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Retail Clinics Rise With High-Deductible Health Plans
Workforce Management :: :: October 20, 2008
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Much of the growth in the retail medical clinic industry has been attributable to insurers adding clinics as in-network providers in traditional health plans, but the consumerism movement is expected to further boost this fledgling market....In 2005, Black & Decker Corp., based in Towson, Maryland, was among the first employers to contract directly with MinuteClinic so its employees could access the clinics in nearby Target stores as an in-network provider, says Ray Brusca, vice president of benefits at the manufacturer....
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Walgreens Takes Healthy Attitude About Take Care Clinic
Brandweek :: :: October 17, 2008
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Time-pressed moms and other consumers looking for simple, yet quality, health solutions are the target audience for Walgreens' integrated campaign promoting Take Care Clinic, its in-store health clinic. A TV spot, via Butler, Shine, Stern & Partners, Sausalito, Calif, anchors the effort, which launched this week....
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Is The Retail Clinic Sector Slowing Down?
Nursezone :: :: October 17, 2008
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After two years of explosive growth in retail health clinics, a few things appear to be changing. The rate of new openings has slowed, some clinics have closed and additional players are entering the scene. “The concept is very viable,” said Donna Haugland, RN, CNP, director of practitioner services at MinuteClinic of Minneapolis. “It is a new industry, still defining itself.”...A RAND Health report released in September indicates that in 2007 only 15.9 percent of patients at retail clinics paid out-of-pocket for the care, and costs for services varied between $40 and $70. Some insurers like the retail concept so well, they have waived co-pays, allowing beneficiaries to essentially receive free care at a retail clinic--the reason being that care is cheaper at a retail clinic than in an emergency department. ....
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IBC Adds Retail Clinics as Health Care Option
PhillyBurbs.com :: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania :: October 16, 2008
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The Philadelphia region’s largest health insurer wants customers to take a Minute before visiting a hospital emergency room with a minor health problem. So starting this month, Independence Blue Cross has added retail clinic giant MinuteClinics as an in-network option for its Preferred Provider Organization plans.... the clinics’ most attractive feature is their hours: they are open nights, weekends and holidays — times when most pediatric and family practices are closed, leaving expensive ER care as the last resort.
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Takecare Giving $150k To University
Pacific Daily News :: :: October 16, 2008
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TakeCare will donate $150,000 to the University of Guam's nursing program at 3 p.m. today in the Health Sciences Building at the Mangilao campus. The donation brings TakeCare's total contributions to the University of Guam's Nursing Program to $1.5 million over a seven-year period....
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Pharmacy Opens Walk-In Health Clinics
The Salem News :: Salem, Massachusetts :: October 16, 2008
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CVS is hoping more customers...will stumble across their new walk-in health clinics that opened yesterday in Beverly and Danvers....CVS has opened more than 540 MinuteClinics across the country since 2000 but have only recently come to Massachusetts. The Beverly and Danvers clinics are the fifth and sixth in the state....
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Health Care Clinic Coming To Walgreens
Lansdale Reporter :: Lansdale, Pennsylvania :: October 16, 2008
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Construction on a convenient care clinic at the Walgreens drug store, at 710 North Wales Road, has begun, according to store Manager Karen Celia....
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Retailers Eye Health Care To Net Revenue
Bradenton Herald :: Bradenton, Florida :: October 14, 2008
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With sales suffering, big-name retailers are trying other avenues such as health care to boost sales. Retail health clinics are becoming a growing trend among supermarkets, superstores and drug stores, offering simple nonemergency services to consumers — no insurance and no appointment necessary....Currently in Manatee County, there are two retail health clinics available — both at Publix through The Little Clinic....
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Independence Blue Cross Adding MinuteClinics To Network
Philadelphia Business Journal :: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania :: October 13, 2008
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Independence Blue Cross said Monday it is adding MinuteClinics’ health centers, based in retail pharmacies, as participating health-care providers in the company’s PPO network. MinuteClinics of Minneapolis runs 17 MinuteClinic locations at CVS pharmacies in southeastern Pennsylvania....
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Open Forum: A Look At The Future Of Health Care Delivery
The Daily Siftings-Herald :: Arkadelphia, Arkansas :: October 13, 2008
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[Reporter/Interviewer Bill] Downs: You talked earlier about three levels of medical care. [Dr. Mark] Jansen: I used to think there would be a two-tiered system but now I think there will be three. We'll continue to see retail clinics emerge that can be found at Wal-Mart or Walgreen's or on a street corner or mall.
