5 ways retail clinics threaten your livelihood
After 2 years of stagnation, retail health clinics are poised for significant growth in the coming years due to the changing healthcare industry, according to an industry analyst. …five factors in the healthcare industry could cause retail health clinics to take a greater market share: Accountable care organizations (ACOs) Cost-cutting employers Patient demand Disease management [...]
CVS retail chain clinics expand while Walgreens operation stalls
Take Care, however, is not growing like MinuteClinic. Merchant Medicine reported that the Walgreens-owned chain had a net loss of two locations in 2011 — and the analyst doesn’t expect that trend to change in 2012. A contract dispute between Walgreens and the pharmacy benefit management company Express Scripts could limit the pharmaceutical chain’s ability [...]
Walgreen marks retailers’ push into health care
Walgreen redesigned its pharmacy there, positioning a separate desk and counter where a pharmacist will sit and be available for patients to sidle up for a talk about their health care and their medications. If the conversation requires more privacy, the patient and pharmacist can step into a small room just behind the desk. Walgreen [...]
The Little Clinic appoints new chief legal officer
The Little Clinic has hired William Wright to serve as its chief legal officer. Formerly with Stites & Harbison PLLC, Wright has counseled The Little Clinic since 2006 and joined the company in July. While as an attorney at Stites & Harbison PLLC, Wright focused on regulatory, legislative and operational issues for healthcare providers and [...]
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