Tag: telehealth
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How Direct Primary Care Reduces Expensive ER and Urgent Care Visits
An ER visit for a non-emergent issue like a deep cut, sprain, or sudden fever can easily cost several thousand dollars. Yet, millions of workers head straight to the emergency department simply because their traditional doctor’s office couldn’t see them for two weeks, or because an issue flared up after 5:00 PM. Member Medical operates…
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The Hidden Cost of “Sick Days”
For most business owners, the cost of employee illness goes far beyond paid time off. When an employee spends half a day in a crowded waiting room or waits three weeks just to see a doctor for a minor ailment, work halts. Absenteeism and “presenteeism”—where workers show up sick and unproductive—cost American businesses hundreds of…