Cobb County Commission Appoves Funding for Employee Health Clinic
Cobb County employees are one step closer to getting their own health clinic for basic primary care services. That’s after a vote this week by the county’s board of commissioners. The board voted unanimously Tuesday to spend more than $400,000 dollars in construction costs for the new clinic.
The money will go to renovate a 4,200 square foot portion of Powder Springs Station in Marietta. The former shopping center was purchased by the county a number of years ago and will now house a health clinic to serve county employees. Tim Lee is chairman of the county’s board of commissioners.
“Clearly it will save costs for the taxpayers of Cobb County since we’re self-insured, but it also is going to enable us to have better service for county employees, so they’ll be able to go in with a specified time and have their issue addressed and be able to get out with as little interruption as possible to the day.”
County officials estimate the clinic will save the county about a million dollars in its first year and will be the first step in reducing healthcare costs annually. Last month, the commission approved spending $1.2 million dollars to pay a primary care provider to manage the clinic. The clinic is expected to open early next year.
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