Healthcare HR Solution
HR Support, Employee Handbooks, & Software Built for Healthcare Practices
CEDR helps independent healthcare practices solve people problems, protect what they have built, and manage their teams with more confidence.
Start with a professionally customized employee handbook. Add backstageHR® software to organize everyday HR work. Choose Premier Advisor when you want direct unlimited access to experienced CEDR HR experts for employee questions, management decisions, and higher-risk situations.
Payroll is available as an optional add-on when you want timekeeping and payroll connected.
One Connected Path
Start with the foundation. Add only what creates value.
CEDR Employee Handbook
Opening Act backstageHR®
Premier AdvIsor Expert HR Support
Timekeeping & PTO Tracking
CEDR White-Glove Payroll™
Ongoing Handbook Updates
The Most Common Starting Point
Most Practices Find CEDR Because They Need an Employee Handbook
That is a smart place to start. Your handbook should reflect how your practice works, set clear expectations, support consistent management, and give you a stronger foundation when employee issues come up.
You can purchase the handbook by itself or pair it with Opening Act or Premier Advisor. Bundling saves $600, and both memberships include ongoing handbook updates.
Choose Your Starting point
Choose the HR Support Path That Fits Your Practice
You do not have to buy every CEDR product. Start with the problem you need to solve now and build from there.
I need an Employee Handbook
Most Common
Clear policies built around your healthcare practice, your state and local requirements, and the way your team actually works.
- Handbook-only purchase available
- $600 savings when bundled
- Ongoing updates with either membership
I need HR software for my practice
HR Software
Opening Act gives you backstageHR® software for timekeeping, PTO, employee records, documents, signatures, HIPAA training, and compliance organization.
- May be purchased without a handbook
- Payroll available as an add-on
- Does not include direct unlimited HR advisor access
I want unlimited access to HR experts
Expert HR Support
Premier Advisor combines your CEDR Handbook, backstageHR® software, and direct support from experienced CEDR HR advisors.
- CEDR Employee Handbook required
- Ongoing handbook updates included
- Payroll available as an add-on
How the Pieces Work Together
One Connected HR System
CEDR brings the policies, software, records, education, payroll options, and human guidance together so each part supports the others.
- Employee Handbook
- The policy foundation for expectations, management, documentation, and HR guidance.
- backstageHR®
- The software system for timekeeping, PTO, employee records, signatures, documents, training, and compliance organization.
- CEDR HR Experts
- Direct support for employee questions, policy application, documentation, leave, discipline, and higher-risk decisions through Premier Advisor.
- CEDR white-Glove Payroll™
- An optional add-on when you want payroll connected to the CEDR timekeeping system.
The Two Memberships
Opening Act or Premier Advisor?
Both memberships include backstageHR®. The defining question is whether you want the software only or software plus direct unlimited access to CEDR’s HR experts.
Software Membership
Opening Act
$120/mo
Starting price includes up to 5 employees.
Choose Opening Act when you want the software.
- backstageHR® software
- Timekeeping, PTO, documents, records, and training
- Handbook optional
- Payroll optional
- No direct access to CEDR HR experts
Expert Support Membership
Premier Advisor
$230/mo
Starting price includes up to 5 employees.
Choose Premier Advisor when you want CEDR on your side.
- Everything included in Opening Act
- Unlimited access to CEDR HR experts
- Help applying policies to real employee situations
- CEDR Employee Handbook required
- Payroll optional
Healthcare HR Experience
Build for Independent Healthcare Practices
Since 2006, CEDR has helped independent healthcare practices create stronger policies, manage employee issues, and build better HR systems. That experience is built into every handbook, software tool, compliance resource, and expert recommendation we provide.
Since 2006
Focused on practical HR for healthcare employers
3k+
Practices served across the United States
50 States
With healthcare employers served by us
97%+
Positive member satisfaction
When you have the right HR support, you operate from a position of strength.
You can lead with more confidence, manage your team more effectively, and better protect what you have built.
Not Ready to Buy?
Free HR Education for Healthcare Practice Leaders
Join CEDR’s HR Basecamp™ for practical HR guidance, timely updates, new resources, and an invitation to CEDR’s healthcare leadership community.
- Practical HR education written for healthcare practice owners and managers
- Timely law and compliance updates
- Forms, guides, podcasts, webinars, and community access
9,600
HR Basecamp Facebook members
12,706
Free HR education email subscribers
Homepage FAQ
Common questions about what CEDR has to offer
CEDR HR Solutions helps independent healthcare practices manage employees, stay compliant, and solve everyday people problems. We provide professionally customized employee handbooks, backstageHR® software, manager and compliance resources, and direct HR expert support through Premier Advisor.
CEDR serves independent dental, medical, veterinary, optometry, urgent care, behavioral health, physical therapy, chiropractic, aesthetic medicine, pharmacy, and other healthcare practices. Our HR products and services are built around the challenges healthcare employers face when managing their teams. We work with single- and multi-location practices.
Yes. You can purchase a professionally customized CEDR employee handbook as a standalone product. Your handbook is built around your healthcare practice, applicable federal, state, and local laws, your workplace policies, and the way you manage your team. You can also bundle your handbook with ongoing CEDR support.
Opening Act gives you access to backstageHR® software, including timekeeping, PTO tracking, employee records, document distribution and signatures, HR Vault®, HIPAA training, labor-law updates, and practical forms and resources. Opening Act does not include direct unlimited access to CEDR HR advisors.
Premier Advisor combines a professionally customized CEDR employee handbook, backstageHR® software, and direct unlimted access to experienced CEDR HR experts who help you address employee and management issues.
Yes. Premier Advisor gives owners and managers direct unlimited access to experienced CEDR HR experts by phone, email, and through backstageHR®. Our experts help you apply your policies, understand compliance concerns, and work through hiring, discipline, terminations, leave requests, accommodations, employee complaints, and other workplace issues.
No. CEDR Payroll™ is an optional add-on, not a separate CEDR membership level. You can use CEDR’s employee handbook, backstageHR® software, or Premier Advisor support without changing your current payroll provider. If you choose to add CEDR Payroll™, it can work alongside the HR tools you already use through backstageHR®.
Ready when you are
Start with the HR Problem you Already Know you Need to Solve
Whether you need an employee handbook, HR software, or expert support, CEDR will help you understand the options and choose the next step that fits your practice.