Posted by TDCTY Editor on February 17th, 2008
Her patients simply walk in off the work floor.
“They don’t even need to clock out,” said del Valle, who contracts to provide health care at Amarr Garage Doors, in East Hills Business Park. “They seem to really like it, too.”
Moreover, it doesn’t cost them a cent.
Amarr officials like the arrangement so much that they’re helping tout the program to other area employers, many of whom are looking for ways to improve employee health, increase company efficiency and — not least of all — ease financial pains for employer and employees alike.
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Posted by TDCTY Editor on January 25th, 2008
Whole Health Management, which operates on-site and near-site health clinics, wellness centers and pharmacies for large self-insured corporations, has opened a West Coast office in San Francisco, officials said late Thursday.
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.”
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Posted by TDCTY Editor on January 15th, 2008
Tucked into a cluster of buildings near an overgrown field in Tunica County is a fully staffed clinic that provides basic health care to employees of Harrah’s Entertainment Inc. and their families.
The casino operator’s decision to run a company clinic illustrates a national trend. As health care costs continue to rise, increasing numbers of large employers are operating job-site clinics in the hopes that easy access will lead workers to get preventive care and avoid medical meltdowns that lead to long absences from work and big insurance claims.
The concept of offering health care at work is not new, but many firms are moving away from an “occupational health” model that focuses on tasks such as treating on-the-job injuries.
Now, the clinics are acting as employees’ primary-care doctors, doing everything from vaccinations to caring for chronic diseases like diabetes.
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Posted by TDCTY Editor on September 7th, 2007
Spiraling health-care costs were becoming a major pain to Harrah’s Entertainment Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Gary Loveman. He wanted a plan to slow the ever-growing medical bills his company and its employees were facing. Thus, he asked the company’s senior executives and benefits division to come up with a two-pronged plan to help control costs while providing employees more and better services.
One of the results of this assignment is the $2.5 million Harrah’s Health and Wellness Center, which opened in January on Flamingo Road west of the Gold Coast.
The 7,000-square-foot medical clinic offers both urgent care and primary care on the second floor of a former Las Vegas College building. The downstairs is a fitness center with 12,000 square feet of weights, treadmills and exercise rooms.
“Our employees have asked for high-quality health care at affordable rates,” said Loveman during the center’s opening. “This is both affordable and convenient.”
Only employees covered under Harrah’s health plan can use the medical clinic, but the fitness center is open to everyone who works at the company.
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