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 [...]

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 [...]

Understanding Modern Occupational Health

I talk to a lot of CFOs and HR personnel who are, forgive me for saying this, in the dark ages when it comes to their occupational healthcare programs and how they allocate their healthcare spending...

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...