Health Plans
TelaDoc offers you the ability to provide your clients a value-added benefit and reduce healthcare costs through a revolutionary service that allows members to access quality care from their home or office as opposed to more expensive settings like the doctor’s office or emergency room.
About TelaDoc
TelaDoc is the first and largest provider of telehealth medical consults in the United States, serving over 1.6 million members. Members have access to board-certified, licensed physicians 24/7 from wherever they are. Physicians are able to diagnose their medical problems, recommend treatment, and prescribe medication*, when appropriate, over the telephone at a fraction of the cost of a doctor or emergency room visit.
How TelaDoc can benefit your organization
Lowers your overall spending
- Patients visiting the emergency room or urgent care clinic for routine medical care incur enormous expenses.
- TelaDoc medical consults cost about the same as a co-pay and are far less expensive than the cost of a PCP visit, an urgent care facility or an ER visit. By using TelaDoc, patients avoid incurring unnecessary medical costs.
| Redirected Action | Redirection Percentage | Average Cost of Action | TelaDoc Cost | Average Savings |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PCP Visit |
53% | $100 | $38 | $62 |
| Urgent Care | 23% | $150 | $38 | $112 |
| Specialist Visit | 2% | $120 | $38 | $82 |
| ER Visit | 9% | $750 | $38 | $712 |
Provides a value added benefit for your clients
Reduces your client’s healthcare costs
- TelaDoc consult fees cost far less than the cost of a visit to the physician, urgent care facility, and emergency room.
- A break-even analysis for redirection of visits is based on client specific data.
- Quarterly reports are provided on actual redirection utilization and includes productivity savings.
- TelaDoc is able to quantify ROI using claims trends based on patient information.
- We can target high utilizers and redirect them toward more cost-effective services.
- According to the American Medical Association (AMA), 72% of doctor visits (office, emergency room and urgent care clinic) are for non-emergency care for common illnesses. When your doctor isn’t available, TelaDoc is.
- Employees no longer have to miss an entire day of work to go to the doctor for a routine illness.
- This is a valuable benefit for employees as it gives them access to high quality care when they need it and where they need it. Most Americans are waiting days – and nearly a month and half in some places like Boston or Philadelphia—for an appointment (see national survey: www.merritthawkins.com).
- Read more about employee/member benefits.
- It drives employee satisfaction as part of their healthcare benefits package, and serves employees in rural areas and those who travel frequently
Enhances your physician network with access to telephonic visits
- TelaDoc offers telephonic visits for physicians in your network. TelaDoc physicians are available 24/7/365 and can assist patients when your physicians are unavailable or inaccessible.
- TelaDoc can also help you cover physician shortages in rural areas.
- TelaDoc is neither an insurance plan nor an advice line. It is real access to non-emergency medical care and a qualified expense for HSA, FSA and HRA accounts and overlays with current health plans ranging from Consumer Directed Plans to PPOs.
- TelaDoc offers flexibility to act as a backup to your provider network of physicians if you choose. This allows your provider network first access to perform the consults before TelaDoc physicians engage to support as needed.
Grows your membership
You can offer a valuable benefit to your members with the following advantages:
- Cost savings
The cost of a TelaDoc consult for members is far less than the cost of a physician visit, urgent care facility or ER visit; and is a qualified expense for HSA, FSA and HRA accounts. - Convenience
Members can access medical care from wherever they may be — home, office, vacation, in a rural area, etc. 24/7, 365 days a year. - Quick Access
The average TelaDoc response time is 23 minutes. - Quality
TelaDoc has the largest, highly credentialed network of physicians in telehealth. - Read about more member benefits.
Contact us today to discuss how TelaDoc can enhance your healthcare offering. Our easy implementation can have your account up and running in days.
Did you know?
- According to the American Medical Association (AMA), 72% of doctor visits (office, emergency room and urgent care clinic) are for non-emergency care for common illnesses that TelaDoc is able to diagnose and treat.
- TelaDoc enjoys a 97% satisfaction rate among members and a 98% satisfaction with our physicians.
- 37% of our members who use TelaDoc do so more than once a year.
* TelaDoc does not guarantee that a prescription will be written, and operates subject to state regulations.
* TelaDoc does not prescribe Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) controlled substances.