Notes from the clinic.
Field reports on onsite care, self-funded benefits, and the math behind getting more from every healthcare dollar — plus answers to the questions we hear most.
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Archer v. Legacy Clinics
If you run benefits at a company with 100 to 1,500 employees and you're researching onsite primary care, you're about to discover something the vendor brochures won't tell you: most of the biggest names in the onsite clinic industry weren't…
Read article →Biometric Screenings: The Most Underrated Line Item in Your Benefits Budget
If you're an HR or benefits leader, you've almost certainly seen biometric screenings on a vendor proposal at some point. Maybe you've offered them. Maybe you've quietly cut them when budgets tightened. Maybe they live in a folder somewhere…
Read article →For Twenty Years, Onsite Clinics Were a Benefit Only Giants Could Afford. That's Finally Over.
The HR director — let's call her Karen — had been trying to solve the same problem for six years.
Read article →Onsite Clinics: What They Actually Are, What They Cost, and When They Make Sense
For most of the last twenty years, onsite health clinics were a benefit reserved for very large employers. If you had ten thousand employees on a single campus, an onsite clinic made obvious sense — the math worked, the vendor list was shor…
Read article →Onsite vs. Near-Site Clinics: Why Location Matters More Than You Think
When employers start evaluating employer-sponsored healthcare, one of the first decisions on the table is also one of the most consequential: should the clinic be inside your building, or near it?
Read article →Self-Funded vs. Fully Insured Health Plans: A Practical Guide for Mid-Sized Employers
If you run benefits at a company between 100 and 1,000 employees, there's a question that quietly shapes almost every other decision you'll make about healthcare: are you fully insured, or are you self-funded?
Read article →The Day Maria Walked Into the Clinic for a Free Coffee
Maria almost didn't go.
Read article →The Diagnosis That Came Too Late: Why Early Intervention Is the Most Important Benefit You're Not Offering
He was 47. A father of three. A shift supervisor who hadn't missed a day of work in eleven years. The kind of employee every company wants — steady, reliable, the guy who showed up early and stayed late when the line was short-handed.
Read article →Quick answers, by topic. 6 topics
ArcherRX (Onsite Pharmacy): Frequently Asked Questions
How onsite pharmacy works, what it costs, and why it's one of the highest-ROI components of an employer healthcare program.
Browse questions →Biometric Screenings: Frequently Asked Questions
Everything employers and employees need to know about biometric screenings, what they measure, and how the data is used.
Browse questions →For Brokers: Frequently Asked Questions
How Archer Health works with benefits brokers and consultants, and what brokers need to know about positioning onsite care for their mid-sized clients.
Browse questions →Frequently Asked Questions
Everything you need to know about onsite healthcare, virtual care, biometric screenings, and partnering with Archer Health.
Browse questions →Onsite Clinics: Frequently Asked Questions
A deep dive into how onsite clinics work, what they cost, and how to evaluate whether one belongs in your benefits program.
Browse questions →Virtual Care: Frequently Asked Questions
How Archer Health's virtual care works, what it can handle, and how it fits with onsite primary care.
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