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Aegis Health Group
Hospital-Employer Partnerships Growing as Employers Seek Ways to Improve Health and Manage Dollars in Tough Economic Times
January 30th, 2009
Aegis Health Group announced that in the year just concluded, its health and wellness programs matching hospitals with local employers reached more than 70,000 employees nationwide. The Aegis initiative helps employers cope with rising healthcare costs as America confronts such growing problems as obesity, diabetes, cancer and heart-disease risk. At the same time, hospitals partnering with Aegis reported increased market share as they battle the economic realities of the environment. "Employers are struggling to find an answer to their increasing health costs at the same time that hospitals are being challenged to offset mounting bad debt,...
Source: Health Business Week (2009-01-30)
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