Employee Benefit News November 20, 2023
In 2021, Stephanie Koch realized that the 300-person workforce at Hendry Marine Industries (HMI) was underutilizing the shipyard’s preventive health offerings — and she took it as a cry for help.
“We knew we needed to find convenient care for our employees,” says Koch, the company’s HR directory. “We wanted to make sure they were taking care of themselves, or else we’d have either catastrophic claims or we’d have fatalities.”
In search of new ideas, Koch attended an HR conference in Florida where she was introduced to Walk On Clinic, a hybrid healthcare company that provides companies with on-site medical assistance. Walk On Clinic provides a fully equipped mobile doctor’s office right on the shipyard’s premises, with access to...