Health Gauge Blog

New guidelines and recommendations during the current health crisis have many health care providers scratching their heads. With so many restrictions and requirements in place, we asked ourselves, how can we best serve the community and help keep everything running safely?

Health Gauge has great news! We recently opened up a drive through testing service at Oak Park Mall in Kansas. Now, you can drive up, in the safety of your vehicle, to receive quick, accurate, and painless (though slightly uncomfortable) testing for Covid-19.

Here you will find the most common Frequently Asked Questions about our testing policies and procedures.

We are now offering drive through testing at our home office on the south side of Des Moines, Living History Farms in West Des Moines, and soon to be in Overland Park, Kansas starting the week of August 31.

During shut down, not enough testing occurred and asymptomatic carriers were still spreading the virus.

Health Gauge is one of a small number of companies in the Midwest to receive authorization to provide these tests to the community at large, or for companies big or small.

There is a wealth of value for employers and their employees to offer biometric screenings. Having employees “know their numbers” gives powerful education and tools to the individual.

The purpose of biometric screenings are to identify common but serious health risks in order to prevent future chronic illness and disability. A biometric screening is an important component of a comprehensive health and wellness program.

Did you know that most health care costs are preventable? It is estimated that 70 to 90 percent of health care expenses are preventable. Many of these preventable costs are because people make unhealthy choices and take unnecessary risks with their health.

Many employers mistakenly believe they already have a wellness program. All too often these are simply “feel good” programs that have been promoted under the guise of wellness. While they might make employers feel better about their efforts to help employees, these programs on their own are simply not effective at addressing the needs of high-risk employees and reducing claims costs.