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Board hears results and early savings from employee health center pilot
Summary
Consultants from Bolton and Marathon Health reported to the Queen Anne's County Board of Education on a district employee health center operated through the SMEC consortium, presenting utilization, clinical outcomes and preliminary cost-avoidance estimates and answering board questions.
The Queen Anne's County Board of Education on May 7 heard a presentation on an employee health center created through the SMEC consortium and operated by Marathon Health, including utilization rates, clinical improvements and early cost-avoidance estimates.
Board members were introduced to Stewart Sutley and Mark Lynn, consultants who described the consortium's purchasing structure and the health center's performance. Lynn said the SMEC purchasing group covers multiple Eastern Shore school systems and gives the districts more bargaining power and lower administrative fees than a single district could obtain on its own.
The presenters described the health center as part-clinical service and part-employer benefit. They said the district's utilization rate for the center is about 31…
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