Archer Health
Onsite primary care for self-funded mid-market employers
Archer Health is onsite and hybrid primary care, built for self-funded employers between 100 and 1,000 employees. Articles published under the Archer byline reflect the team's collective view.
18 pieces on the record.
Best onsite clinic companies for small and mid-sized employers (100–1,000 employees)
A 2026 buyer's guide to the best onsite, near-site, and direct-primary-care options for employers with 100 to 1,000 employees. How the models compare, why most 'onsite' vendors won't quote below 1,000 lives, and how a shared, part-time onsite clinic changes the math — with a side-by-side table of Archer Health, Marathon Health, Premise Health, Proactive MD, Hint, and Paladina.
How much does an onsite clinic cost? A 2026 pricing guide for employers with 100–1,000 employees
A plain-English breakdown of what an employer-sponsored onsite or shared clinic actually costs in 2026 — the three staffing models and their real per-employee price, what's included, how pass-through labs and pharmacy work, and how to calculate net cost after redirected claims. Built for self-funded employers with 100 to 1,000 employees, where a shared, part-time clinic changes the math.
Your 2026 health benefits renewal is up 11%. Here's where the money is leaking — and the one structural lever that still works.
Mid-market self-funded plans are getting renewal letters with 9–13% increases this year. Stop-loss premiums, specialty pharmacy, and high-cost claimants are doing most of the damage. Here's a CFO-grade breakdown of where the 11% comes from, the four levers HR teams are pulling in response, and why onsite primary care is the only one that compounds.
Where a $14M self-funded plan actually leaks money (and what 22% recovery looks like)
A 5-minute walk-through of the line items hiding inside the primary-care segment of a self-funded plan's spend — and what changes when on-site care replaces visit-fee billing.
The on-site clinic RFP template benefits teams should actually be sending
A 10-section RFP designed to surface the questions vendors hope you won't ask — with disqualifiers per section and a scoring rubric for finalists.
Year One with an on-site clinic: the month-by-month HR playbook
What HR, benefits, and finance leadership should expect — and what to do — over the first 12 months of running an on-site primary care clinic for a 100-1,500-employee workforce.
The 5,000-Employee Myth: How Mid-Market Companies Get Onsite Primary Care That Actually Works
For 30 years onsite clinics were a Fortune-500 perk because the math only worked at scale. New shared-clinic models break that floor. Here's how the economics work at 200, 500, and 1,000 employees — and why brokers are finally writing real proposals for sub-1,500 headcount.
GLP-1 coverage for self-funded plans: the math your PBM doesn't want you running
Ozempic, Wegovy, Mounjaro, Zepbound. List prices north of $1,000/month, coverage decisions that hit a self-funded plan's bottom line directly. Here's the actual math — what it costs, who's eligible, what your PBM rebate is hiding, and how onsite primary care changes the equation.
What month one with onsite primary care actually looks like
Most articles about onsite primary care talk about year-one ROI. This one's about week one. Here's what your HR team, your members, and your CFO actually experience in the first 30 days after the clinic goes live.
Your TPA isn't your benefits strategy
If a self-funded mid-market employer's only outside expert is the TPA processing claims, the plan has an administrator — not a strategy. Here's the difference, why most mid-market plans confuse the two, and what to do about it.
Archer v. Legacy Clinics
If you run benefits at a company with 100 to 1,000 employees and you're researching onsite primary care, here's what the vendor brochures won't tell you about the legacy onsite clinic industry — and why it matters.
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. Here's why the ones embedded in an onsite primary care program work — and the standalone ones usually don't.
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. Then his diagnosis came in stage 3. The story of why preventive primary care matters more than any line item in your benefits budget.
The Day Maria Walked Into the Clinic for a Free Coffee
Maria almost didn't go. She'd never had a primary care doctor. She didn't trust the system. She walked in for a free coffee on launch day. The story of what happened next.
Onsite Clinics: What They Actually Are, What They Cost, and When They Make Sense
A plain-language primer on the onsite clinic category — what's actually onsite, what's hybrid, what's near-site, what each costs, and the headcount thresholds where each makes sense.
Onsite vs. Near-Site Clinics: Why Location Matters More Than You Think
When employers evaluate employer-sponsored healthcare, the onsite-vs-near-site decision is often the most consequential. Walking distance changes utilization. Utilization changes everything else.
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, the self-funded vs. fully insured question shapes almost every other decision you'll make. Here's the practical version.
For Twenty Years, Onsite Clinics Were a Benefit Only Giants Could Afford. That's Finally Over.
An HR director with 412 employees. Six years of trying to solve the same problem. Why the mid-market was disqualified — and what changed.