Assessing The Feasibility and Value of Opening On-Site Employee Health Clinics

Friday, November 30, 2007 · 1:00 – 2:30 p.m. EST

New Rochelle, NY – Every year employer premium costs are increasing at more than 9% in response proactive employers are partnering with health plan providers to design innovative and convenient on-site clinics to the improve health, wellness and productivity of their workforce.

Assessing The Feasibility and Value of Opening On-Site Employee Health Clinics, November 30, 2007, will take an in-depth look at the benefits and requirements of developing on-site clinics and its impact on productivity, absenteeism, morale and cost.

During this 90-minute webinar, James J. Hummer from Whole Health Management and Collier Case from Sprint will provide an overview of how on-site clinics have improved productivity and reduced absenteeism. In addition, experts will present how these clinics have the potential to reduce health care costs and give workers a convenient way to stay healthy.

Tune into this live 90-minute webinar from the convenience of your office to:

• Learn how to promote healthy behaviors and administer on-site medical care
• Identify the decision-tools around outsourcing or build-in
• Understand how an onsite clinic can have tremendous impact on employee health, wellness and morale
• Measure the ROI of on-site employee health clinic
• Address the issues of legal compliance and identify the consequences of offering medical services to employees

James J. Hummer is the founder and chief executive officer of Whole Health Management, Inc. As the developer of several predecessor organizations, Hummer was instrumental in the evolution of Whole Health Management into an industry leader for direct-to-employer on-site health clinics and fitness facilities. Under his stewardship, operations have assumed an international scope, including more than 26 clients and 76 unique on-site health clinics and more than 600 healthcare professionals.

Hummer earned a Master of Business Administration from Harvard University in 1980. He completed his undergraduate work at the University of Notre Dame, where he was awarded a Bachelor of Business Administration, with a concentration in accounting, in 1976.

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Collier Case is Director of Health and Productivity Benefits for Sprint Nextel, the nation’s third largest wireless telecommunications company. He is responsible for the strategic design, implementation, communication, and vendor contracting for Sprint’s health, wellness and disability programs covering 60,000 active and 3,000 retired employees. Collier serves as Sprint’s HIPAA Privacy Official and is involved in many of its healthcare-related initiatives including Leapfrog, Care Focused Purchasing and the Kansas City Community Initiative on Depression. Prior to joining Sprint, he was Director, Benefits and Compensation for Westar Energy and its national, monitored-security subsidiary, Protection One. He has over 20 years of management and leadership in employee benefits and labor relations. Collier currently serves on the boards of Care Focused Purchasing, the Kansas Foundation for Medical Care, a QIO for CMS, and the Mid-America Coalition on Health Care. Collier holds a Masters of Labor and Human Resources from The Ohio State University and a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from Miami University, Oxford, Ohio.

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