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Business Is Health At Walk-In Clinics
Delaware Online :: Salisbury, Maryland :: October 12, 2008
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....[Dr. Charles Foloshade's] Arcadia Medical urgent-care clinic that opened in July in Salisbury is the latest in a growing number of private, for profit walk-in clinics in the region. Across the border, Delaware already also has several walk-in medical clinics....
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Program Makes Sure E R Is For Emergencies
The Tennessean :: Nashville, Tennessee :: October 8, 2008
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A new program aims to reduce waiting times in the emergency room by redirecting patients who use ERs for non-emergency cases to one of five clinics in Nashville. The goal is to redirect the non-emergency patients to one of five United Neighborhood Health Services clinics, including the Southside Clinic at 107 Charles E. Davis Blvd., and the Waverly Family Clinic at 1501 12th Ave. S. United Neighborhood is a private, nonprofit network of health centers.....
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MD.'s Lower Shore Clinics Find Business Is Healthy
Hartford Examiner :: Salisbury, Maryland :: October 7, 2008
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Seven years and three walk-in urgent care practices later, [Dr. Charles] Foloshade plans a fourth, and perhaps, fifth, clinic for patients needing immediate, and oftentimes after-hours, medical attention. His Arcadia Medical urgent-care clinic that opened in July in Salisbury is the latest in a growing number of private, for profit walk-in clinics in the region.
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Retailer-Based Clinics Rare In State
Arkansas Democrat Gazette :: Rogers, Arkansas :: October 5, 2008
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....From a clinic and patient standpoint, Arkansas is only a bit player with two retail clinics in Northwest Arkansas Wal-Mart stores and one in a USA Drug store in Pine Bluff. But the state also is home to one of the champions of the format, Wal-Mart Stores Inc., which says it is com- mitted to expanding the number of clinics despite setbacks as partners in some markets folded. Wal-Mart’s clinic count stood at 43 last week, barely more than 10 percent of the 400 the Bentonville-based retailer says it hopes to have open by 2010. “We’re still committed to our goals,” spokesman Christi Gallagher said.....
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Retail Health Clinics Are Popular, But Lack Oversight
Minnesota Post :: Minneapolis, Minnesota :: October 2, 2008
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Minute Clinic is that ubiquitous storefront nurse who can diagnose very basic issues like ear infections and strep throat in convenient locations like your local pharmacy or (as I discovered recently) the skyway....Retail health clinics are a good example of starting to move Minnesota ideals in the right direction.
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MinuteClinics Open In CVS Stores In Bridgewater, Taunton
The Patriot Ledger :: Quincy, Massachusetts :: October 1, 2008
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Timed to coincide with flu season, two new quick-stop health care centers were to open today in Bridgewater and Taunton. MinuteClinic, a subsidiary of CVS, which bills itself as an operator of retail-based health care centers, opened its third and fourth locations in the state since Sept. 17....
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Take Care Health Systems Extends Presence In Tennessee With Locations In Knoxville And Memphis
Businesswire :: Knoxville, Tennessee :: September 30, 2008
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ake Care Health Systems has opened locations in Knoxville and Memphis, joining the Nashville market which opened in late 2007. A total of 18 Take Care Clinics are now open in the state, including two in Knoxville, four in Memphis and 12 in Nashville.
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Walk-In Clinic To Open Monday
The Kansan :: Newton, Kansas :: September 25, 2008
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A new walk-in medical clinic will open Monday adjacent to Newton Medical Center. The Access Health Clinic will lease space from Newton Medical Center in the Medical Park building....
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Meritcare Retail Clinic Opens In Moorhead
The Forum :: Fargo, North Dakota :: September 25, 2008
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A second retail medical clinic run by Fargo-based MeritCare will open today in Moorhead’s Cash Wise Foods store....The first Fast Track by MeritCare opened at the Osgood Hornbacher’s in December 2006. The southwest Fargo clinic averages four to six visits a day, Fischer said....Fast Track at Cash Wise, 3300 East Highway 10, will be open from noon to 8 p.m. Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and noon to 5 p.m. Sunday....
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Retail Clinic Users Lack Personal Doctors
Chicago Tribune :: Chicago, Illinois :: September 25, 2008
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Retail health clinics are attracting patients who are not "routine users of the current health-care system," authors of a new study say. "For these patients, the convenience offered by retail clinics may be more important than the continuity provided by a personal physician," said the study's lead author, Dr. Ateev Mehrotra, a Rand Corp. researcher and professor at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. ...
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