Benefits Think Tip of the Day: Remember there’s strength in numbers

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Think your company would benefit from an onsite clinic but can’t afford the investment? Trying getting by with a little help from your friends, so to speak.

In a “Five Minutes With …” podcast this month, Associate Editor Lydell Bridgeford interviews Dr. Bruce Hochstadt, who leads Mercer’s worksite clinic consulting group. Hochstadt lets listeners in on new trends in onsite and near-site health clinics, including the growing number of employers banding together to share one clinic to serve all employee populations. Read the accompanying article, “All together, one: Economic woes unite worksite health clinics,” in EBN April 1.


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