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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.
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?
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.
Inc. June 2006 Jennifer Gill	The Nurse Will See You Now Low-cost clinics staffed by nurses instead of M.D.'s could cut your health care costs. But you may want to think twice before sending your employees to one.
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.
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.
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.
IndustryWeek March 1, 2009 Jonathan Katz	Worksite Clinics Gain in Popularity In-house or near-site medical offices could reduce healthcare costs.
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?
Fast Company April 2005 Curtis Sittenfeld	Get Well Soon! MinuteClinic offers instant fixes for common ailments -- at your local big-box retailer.
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.
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.
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.
The Motley Fool February 11, 2008 Timothy M. Otte	Wal-Mart's Clinical Ambitions The megaretailer rolls out in-store health clinics.
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
Salon.com September 22, 2000 Hal Millard	Geriatrics to the rescue A South Carolina clinic is offering good healthcare to the uninsured and a meaningful life to retired doctors. Can the idea spread to the rest of the country?
Managed Care April 2007 John Carroll	Mergers: Is Bigger Better? Health plan consolidation has its upside, but some who contract with insurers see only the downside.
Managed Care July 2001 John Carroll	AMA Slams Managed Care Even As Leadership Splinters The wild calls for patients' rights at the House of Delegates meeting did not prevent the chief executive from suing the board of trustees...
HBS Working Knowledge June 4, 2007 Sean Silverthorne	Is Health Care Making You Better--or Dead? Today's American health care system is set up structurally to reward the major players - hospitals, health insurers, and lawmakers - while short-changing patients and taxpayers.
Managed Care March 2008	New Drug Abuse Codes Adopted The American Medical Association says that new CPT codes it developed should make it easier for health plans to determine whether doctors have screened for drug abuse.
The Motley Fool September 28, 2007 Timothy M. Otte	Foolish Forecast: Walgreen Still Minting the Green? In advance of fourth-quarter earnings, analysts expect the company to continue its record of four straight years of sales growth.
BusinessWeek March 4, 2010 Clayton Christensen	Health Care: The Simple Solution When it comes to reform, we should drop the public-private debate. The way to cut costs is to put care and insurance in the same bed.
Managed Care April 2000 Tim Olsen	Physician, Tarnish Not Thine Image Doctors who use the news media to criticize others, rather than initiate a constructive dialog about difficult issues such as antibiotic resistance, help erode the profession's influence.
Pharmaceutical Executive February 1, 2011 Jon Zifferblat	China: Business as UNusual If there is one market that requires a click on the 'refresh' button, it's China. General Biologic provides a snapshot of what's ahead for Big Pharma in the country
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.
Managed Care August 2002 Maureen Glabman	Lobbyists That the Founders Just Never Dreamed of The "right ... to petition the government" has come a long way in over 200 years, and health care organizations are not shy in exercising it.
The Motley Fool March 26, 2010 Cathy Applefeld Olson	Can CVS Caremark Win the Drug Wars? Now that health-care legislation has been signed into law, it's a perfect time to give the country's largest drugstore chain a checkup.
CFO February 1, 2009 Josh Hyatt	Prognosis: Negative Rising health-care premiums have companies shifting costs, pushing "wellness," and punishing unhealthy behavior.
Managed Care December 2006	Headlines On Deadline ... Medicare officials plan to launch a pay-for-performance demonstration project next year for solo and small physician practices... A quarter of Fortune 1000 companies are expected to have on-site clinics by the end of 2007... etc.
CIO April 15, 2002 Alison Bass	The Golden Rules In the drive to link medical data from hospitals, clinics and doctor's offices, California is once again leading the charge...
Managed Care April 2000	With AMAP Gone, Quality Judgments In Hands of Others When the American Medical Association shut down its physician accreditation program, AMAP, last month, several physician leaders expressed concern that the profession had lost its best chance to demonstrate efficient, high-quality care....