Pacific Coast Planning - Employee Benefit Services

If you’ve ever heard me ramble on at an open enrollment workshop, you’ll know this is a topic where I tend to go deep...especially since many employees are covered by high deductible medical plans.

Studies show that up to 66% of emergency room (ER) visits could have been safely treated in another health care setting. If your employees are aware of their health care options, they can save money, time and frustration.

1 in 5 Americans goes to the ER at least once a year...that’s more than 131 million visits a year. Now stay with me here...if 66% of those visits were treated in a more appropriate care setting such as an urgent care, doctor’s office, telemedicine or retail clinic, the savings to our health system would add up to billions.

Think about it...If 20% of your employees go to the ER at least once a year and 66% of those visits could have been handled in a less expensive health care setting, that adds up to a lot of scratch!

Average Cost Per Visit

🔹 Emergency Room = $1,600+
🔹 Urgent Care = $205
🔹 Doctor’s Office = $140
🔹 Retail Clinic = $95
🔹 Telehealth Visit = $50

Stop Wasting Time

If you're using a legacy payroll provider such as ADP, Paychex, or Paycom - you are probably spending too much time processing payroll. Errors are also a frequent problem as legacy systems require alot of manual data input across multiple systems.

We've built excellent partnerships with a couple of highly ranked modern payroll companies. Now is the time to review your payroll and learn how you can integrate payroll with benefits and HRIS. It's easier than you think!