November 21, 2008
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Executive Physicals
 January 1, 2008

Twenty years ago many law firms routinely provided executive physicals for partners and senior staff managers as a paid for and, sometimes, mandatory benefit. Perhaps due to confidentiality issues or the fact that health insurance plans pay for less of the costs, these annual physicals fell out of favor in recent years. Now, as the first of the baby boomers become increasingly aware of their mortality, firms are reestablishing the executive physical as a benefit. Costing between $2,000 and $5,000 the physicals can be performed in special facilities at top hospitals such as the Cleveland Clinic, Mayo Clinic and Duke Medical Center, but there are more luxurious options including the Greenbrier Resort in West Virginia. Now the top medical institutions are teaming with some of the best spas in the world to create truly deluxe physicals. The California Health & Longevity Institute is located in a Four Seasons hotel near Los Angeles and the Cleveland Clinic has teamed up with the Canyon Ranch Spa in Tucson. For a unique experience, Concierge Medicine offers a Presidential Physical which is a one-day program designed to be identical to the annual physical President Bush receives.