Bill, an employee at Walmart, had been suffering from mild neck pain and a tremor in his hands. A local surgeon recommended spine surgery as the next course of action.
In the end, Bill's story, which both Geisinger and Walmart shared this week with permission, was a win for everyone. Walmart's Lisa Woods, who wrote the piece with Jonathan Slotkin, a director of spine surgery at Geisinger, and Ruth Coleman, a health executive and nurse, described how they've succeeded by focusing on more than just lowering costs. They also looked for ways to improve overall health outcomes for their workers, so they could return to work, including by offering travel programs for workers to see doctors at top hospitals who were not incentivized to push for an unnecessary surgery.
It started with a relationship with Mayo Clinic, but Walmart has been forming these arrangements with other health centers including Geisinger. Spine surgeries were an early focus, as they are expensive and often unnecessary. Walmart employees also get their travel paid for to get second opinions on cancer diagnoses and heart surgeries.
Not new. And not desperate. Smart. Send patients to facilities with right expertise.
Partially true article. This is not a company wide standard. I personally know of 2 individuals who were terminated recently due to health issues. One with heart issues and the other with diabetes. The later just passed less than a month after termination.
The country urgently needs universal healthcare and we need to stop the transfer of billions of dollars from our healthcare system and American families to the rich white men running the healthcare insurance scams.
But removing greeters with certain types of disabilities. But, management gets flying service to a hospital for what a paper cut or blister from the cell phone use?
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