Workplace clinic group is taking temperature of S.F. - San Francisco Business Times:

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Specific targets include large software specialtymanufacturing firms, biotechnology selected financial institutions and other s that emphasize the retention of well-trainec employees to stay competitive, said Sara Crate, WHM's Ore.-based senior vice president of business "We've identified at leasgt 100 different locations" that would be logical clinic she said, including multiple sites at large "We look at campusews with a large concentration of employees." But the tight-lipperd company, which grew at a 26.3 percent clip last won't name its sole Bay Area client to date or say how many employeesx it has locally, Crate said.
Its new Noe Valley officw is home toWhole Health's West Coast strategixc partnerships department, according to WHM, which works with majort employers such as publishing, , , , and . "Whol e Health's strategic growth plan has allowed the company to expand at a rapide pace acrossthe country," said Jim its founder and CEO, calling San Franciscok a top growth "We're looking forward to partnerintg with the San Franciscio community to introduce our health-care model to employer throughout the western United States.
" Whole Health Management operates health and wellnessx centers for 27 of the nation's largest employers at 69 sites, providin g health-care services to more than 300,000 spouses and dependents. It opened 11 clinics in 2007. Many large companies are workingwith on-site clinic specialistsd in the hope that making on-site and nearby clinics available will encouragre employees to get preventive care. That, in could result in more less lost time and lowedroverall health-care costs. Muir foundation chairf retires, after raising $1.5M Richar Tirrell, M.D., last week announcedf his retirement after four years as chairt ofthe 's Medical Stafdf Campaign, which has raised $1.
5 million from 500 staffv physicians for John Muir Health's new building expansiohn project in Walnut Creek. The Foundation expects to name a new chai r of the Walnut Creek Medical Staffg Campaignnext month. The two-campus hospital system is raisin g money fora $621 million expansion and seismi rebuild of its Walnut Creek and for $170 million in additional work at John Muir'ss Concord campus, formerly known as Mt. Diablo Medicakl Center. Tirrell served on the John Muir Healtuh Foundation board from 1996 to 2001 and agreed in 2003 to chairr the Walnut Creek MedicalStaff Campaign, after he retired from his medical practicer as anesthesiologist.
San Francisco's Gordon & Rees LLP this montbh joined the West Coast Health Care Consortiukm forLaw Firms, coordinated by the benefite consulting firm and insurance brokerage. Executive Director Mark Stephenes said thelaw firm's expansion to nine offices outside of Californi helped fuel the decision. Other local law firms in the insurance-purchasin consortium include , and . Cigna Healthcare provides medical and dental servicesd toparticipating members. Some buy conventional coverage and some useshared funding, a hybridx of self-insured and insured coverage, said Roger Arlen, president and founder of San Francisco-base ArlenGroup, which also has an office in Walnur Creek.
Benefits include "material financiakl savings ... more manageable and predictablr increases," and expanded services, he said, in part due to use of multi-yeaer commitments. Dallas-based has agreed to a multi-year agreemenft with , Tenet's second-largesgt managed-care payer nationally. The agreement will run four said Blue Cross of California spokesmanNick Garcia. It takes effect Feb. 1 and covers 16 acute-carew hospitals in California, including and in the Bay Area. Financiap terms were not disclosed.