Corporate Wellness · Employers & Brokers
Most wellness programs have a hole where the real medical costs live: weight, metabolic health, and the days people don't feel well enough to be at their best. Soothe IV Med Spa fills it with a physician medical director, hospital-trained nurses, and health coaches who stay with your employees, so your plan spends less and your people have one more reason to stay.
For the person who has to make the numbers work and look after the people behind them: HR, benefits and total-rewards leaders, self-insured plans in the 47 states and Washington, D.C. we serve, and the brokers who advise them.
AI-generated illustration. Our nurses set up in your conference room, a lounge, or a climate-controlled trailer or tent at a worksite.
MD
physician medical director
ER / ICU
hospital-trained RNs
RN coaches
for every program member
$0
HR budget for an on-site pilot
~2 weeks
from first call to launch
Why now
Health spend keeps climbing, and weight-loss medication is the fastest-moving line in it. Meanwhile employees are asking for help, and a wellness program built on step challenges and webinars doesn't reach the costs that actually hurt. Most plans feel stuck between covering the drug and absorbing the bill, or excluding it and sending people to whatever website will sell to them. There is a third way, and it's what we built.
8.2%
projected cost rise per employee, 2027
The largest increase since 2003, and rising GLP-1 use is a full percentage point of it. Marsh (formerly Mercer), the global benefits consultancy, National Survey of Employer-Sponsored Health Plans, preliminary 2026 results.
$12–15k
a year for one member on a brand GLP-1
At a list price of roughly $1,000 to $1,350 a month, before any clinical support. Manufacturer list pricing.
~50%
stop within twelve months
About half of members discontinue in the first year and regain the weight, so the spend buys a result that doesn't last. Peer-reviewed persistence studies in JAMA Network Open and pharmacy-benefit claims data.
57% → 53%
employers covering weight-loss GLP-1s
Coverage fell for the first time in three years, and 30% of the employers still covering it are considering dropping it. WTW, 2026 Best Practices in Healthcare Survey of 471 U.S. employers with 100 or more employees.
34%
require a companion program
A third of large employers that cover these medications now require a supervised program before they pay for the drug. KFF, the nonprofit health-policy research organization, Employer Health Benefits Survey.
$1,861
more in medical cost, per year
What an adult with obesity costs a plan in extra medical care each year, and about $3,100 with severe obesity. Harvard-led analysis of national expenditure data, PLOS ONE.
Free employer brief
Two pages, fourteen linked sources: where the money slips away, what keeps people on track, three questions worth asking before you fund any program, and what a six-month pilot looks like.
Two ways to fill the gap
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Southern California
Our nurses set up at your office. Employees book their own 45-minute slot, complete a short screening under physician-supervised protocols, get their IV, and are back at their desks. They pay a corporate rate, most often with a pre-tax HSA or FSA card. HR approves a date and a room. Nothing else.
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47 States + D.C. · Telehealth
A physician medical director, bloodwork, a telehealth exam, and, when it's clinically appropriate, medication shipped to the employee's door. Then the part most plans skip: a registered nurse who stays with each person as a medical coach for long-term weight loss and health, not just a prescription.
What to expect
1 · 30-minute introductory call
John starts by listening: your workforce, your locations and how your plan is funded. Then he tells you plainly which program fits and which doesn't.
2 · Pick the funding
Employee-pay, a capped employer contribution, or employer-paid. One page, no plan amendment for the employee-pay versions.
3 · We launch it
Certificates of insurance, the employee announcement, the booking page and the screening flow all come from us. HR forwards one email.
4 · You get the report
Participation and engagement, in aggregate, the same week. Never an individual's health information.
Funding
Every format has a number you set in advance, so the savings are real and the surprise is gone. Employees who want more than the company covers pay the difference themselves, and everyone gets the same physician and the same nurse.
HR budget: $0
You host the on-site day or announce the program; employees pay a corporate rate directly, often with pre-tax HSA/FSA dollars. This is how most employers start with us.
HR budget: a number you choose
The company contributes a fixed monthly amount toward the weight-loss program, typically through an HRA so it's tax-advantaged medical spend. The contribution is the cap. Your broker or TPA will recognize the structure.
HR budget: fixed per enrollee
The company covers the program for eligible employees at one fixed monthly rate, still a fraction of a brand medication at list, with the clinical support that makes the spend stick.
We quote by tier on the introductory call, because the right tier depends on your plan and your people. Bloodwork is billed separately at lab cost. Not every employee will qualify medically; eligibility is a clinical decision made by our physician.
Clinical integrity & your protection
Your people get a physician and a nurse. You get a report and a capped number. That's the whole arrangement.
Who it's for
Who you'll be talking to
Founder, Soothe IV
Reads every inquiry himself and makes the first call. Former NASA engineer; runs the practice from Newport Beach.
