Workplace Health Services Blog

Onsite Health Clinics Can Reduce Workers' Comp Claims

The fact that onsite health clinics improve employee wellness and reduce employer healthcare costs is well documented. As Susan J. Wells said in her article, “The Doc Is In-House,” in the April, 2006 issue of HR Magazine, “according to a study published in the December 2005 issue of the American Journal of Preventative Medicine, employers can [...]

Construction Companies Can Benefit From Onsite Health Clinics

Do onsite health clinics reduce employer healthcare costs for construction companies, whose sites and employees change from project to project? Yes, they do, especially when it comes to controlling workers’ compensation costs. Many times, on large construction projects, worker’s comp is handled through either an Owner Controlled Insurance Program (OCIP) or a Contractor Controlled Insurance Program (CCIP). [...]

What Kind Of Onsite Health Clinic Does Your Company Need?

What’s the best type of onsite health clinic for your company? It depends on what your company does, and what your onsite healthcare goals are. If you’re a heavy manufacturer, you’re probably most concerned with occupational health issues, such as injury treatment and workers’ comp case management. If you’re a software developer, law firm or other [...]

Onsite Health Clinic Lowers "Return To Work" Scores For Indiana Manufacturer

Do the primary care and occupational therapy programs offered through onsite health clinics really work? If you ask a certain Indiana manufacturer’s safety staff, they will tell you that these programs not only work, they “return to work.” Workplace Health Services has helped this manufacturer significantly lower its OSHA “Return To Work” scores at its Indiana [...]

Many Agree On Benefits Of Onsite Health Clinics At Large Retail Stores

If you’re worried that your employees might not be interested in an onsite health clinic, consider what people are telling the Wall Street Journal. Most adults responding to a recent Wall Street Journal Online/Harris Interactive Health-Care poll indicated that onsite health clinics located in retail chains might be more convenient and accessible, and offer some medical [...]

Health Systems Need to Recognize Financial Interests of Employers

If you’re an employer, you know that you’re likely the primary financial stakeholder when it comes to your employee’s health care costs (to the tune of an average of two-thirds of the costs). Does that mean you should be a stakeholder in their health care? Of course not. But, does it mean you need to [...]

Wellness Programs vs Disease Management – When and How to Use Both

Wellness programs are great – they keep healthy employee populations healthy. But, what about that other 20%? The 20% of your workforce that uses up 80% of your health care dollar? The sad truth is wellness programs generally don’t work with this population. They need focused disease management and coaching. You see, what a lot of companies do [...]

Things to Consider When Combining Primary Care and Workers Comp Care Onsite

We’ve been called in to deal with a situation where an employer has combined onsite medical workplace clinics with occupational health care. That means the same doctors and nurses that do their onsite health care are also in charge of their Worker’s Comp claims and other occupational health concerns. What’s happened in this particular workplace is [...]

Stay at Work & Return to Work Strategies

One of the main reasons we decided to host a seminar this month is because of the number of questions we get from you, the employers. The issue of employee productivity and dealing with people missing work or not being fully productive while at work always comes up...

How Do You Know Your Work Comp Provider is Any Good?

Without benchmarks, you can't make objective and quantitative measures of a worker's compensation provider. Here are 3 essential questions any smart company should ask before hiring a firm to handle their worker's comp...