On-Site Health Clinics Gaining Increasing Attention

In a market once populated by a small number of vendors targeting large manufacturing companies and focused mainly on occupational health and emergency first aid, the onsite health clinic market is gaining increasing attention as the frontline in the battle against rising health care costs.

Despite relatively low employer adoption, onsite health services are not only highly utilized by employees, but also are the programs employers believed best achieved their intended results relative to other programs aimed at improving employee health and productivity, according to a survey by Hewitt Associates.

In addition to an increasing number of Fortune 500 companies that are investing in onsite health clinics for their employees, many diverse healthcare companies are becoming involved both as employers and potentially vendors in the market. These companies include:

Health Insurers

Aetna Health Connections Direct2YouSM product suite offers a range of services within the workplace and is working with Concentra.

BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina is working with Comprehensive Health Services to offer large group customers help in setting up onsite employee health centers.

Blue Cross of Northeastern Pennsylvania’s subsidiary AllOne Health works with employers, health plans and other organizations to offer state-of-the-art programs and services.

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Florida said it is seeing encouraging signs that the worksite clinic it opened last year will help reduce the cost of insuring its work force, and it is evaluating opportunities to expand the model.

Through CIGNA Medical Services, CIGNA Onsite Health delivers integrated onsite health care solutions for employers.

In an effort to reduce the company’s health care costs and to get employees more engaged in their own health care decisions, Highmark Inc. is opening two worksite health centers with Take Care Health Employer Solutions.

Humana recently announced it has signed a definitive agreement to purchase Concentra who delivers occupational medicine, urgent care, physical therapy and wellness services to workers and the general public from more than 300 medical centers in 42 states.

Integrated Healthcare Delivery Systems

Careworks Convenient Healthcare, part of Geisinger Health System, offers convenient, affordable healthcare provided by nurse practitioners and physician assistants

Henry Ford Health System brought the services of an onsite clinic and pharmacy to Chrysler Headquarters in Auburn Hills.

Johns Hopkins Medicine On-Site Employee Health and Wellness Centers have a growing number of employers with work-sites in over eighteen states.

Other

Cerner Corporation – recently acquired IMC Health Care, a leading provider of employer sponsored on- site health centers.

Health To You Wellness not only provides quality primary care on site, additionally; they are uniquely positioned to provide seamless continuity of care through affiliated HCA hospitals, outpatient facilities and medical practices in the community.

Walgreens’ subsidiary, Take Care Health Employer Solutions, is the nation’s premier provider of employer-based healthcare services.