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Walgreens, Pearl Health Strike Strategic Partnership To Advance Value-based Care
Through a new partnership with Walgreens, Pearl Health will work with primary care providers by offering its technology and data insights to help them better their care and transition to value-based payment models. Walgreens is then providing prescription fulfillment, medication adherence, immunization and diagnostic testing services.
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Nurse Practitioners’ Starting Salaries Are Rising Faster Than Those of Primary Care Physicians
As retail disruptors like CVS, Walgreens and Amazon buy more and more primary care assets, the healthcare industry is seeing an increased demand for physicians and advanced practitioners. In the case of nurse practitioners, this rise in demand is also boosting their salaries. Physicians’ starting salaries have remained relatively flat, but their average signing bonus grew.
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Payer’s Place: Dawn Maroney
Dawn Maroney, President, Markets of Alignment Health and CEO of Alignment Health Plan, to discuss how they are using technology to provide better service and care to consumers.
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How Walgreens Is Supporting Patients During Medicaid Redeterminations
Now that Medicaid redeterminations have resumed, Walgreens is supporting patients by educating them about renewals and helping them navigate through the process, execs said at AHIP 2023 in Portland.
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Consumer / Employer, Health Tech
Healthcare Moves: A Monthly Summary of Hires and Layoffs
Here is a selection of recent executive hires, exits, promotions and layoffs occurring across the healthcare industry.
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Retail Clinics Are Gaining Momentum As They Vie for Their Piece of the Primary Care Pie
Retail clinic claims volumes have shot up by 200% in the past five years, according to a new report. The research argued that retailers are beginning to seriously compete with the traditional healthcare system when it comes to the primary care market — growth in retail clinic claims have greatly outpaced claims growth for urgent care centers, emergency departments and physician practices.
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Abortion Pill Access in 2023: A Timeline
Mifepristone and misoprostol, two pills that are taken together to terminate a pregnancy, have been approved by the FDA since 2000. But access to these drugs have been in serious jeopardy this year, and a federal judge in Texas recently ruled to suspend the FDA’s decadeslong approval of mifepristone. The final outcome for abortion pill access in the U.S. is still unclear among confliction federal rulings — the issue will likely end up in the Supreme Court.
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Which Moves Should Providers Watch From Amazon, CVS & Walgreens This Year?
Analysts predict that disruptors could own as much as 30% of the $260 billion primary care market by 2030. A recent report from the American Hospital Association outlines major moves the healthcare industry should be watching this year from disruptors like Amazon, CVS and Walgreens — from billion-dollar acquisitions of primary care companies to expanding clinic locations to efforts in the home care space.
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What Excites and Concerns VillageMD’s CEO About the Future of Healthcare
Tim Barry, CEO of VillageMD, is encouraged by the shift he’s seeing to value-based care, but is worried that new technologies could create a fragmented system. He made these comments after the value-based company announced Thursday that it completed its $8.9 billion acquisition of Summit Health-City MD.
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Evernorth Exec: Healthcare Access Will Be the Greatest Problem for Consumers and Employers
To combat this issue, Joan Harvey of Evernorth stressed the importance of an omnichannel care model that leverages both in-person and virtual care. She made these comments at the HLTH conference in Las Vegas.
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Applying Remote Patient Monitoring to Surgery Prep and Recovery, Oncology and Women’s Health
Join us to learn about the latest trends in remote monitoring and how to extend its benefits beyond chronic conditions to more patients – all while using fewer staff resources.
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Walgreens Expands Presence In Primary Care Through VillageMD’s $8.9B Purchase of Summit Health
The combined organization will have more than 680 provider locations in 26 markets. With CVS Health and Amazon both making major acquisitions, the Summit Health deal was both offensive and defensive for Walgreens, one expert said.
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Trends that will Shape Healthcare in 2023: Hospital Closures, Scaling Retail Clinics & More
Consumer research firm Forrester recently predicted major trends that would shape healthcare in 2023. Healthcare stakeholders should prepare for key changes, such as care becoming even more inaccessible for rural patients and additional retail entrants into the clinic space.
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CVS, Walgreens Will Pay $10 Billion Total To Settle Opioid-Related Lawsuits
The settlement terms are still being negotiated and the final settlement depends on the number of states, counties, and Native American tribes that agree to join
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WELL by HLTH program builds on consumerization of healthcare trend
Among the topics of discussion at the event within the HLTH conference are: making the future of food and nutrition accessible and sustainable, managing and monitoring sleep health, and destigmatizing sexual health and wellness. Register today!
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The omnichannel strategy of retail health
Retail pharmacy chains and Amazon are transforming themselves into omnichannel healthcare providers, developing primary care services and virtual tools through acquisitions, partnerships and investments.
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Walgreens Health taps Claim.MD to streamline claims submission process
Claim.MD is an electronic data interchange clearinghouse that helps reduce claims denials and improve cash flow. By working with the company, Walgreens has been able to make its reimbursement process more efficient and grow its business.