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Retailer-based clinics rare in state

October 6, 2008 By Leave a Comment

Inside the Wal-Mart Supercenter in south Rogers, the staff at the RediClinic at the front of the store is preparing for the flu season — shots for the well, treatment for the sick — after finishing up the busy back-toschool sports physical examinations season.

Judy Tevebaugh, nurse practitioner and clinic manager, expects the patient load to jump to about 60 a day, up from 40 who typically come to the clinic for treatment of common ailments such as sore throats, earaches and sinus infections, as well as screenings for blood sugar, cholesterol and allergies.

The walk-in, no-appointmentneeded clinic with two examination rooms is part of a growing trend of retail store-based clinics providing quick, inexpensive treatment for those who don’t have a primary-care doctor or don’t want to wait for an appointment.

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CIGNA Adds MedBasics to Its Network, Offering Members Added Convenience

March 10, 2008 By Leave a Comment

Convenient health care just became a little easier to access for CIGNA HealthCare members in Dallas-Fort Worth, and Little Rock, Ark. as the company adds MedBasics Family Health Centers to its network, effective March 1, 2008.

“MedBasics Family Health Centers work well for the average American, always on the go,” said Kenneth Phenow, M.D., market medical executive for CIGNA. “From the parent trying to get a child’s immunizations up to date while running between children’s many activities to the working adult trying to get a minor illness checked during a lunch hour, retail clinics offer an affordable, efficient and convenient option.”

MedBasics Family Health Centers are located in Carnival Super Markets in Dallas-Fort Worth and inside USA Drug Stores in Little Rock, Ark., and are open seven days a week, with extended evening and weekend hours. Members who visit MedBasics can receive a variety of routine, non-urgent and preventative medical services including immunizations, flu shots and treatments of common illnesses such as allergies, bladder infections, bronchitis, ear and sinus infections, fever and strep throat. Most visits are completed in an average of 15 minutes.

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St. Vincent Health System and MedBasics Family Health Centers Announce Affiliation

February 12, 2008 By Leave a Comment

St. Vincent Health System and MedBasics, one of the leading operators of convenient care clinics in the country, have announced the execution of a formal collaboration agreement that will maximize the delivery of quality and accessible health care in Central Arkansas. MedBasics operates convenient care clinics, open seven days a week, that provide walk-in medical services inside major retail outlets for routine, non-urgent medical conditions and preventive care.Specifically, the agreement provides for St. Vincent to identify a corporate medical director and supervising physicians for new MedBasics locations in the Little Rock area. The first three MedBasics clinics in the Little Rock area opened inside USA Drug stores last month.

“We look forward to collaborating with MedBasics based on the company’s pioneering work in the convenient care clinic arena. This organization has introduced fast, affordable and accessible health care in a convenient retail setting, which will benefit Central Arkansans,” said Alan Winkler, Vice President of Clinic Operations for St. Vincent Health System.

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Retailer to open walk-in clinics

February 8, 2008 By Leave a Comment

Wal-Mart Stores Inc. said Thursday it plans to open walk-in medical clinics under the name The Clinic at Wal-Mart in cooperation with local hospitals and the national RediClinic LLC chain to provide immediate care for patients with common ailments.

The first of the clinics, to be housed in the retailer’s supercenters, are expected to open in Little Rock and Atlanta in April. The four Little Rock clinics will be operated in partnership with St. Vincent Health System, a part of the Catholic Health Care Initiatives system.

The move is the Bentonville-based retailer’s latest effort to play a role in changing the nation’s health-care system, as well as create greater efficiency and bring down costs.

The company aims to have 400 of the clinics operating by 2010. It already contracts with RediClinic and other providers for walk-in clinics at several stores, but without a formal arrangement with local hospitals.

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