Most medical situations that send an employee running to an emergency room on a Sunday afternoon do not actually require an emergency room. They require a doctor right now—but their local primary office is closed.
Virtual primary care is the immediate relief valve for your health plan. It is the appointment that exists when physical clinics are shuttered, and it is already sitting inside your plan at a fraction of the cost of the ER.
Test the Ruth Triage Workflow TodayThe Most Expensive Routine MistakeSending a patient to an emergency room for a minor, non-emergent clinical condition is the single most costly administrative error in employer healthcare.
The Availability MirageWhen an employee faces an identical $200 copay for both urgent care and the ER, they choose purely based on whoever answers the door first. Availability dictates your plan’s losses.
Beating the ClockA highly responsive virtual care visit at 9:00 PM on a Sunday night fundamentally beats a traditional physical clinic that doesn’t open its doors until Monday morning.
Ruth cross-checks symptoms carefully rather than guessing at the problem.
Ruth reviews your exact plan documents first, driving maximum utilization to your existing vendors.
If a member reports chest pain or signs of stroke, Ruth tells them to go to the emergency room immediately. No prices, no options, no delay.
A frantic trip to the hospital ER, four hours in a waiting room, a four-figure corporate claim, and a standard antibiotic prescription.
A secure virtual consult in 20 minutes, the exact same antibiotic routed to a home delivery queue, and the member rests safely in bed.