On-Site Employee Health Clinics: Delivering Health Improvement to the Worksite
October 7, 2008

SPEAKERS:
Bruce Hochstadt, MD
Principal, HPM Practice
Mercer, LLC

Tamara Simon, Esq
Principal & Attorney, Washington Resource Group
Mercer, LLC

WEBINAR OVERVIEW:
The past few years have witnessed a major resurgence in employer onsite and near site clinics. Many organizations have differing health and productivity management goals underlying the introduction of such services and facilities. Assessing the direct and sustained impact of an onsite clinic can be challenging.

This Webinar will addresses:
•    Key decision points that an employer must consider when contemplating the viability of and making the business case for an onsite clinic.
•    Appropriate measurement and evaluation (M&E) methodologies for upfront feasibility analytics and ongoing monitoring and reporting of clinic impact.
•    Relevant legal and compliance issues associated with on-site clinics such as ERISA, HIPAA, COBRA, and the ADA.
•    Virtual Waiting Rooms designed to eliminate employee waiting time and optimize productivity.
•    Shared Office and Manufacturing Park-based clinics to enable smaller employers to benefit from onsite healthcare and to enhance tenant appeal.
•    Provider-driven health management that links these services to an existing trusted advisor enabling true engagement and outcomes enhancement.

About the Speakers:

Bruce Hochstadt, MD, a Chicago-based Principal in the HPM Practice of Mercer with experience in the medical management and delivery side of health care, is responsible for positioning, managing and growing the firm’s national consulting practice addressing employer worksite (onsite/near-site) clinics. Prior to joining Mercer, Dr. Hochstadt was the National Health Management Practice Leader at Buck Consultants, LLC and established an active sub-practice advising employer clients on worksite health facilities. Dr. Hochstadt has consulted on worksite clinics to employer groups ranging from 5,000 to over 500,000 covered lives in geographies that have included California, the Midwest, South and Northeast over the last four years

Dr. Hochstadt has helped to develop analytics for modeling potential worksite clinic utilization, savings (direct medical expense and lost time reduction) and clinical outcomes improvement. He has applied objective metrics to the ongoing measurement and evaluation of onsite clinics financially and clinically as well as subjective ones to gauge employee perceptions, adoptions rates and satisfaction levels. Dr. Hochstadt has served on client search committees for the recruitment of Medical Directors and physicians to manage and staff worksite employer clinics.

Tami Simon is an Attorney and a Principal in the Washington Resource Group (WRG) of Mercer, the world’s largest human resource consulting firm. The WRG analyzes legislative, regulatory and case law developments relating to all types of employee benefit issues, including retirement, health, welfare and compensation programs.

Tami specializes in issues affecting health and welfare plans. She has over 10 years of experience in providing practical and legal advice on benefit design and on legislative and regulatory compliance with COBRA, HIPAA administrative simplification and portability, ERISA, the Internal Revenue Code, USERRA and state laws that affect the operations of benefit plans. Tami also conducts legal compliance reviews and has extensive experience helping clients implement legally compliant wellness programs. Tami contributes to the WRG’s various information services, including GRIST articles, State Health Source, ComplianceConnection and the Mercer Select web site.

Recording:  $259