The Health Access Alternatives community highlights the latest news and innovative trends employers use to provide their population with alternative methods to health care besides seeing a primary care physician. This covers on-site clinics and retail medical clinics (off-site), around-the-clock health information access through telemedicine, Doc-in-the-box, etc., that prevents work-time loss and saves the employer and employee money.
This weekend at the AHIP conference in Las Vegas, HealthSparq announced its partnership with MDLive and Benefitfocus aligned with CodeBaby to offer innovative new ways to develop health care consumerism.
Amidst mixed public opinion, The Affordable Care Act will take effect in 2014, and the stream of newly insured patients will lead to an increase in retail health centers across the country.
Hosts Doug Field, CEO of The Institute for HealthCare Consumerism (IHC), and Brent Macy, Managing Director of the IHC, talk with Jeff Marks, CEO/Founder of healthPERX. Jeff discusses the importance of employee health, and new ways to lower costs, increase employee health and decrease absenteeism with new techniques in medicine
Hosts Doug Field, CEO of The Institute for HealthCare Consumerism (IHC), and Ron Bachman, Chairman of the Editorial Advisory Board, speak with Patrick Spain, Co-Founder, Chairman & CEO, First Stop Health. Patrick discusses First Stop Health's new telehealth benefits plan.
24/7/365 telehealth services now available to patients across the nation
Teladoc, the nation’s first and largest telehealth provider with more than 5 million members, announced it received certification from the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) for physician credentialing, scoring 100 percent.
New partnership will expand onsite health centers to more locations in BayCare and to other employers in the Tampa Bay area.
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06/12/2013 - Originally published at Altarum Institute's Health Policy Forum.In my mind’s eye, I’ve started imagining U.S....
Employers are continually searching for ways to improve the health of their employees, control health care costs while still providing quality health care and provide benefits that their employees will truly value.
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