June 2026 NAWHC NOW Newsletter

June 2026

NAWHC NOW! provides information on organizational and market developments, as well as surveys, programs and resources offered by the National Association for Workplace Health Care (formerly the Nat. Assn. of Worksite Health Centers), as well as from other sources related to onsite, nearsite, and virtual worksite clinics and direct contracting. Learn more at www.nawhc.org.

• How To Effectively Engage And Incentivize Employees To Increase Center Utilization – June 1, 2026 – Webinar
• Occupational Health Services at the Worksite Center – June 11, 2026 – Webinar
• 2026 Onsite Health Clinic Summit – June 25-26, 2026, Swissotel, Chicago, Illinois

As a benefit of NAWHC Membership, all programs, other than the Annual Forum, are FREE for NAWHC members. Most programs are recorded or have materials for later viewing.

WORKSITE CENTER OPENINGS

Franklin Fixtures Opens Wellness Room Offering Onsite Clinic

Franklin Fixtures, Cookeville, TN, which produces retail displays, announced the opening of a Wellness Room, offering onsite clinic and counseling services for employees.

RESOURCES

Onsite and Nearsite Clinics Reshaping Access to Primary Care

The May/June issue of the International Foundation’s Benefits Magazine recently published a new report on the value and impact of onsite and near-site clinics. While the focus is on the value of clinics for multiemployer plans, the content is valuable for anyone interested in worksite centers.  Key information includes the following:

• On-site and near-site health clinics are increasingly used by single employer, multiemployer and public sector health plans to improve access to primary care for plan participants.
• Compared with traditional primary care delivery, many of these clinics offer longer visits, faster access and more coordinated services, which can improve patient experience and health outcomes.
• Multiemployer plans may choose from a few different clinic models—plan sponsor–owned and –operated, vendor-operated and shared clinics.
• Clinics tend to generate the greatest value when they reduce emergency room use, hospital admissions and fragmented care. A monetary return on investment may take a few years to emerge.  Read the report here.

Governance and Responsible Use of AI in Health Care

NAWHC has recently developed a strategic partnership with the Coalition for Healthcare AI (CHAI). CHAI resources applicable to worksite centers will be shared with the NAWHC membership as they are developed. Here are titles of their recent publications:

• Responsible Use of AI in Healthcare (RUAIH):  Describes how to safely and effectively implement artificial intelligence (AI) at scale.
• AI Governance Workshop Readout Report provides a condensed summary of the CHAI activities, surveys and feedback. This report defines CHAI’s 8 governance domains/subdomains and associated baseline operational controls.
• The Responsible AI Guide (RAIG) and associated Executive Summary serve as a playbook for the development and deployment of AI in healthcare, providing actionable guidance on ethics and quality assurance.
• General Health Advice Chatbot: Best Practice Guide and Testing & Evaluation Framework
• Prior Authorization AI-Supported Criteria Matching: Best Practice Guide and Testing & Evaluation Framework
• Clinical Decision Support: Best Practice Guide and Testing & Evaluation Framework
• EHR Information Retrieval: Best Practice Guide and Testing & Evaluation Framework
• Note Summarization – Patient Discharge Summary: Testing & Evaluation Framework
• Sepsis Risk Prediction: Testing & Evaluation Framework
• Risk Categorization Tool (v2): The Risk Categorization Tool is for health systems (any size) and teams responsible for pre-deployment risk review.
• The Applied Model Card describes an AI solution focused on the application in a health use case. It includes instructions, example, resources, references; a fillable template of the model card for stress-testing; and a separate copy of the example provided in the full documentation for reference.
• The CHAI Registry connects the health AI ecosystem to a free, public-facing infrastructure to enabled streamlined sharing of AI solution documentation: https://registry.chai.org/
• Patient Survey Report on Health AI & Transparency

Five Signs of a Good Physician-Employer Agreement

The AAFP’s policy on family physician employment identifies five key qualities to focus on when evaluating whether an organization would be an optimal employer. The five qualities are described in detail in their position paper, and include the following:

• Total compensation reflects the value of family medicine offering a base salary, plus incentives for achieving quality, value and metrics, without basing any part of that salary on productivity.
• Primary care is represented and has strong relationships with internal governance, including the compensation committee, general counsel, financial officers, and C-suite
• Physicians have clinical and operational authority
• The contracting process emphasizes transparency, equity and flexibility
• Care delivery support minimizes administrative burdens

NAWHC Resources

NAWHC members have access to the NAWHC website Resource Hub includes reports, benchmarking surveys, research studies, toolkits, sample documents and other resources.