Eagle Alloy’s onsite medical clinic, which opened in January, operates 16 hours a week, with a second, partner site available to employees for 20 hours.
casting facility played a crucial role in developing Western Michigan’s Resource Recovery Corp. in the early 1990s. It found a way to reduce natural gas consumption by using methane from a nearby landfill for heat treating furnaces a decade later. Tis year, Eagle Alloy, as one of four companies in the Eagle Group, partnered with two local businesses to open onsite medical clinics that would improve employee health and control health care costs. John Workman and Mark Faza-
kerley, co-owners of Eagle Group and natives to Muskegon, couple this dedication to internal problem solving with a commitment to the surround- ing community through cooperation with local and state government, edu- cational events and charitable causes. Tis continued dedication to cor-
porate responsibility, often leading to innovative solutions, is why Modern Casting has selected Eagle Alloy Inc. as its 2015 Metalcaster of the Year.
A Clinical Approach to Well Being For the past decade, Eagle Alloy
has developed an employee wellness program that includes health risk assessments, consultations with health
coaches and regular biometric testing. Te voluntary program also includes financial incentives for participation and improvement. Even still, the com- pany only saw about 50% participation among its 450-person workforce. Eagle Alloy recently began explor- ing the idea of opening an onsite medical clinic to improve employee access while reducing overall health insurance costs. Trough its insurance agent—Eagle Alloy is self-insured but requires one for its third-party administration and reinsurance—the company was put in contact with a Muskegon-based clinic management services provider. Tat provider would cover clinical supplies, paperwork and staffing, including two physician’s assistants, a nurse practitioner and medical director. With an upfront investment of
$80,000, Eagle Alloy built a modu- lar clinic onsite, allowing free visits for employees and covered family members. Eagle Alloy’s facility offi- cially opened Jan. 19 as the second Muskegon Manufacturers Health and Wellness Clinic after Port City and Fleet Engineering’s opened a month earlier.
“With the clinic, we wanted to ease health care for our employees and covered family members. We want it to be convenient,” Workman said. “We want to minimize emergency room visits, urgent care visits and more serious health issues. It doesn’t cost our employees a thing to go to the clinic, and we’re paying a fixed cost allowing us to encourage utilization.” Rather than replacing an employ-
ee’s primary doctor, the clinic aims to increase preventative care while reducing cases that require acute or emergency assistance. Eagle Alloy’s site operates 16 hours a week, with partners Fleet Engineering and Port City Group operating a second clinic for another 20 hours. In addition to colds and ongoing health concerns, the clinic also handles workplace injuries, which increases response times while decreasing employee’s missed time. Employee participation contin-
ues to grow from month to month, increasing to 57 visits to the clinic in April from 49 the prior month. “It’s exciting to see the growth,” said Lisa Price, human resources manager. “Te word is beginning to spread, where people have had positive
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