{"id":13140,"date":"2023-06-30T09:30:00","date_gmt":"2023-06-30T14:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.premisehealth.com\/?p=13140"},"modified":"2023-06-30T09:57:10","modified_gmt":"2023-06-30T14:57:10","slug":"how-direct-healthcare-can-benefit-unions-and-taft-hartley-funds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.premisehealth.com\/resources\/blog\/how-direct-healthcare-can-benefit-unions-and-taft-hartley-funds\/","title":{"rendered":"How Direct Healthcare Can Benefit Unions and Taft-Hartley Funds"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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What are unions and Taft-Hartley funds?<\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n

Creating an equitable working relationship between employees and the organizations that employ them has long been negotiated. Often, those conversations are centered around working hours and conditions, healthcare, wages, retirement benefits, vacation days, investment opportunities, and more.\u202f<\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n

Healthcare specifically can be a daunting task as <\/span>unions and Taft-Hartley funds<\/span><\/b><\/a> are charged with creating a benefits plan that works for diverse, multi-generational populations. Regardless of industry or membership status, union leaders must ensure that their members\u2019 healthcare needs are met \u2013 from active employees to dependents and retirees \u2013 while providing organizational value that makes them stand out from the competition.\u202f<\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n

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What is direct healthcare?<\/span><\/span>\u202f<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Direct healthcare<\/span><\/b><\/a> is<\/span> a term used to describe the business-to-business-to-consumer model of healthcare. Put simply, it serves organizations and their people directly by offering a variety of healthcare services. The goal of direct healthcare is to provide high-value healthcare to organizations of all types through a combination of access points at work, in the community, and virtually.\u202f\u202f<\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n

The direct healthcare model allows unions and Taft-Hartley funds to tighten up the laborious and complicated benefits plan design process by empowering leaders to speak directly to the provider organization about the types of care their people need and how best to reach them.\u202f<\/span><\/p>\n

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At Premise Health, we believe that unions and Taft-Hartley funds can benefit greatly from partnering with a direct healthcare company. Here are our top three reasons why:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Increased access and convenience solve for large, dispersed workforces<\/span><\/span><\/strong>\u202f<\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/h2>\n

Direct healthcare offers greater access to care than traditional community providers. With appointments often available the same- or next-day, not weeks, these companies offer onsite, nearsite, and virtual healthcare solutions that can be tailored to the unique geographic reach of each population.\u202f\u202f<\/span> <\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n