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Managed Care
August 2007
John Carroll |
Convenient Care Clinics Inconvenience the AMA The physician lobbying organization wants insurers to stop contributing to the growth of limited-care offices in chain stores.   |
Managed Care
June 2006
Amanda Brower |
Retail Medical Clinics Draw Patients & Payers A growing number of health plans are adding retail health clinics to their networks and are realizing savings. But physicians voice concern over the quality of care provided to patients. |
Managed Care
March 2008
Kathryn J. Alexander |
Health Plans Embrace Retail Clinics Convenient care clinics, as they like to be called, are spreading quickly because members and plans like them |
Fast Company
September 1, 2007
Ellen McGirt |
Fast-Food Medicine Retail health clinics are dotting the landscape like Starbucks, frustrating doctors but delighting patients. Is this the beginning of the answer to our national health-care crisis? |
The Motley Fool
September 20, 2006
Alyce Lomax |
CVS, Up to the Minute The drugstore company's clinic acquisition shows it's aggressively chasing current trends. This is good news for investors. |
Fast Company
April 2005
Curtis Sittenfeld |
Get Well Soon! MinuteClinic offers instant fixes for common ailments -- at your local big-box retailer. |
National Real Estate Investor
August 1, 2006
Jennifer Gordon |
Health Care on the Go As the battle for market share intensifies among retailers, in-store health clinics are increasingly popping up in grocery stores, pharmacies and even department stores. |
Health
January 4, 2010
Leslie Barrie |
When It's OK to Skip the Doc Those in-store clinics that are springing up all across town may be just fine for your minor health stuff. Here's what you need to know about those clinics and when to see your regular doctor. |
Fast Company
Elizabeth Segran |
Doctor Visits Are So 2014 For scrappy startups, going up against the health care system sometimes seems like an impossible task. But fortunately, major players in the industry, such as McKesson, are pushing for change as well |
Managed Care
March 2006 |
Cigna Offers Quick Care At Retail Outlets Cigna hopes to marry convenience to cost effectiveness with a new benefit package that covers enrollees who get treatment for common ailments at MinuteClinic health care centers. |
The Motley Fool
January 22, 2007
Alyce Lomax |
AOL's Case Sparks Health Revolution Will Steve Case's new Internet start-up Revolution Health change the world? |
Managed Care
March 2004
MargaretAnn Cross |
Wellness Program Gets On-the-Job Training Pepsi promises that work-site clinics won't take business away from health plans. One of the goals of the clinics is to establish ties with the local medical community in order to launch disease management and wellness programs, as well as to set up referral capabilities for the clinics. |
Managed Care
July 2006 |
AMA Lays Down Guidelines For Retail Clinics The American Medical Association came out with nine guidelines that the organization suggests store-based clinics follow. Not surprisingly, the rules stipulate a doctor's role in such a clinic. Here are some of those guidelines. |
Fast Company
July 2009
Zachary Wilson |
Why Walgreens Is Building Its Own Universal Health-Care System Walgreens, the $59 billion drugstore giant, is building its own universal health-care system, with more than 700 retail and corporate clinics. |
The Motley Fool
April 26, 2006
Brian Gorman |
Walgreen's Clinics In-store clinics could be more trouble than they're worth. Investors, take note. |
The Motley Fool
December 2, 2009
Brian Orelli |
One Healthy Partnership Health insurer Humana and CVS Caremark's MinuteClinic are expanding their relationship, in what looks like a healthy deal for both sides. |
The Motley Fool
April 24, 2007
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Wal-Mart Gets Its M.D. The retailer seeks to expand its third-party health clinic program. Will others follow suit? Investors, take note. |
CFO
September 1, 2009
Edward Teach |
"This Is the Future." A drugstore giant now offers walk-in health-care clinics. An interview with Wade D. Miquelon, CFO and executive vice president, Walgreen Co. |
The Motley Fool
June 22, 2009
Alyce Lomax |
Wal-Mart Can Fail Too Wal-Mart has thus far failed in one of its promising growth initiatives -- its in-store clinics. |
IndustryWeek
March 1, 2009
Jonathan Katz |
Worksite Clinics Gain in Popularity In-house or near-site medical offices could reduce healthcare costs. |
IndustryWeek
May 20, 2010 |
Industrial Methods Can Reduce Health Care Costs Health care providers should heed the lessons learned on the manufacturing floor as they grapple with a costly and complex medical system. |
BusinessWeek
November 8, 2004
Lorraine Woellert |
How Much Is That Brain Scan? If turning Americans into price-conscious health-care shoppers is ever going to work, it will require wholesale changes in many of the industry's most basic business practices. |
Search Engine Watch
December 31, 2010
Dean Stephens |
Health Gets Social in 2010 The role of social media in search results is influencing how health organizations attract and treat patients. |
CFO
February 1, 2009
Josh Hyatt |
Prognosis: Negative Rising health-care premiums have companies shifting costs, pushing "wellness," and punishing unhealthy behavior. |
Inc.
June 2006 |
Pulling Back the Veil Ask your staffers how much a doctor's visit costs and you're likely to see blank stares. Mini-clinics remove the mystery from medical fees by listing prices online and at clinic kiosks. Here's a sampling from a Minneapolis MinuteClinic. |
Managed Care
October 2000 |
Employer-based coverage up in strong economy Health insurance premiums rose 8.3 percent over the past year for all types of coverage, according to an annual survey of employers... |
The Motley Fool
May 8, 2007
Ryan Fuhrmann |
CVS/Caremark Tie the Knot While it's too early to see if CVS blazed a new health-care trail by combining a drugstore chain with giant pharmacy benefit manager Caremark, there are still interesting tidbits to pass along to investors from recently reported results. |
Job Journal
June 24, 2007
Julia Hollister |
RNs Take Their Pick of Perks, Pay & Programs In short supply, RNs enjoy signing bonuses and generous perks. |
BusinessWeek
July 9, 2007
Catherine Arnst |
The Doctor Will See You--In Three Months Waiting for doctor appointments is definitely a problem in the U.S., especially for basic care. |
The Motley Fool
February 11, 2008
Timothy M. Otte |
Wal-Mart's Clinical Ambitions The megaretailer rolls out in-store health clinics. |
Managed Care
October 2007 |
Headlines On Deadline... Health insurance premiums rose an average of 6.1% in 2007... Employers are backing the development of Web-based health records... Commercial health plans posted improvements in 30 of 44 quality of care measures... |
Managed Care
May 2003 |
Liability insurance premium hikes take bite out of physicians' income No wonder increases in physician liability insurance premiums have caused such uproar over the last year. Data show that physician income rose from 1999 to 2001. Liability insurance premiums skyrocketed, however, siphoning off an even greater portion of physician income. |
