Smaller Employers Weigh a Big-Company Fix for Scarce Primary Care: Their Own Clinics

California Healthline October 27, 2023
Phil Galewitz

With his company’s health costs soaring and his workers struggling with high blood pressure and other medical conditions, Winston Griffin, CEO of Laurel Grocery Co., knew his company had to do something.

So the London, Kentucky, wholesaler opened a health clinic.

“Our margins are tiny, so every expense is important,” Griffin said. The clinic, he said, has helped lower the company’s health costs and reduce employee sick leave.

Large employers have run clinics for decades. At Laurel Grocery’s in-house clinic, workers can get checkups, blood tests, and other primary care needs fulfilled free, without leaving the workplace. But Griffin’s move is notable because of his company’s size: only about 250 employees.

Nationwide, a modest number of small- and medium-size employers...

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