For many employers, the issue of quality and comprehensive health care is more than just an employee benefit … it’s also providing for the needs of the employee’s family. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc. is leading this effort, with the help of Concentra, by opening a worksite health and wellness center at its corporate offices in Oklahoma City.

Beginning in January 2010, Concentra will begin delivering acute, urgent, and preventive medical services to Hobby Lobby employees and their dependents through our TotalCare™ suite of services. Hobby Lobby selected Concentra for our innovative health services offerings, our proven ability to bring quality medical services to employer worksites, and our four community-based medical facilities currently located throughout the Oklahoma City area. The goals of this worksite program are to improve access to quality health and wellness services while promoting preventive and well-patient programs throughout the Hobby Lobby organization.

“We are excited to offer our employees a convenient and established option for routine and ongoing medical care through Concentra’s worksite health care facility,” said Suzy Meledeo, Director of Benefits for Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc. “By establishing an on-site health care facility that is centralized and geared toward providing basic medical services, we hope to provide our employees with easy access to family medicine, and do what is right for their families and their overall well-being.”

The worksite facility will be open weekdays from 7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. and will be staffed by a physician and a medical assistant or licensed vocational nurse. More than 3,000 Hobby Lobby employees and dependents will have access to a full-service health and wellness offering with the ease and convenience of services managed by Concentra. Concentra TotalCare™ combines best-practice medical strategies to help prevent disease and promote healthy lifestyles, and focuses on health education and employee engagement throughout our health improvement programs.

“Concentra has a strong track record of providing worksite health care solutions to some of the largest employers in the country,” said Mike McCollum, President of Concentra Health Solutions. “We are pleased to provide skillful, experienced health care services to employees directly, where and when they need them. By improving the health and well-being of Hobby Lobby employees, we help to protect the lives and livelihood of America’s future.”

Concentra TotalCare™ presents a new option in employee health care by targeting the behaviors and issues that lead to poor health and chronic illnesses. Because the program is customizable, employers can develop an offering that meets the unique needs of their workforce. For more information about Concentra TotalCare and to learn how this comprehensive new program can enhance an existing health benefits program, visit www.ConcentraTotalCare.com.