San Francisco community to introduce our health-care model to employers throughout the Western United States.”

Whole Health Management operates health and wellness centers for 27 of the nation’s largest employers at 69 sites, providing health-care services to more than 300,000 employees, spouses and dependents.

Many large companies are working with companies like WHM in the hope that making on-site and nearby clinics available will encourage employees to get preventive care. That, in turn, could result in more productivity, less lost time, and lower overall health-care costs.

Source: San Francisco Business Times
Original Publication Date: January 24, 2008