Willis HRH Teams up with Concentra to Reduce Clients’ Healthcare Costs
National Healthcare Company to Offer Clients Worksite Clinics
New York, NY, September 15, 2009 – The Employee Benefits Practice of
Willis HRH, the North American retail arm of Willis Group Holdings (NYSE: WSH),
the global insurance broker, today announced it has formed a strategic alliance with
Concentra, a U.S.-based national healthcare company, to offer flexible, customized solutions to improve
employee health management initiatives and lower healthcare costs for Willis client companies.
By teaming up with Concentra, Willis HRH has enhanced its wellness value
proposition to clients with a fresh approach to combating growing healthcare costs. Willis HRH
will be able to offer a number of additional services designed to help clients
strengthen their employee health management programs by addressing employee health conditions outside traditional
channels.
Under the alliance, Willis HRH employee benefits clients will have the opportunity
to take advantage of Concentra’s innovative worksite clinic solutions, which bring efficient and
convenient healthcare services to more employees. These clinics offer extensive health
and wellness services, including employee health screenings, direct health coaching, and employee engagement
and education strategies. Addressing health issues at the workplace keeps routine services out
of the higher-cost medical delivery system, saving money and limiting the impact of
lost productivity due to time away from work. Additionally, Willis HRH clients can benefit
from Concentra’s leadership position in occupational health and urgent care.
Commenting on the alliance, Jim Blaney, Willis HRH Employee Benefits Chief Growth
Officer, said, “Willis HRH is dedicated to providing innovative solutions to help our
clients in their quest to address rising healthcare costs. Additionally, we are focused
on identifying tools that assist our clients with the broad challenges associated with
workforce productivity. Working with Concentra, we are able to offer more resources, such
as on-site clinics, to address preventive, routine and even acute healthcare issues, as well
as complete employee engagement approaches to health, wellness and productivity. We are excited to
work with an organization that brings a comprehensive approach to the table.”
Jim Greenwood, CEO of Concentra, said, “Working with companies across the country,
Concentra has helped leading employers make a significant difference in the health of
their workforces. Through this alliance with Willis HRH, we welcome the opportunity to offer
our wide-ranging health programs to more employers. Our solutions make it easier for companies
to take an active role in the health of their employees, curbing the effects
of unhealthy behaviors, and furthering the growth of business operations in the U.S.”
The Willis HRH alliance with Concentra represents a new option in traditional
employee healthcare benefits that improves access and affordability of medical care and preventive
health services. At the same time, these programs target the behaviors and issues that
lead to poor health and chronic conditions, which are the primary contributors to rising
healthcare costs for employees and employers. Because these programs are customizable, Willis HRH can
work with its clients to develop an offering that meets the unique needs of
each client’s workforce.
About Willis
Willis Group Holdings Limited is a leading global insurance broker, developing and
delivering professional insurance, reinsurance, risk management, financial and human resource consulting and actuarial
services to corporations, public entities and institutions around the world. Willis has more
than 400 offices in nearly 120 countries, with a global team of approximately 20,000
Associates serving clients in some 190 countries. Additional information on Willis may be found
at www.willis.com.
About Concentra®
Concentra is a leading healthcare company focused on improving America’s health, one
patient at a time. Through its affiliated clinicians, the company provides occupational medicine,
urgent care, physical therapy, and wellness services from more than 300 medical centers in
40 states. In addition to these medical center locations, Concentra serves employers by providing
a broad range of health advisory services and operating more than 250 worksite medical
facilities. Through this complement of services, Concentra intends to raise the standard of
health by putting individuals first, treating them with clinical excellence, and focusing on their
ongoing wellness.
www.Concentra.com
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