Medical Director
Licensed in 12 states. Supervises the clinical team that reviews every intake and lab, and signs every clearance and prescription in the program.
FAQ
Two things, and you can start with either. First, on-site IV wellness days in Southern California: our registered nurses set up at your office, employees book their own 45-minute slot and pay a corporate rate, and HR's budget line is $0. Second, a physician-supervised weight-loss program delivered by telehealth in 47 states + D.C., with a team of registered nurses who work as medical coaches, at a fixed monthly price with the employer's contribution capped at a number you choose. Both are delivered by Soothe IV's physician-owned medical practice.
In the employee-pay format, nothing. Employees book their own slot and pay a corporate rate, most often with a pre-tax HSA or FSA card; HR approves a date and a room. Employers who want to sponsor the day can cover all or part of the corporate rate instead. We size the day to your headcount on a 30-minute introductory call.
One fixed monthly price per enrolled employee that includes physician supervision and, when clinically appropriate, the medication, at roughly a third of what a brand GLP-1 costs at list. The employer sets a monthly contribution and that is the cap on its exposure; employees who choose more pay the difference themselves. Bloodwork is billed separately at lab cost. We quote by tier on the introductory call.
Because coverage without clinical support is where the money leaks. A member on a brand GLP-1 at list price costs a self-insured plan roughly $12,000 to $15,000 a year, and about half of members stop within twelve months and regain the weight. About a third of large employers that cover these medications now require a supervised companion program before they pay for the drug (KFF). Our program is that companion: a physician medical director, a nurse who stays with each employee, and a capped monthly price.
The weight-loss program is available by telehealth in 47 states and Washington, D.C. (every state except Alabama, Alaska and Mississippi), and every prescription is written by a clinician licensed where the employee lives. On-site IV wellness days are offered in Southern California: Orange County, Los Angeles, San Diego and the Inland Empire. For Southern California construction, data-center and industrial sites, see our on-site worksite hydration program.
Yes. We run a six-month weight-loss benefit pilot. In Southern California it is a cohort of ten employers with roughly 50 to 2,500 employees; everywhere else it runs by telehealth with a small group of employers. The employer sets its contribution (the employee-pay version needs no plan amendment and no PBM change), our licensed medical team evaluates each employee, a registered nurse and health coach stay with every participant for all six months, and the employer receives aggregate results at 90 and 180 days, never an individual's health information. Southern California employers can also start with a one-day on-site pilot: IV therapy sessions employees book at a corporate rate, plus a Q&A on the GLP-1 program, at no cost to HR.
No. Every participant is a patient of Soothe IV's medical practice. Screening, consent and treatment records are HIPAA-protected and stay with us. The employer receives aggregate participation reporting only, never an individual's health information. Participation is voluntary, private and revocable at any time.
Clinical responsibility sits with Soothe IV's physician-owned medical practice as the provider of record, under its own licenses and medical professional liability insurance. Every participant is screened against physician-defined criteria and signs an informed consent with the practice before any IV is placed, nurses follow OSHA bloodborne-pathogen standards, and certificates of insurance are furnished to meet your vendor requirements before the first day.
Most employers go from the first call to a launched program in about two weeks. HR picks a date and a room for an on-site day, or a contribution amount for the weight-loss program, and forwards the announcement we write. We handle scheduling, screening, consent, supplies, treatment, clean-up and reporting.
Yes. Brokers and wellbeing consultants bring us to their employer clients as the clinical companion to a GLP-1 coverage decision or as a zero-budget on-site wellness day for an open-enrollment fair. We do not pay per-enrollee fees or commissions tied to medical services; we make your client look good and you keep the relationship.
Request a pilot
Tell us a little about your company. You'll get our two-page employer brief, Helping Your People Lose Weight for Good, Without Losing Control of Your Plan, by email right away, and John will call you personally. Prefer to skip the phone tag? Book 30 minutes directly.
Got it
Your copy of the employer brief is on its way from john@sootheiv.com, or download it now. If you'd rather lock a time for the call:
Book 30 minutes with JohnVoluntary participation. Participation in Soothe IV on-site wellness days and programs is voluntary, private and revocable at any time, and is designed to operate within ADA and EEOC wellness-program guidance. Privacy. Participants are patients of Soothe IV's medical practice; health information is HIPAA-protected and host employers receive aggregate participation reporting only. Medical. IV wellness services support hydration, energy and recovery; they are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease. Weight-loss therapy is prescribed only after an independent telehealth evaluation and physician clearance; eligibility is a clinical decision, not every applicant qualifies, and some medications are compounded and are not FDA-approved. Employer-sponsored programs are subject to a services agreement.