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NewsCleveland Clinic, OhioHealth partner with CVS retail clinic
As one possible solution to the national primary care physician shortage, leading health system Cleveland Clinic announced it is partnering with CVS's MinuteClinic in Florida. Cleveland Clinic Read more...
Supreme Court declines to hear 'pay-to-delay' pharma case
The federal government's decade-long quest to limit pharmaceutical manufacturers' actions to keep generic medications off the market for a specified time--through deals called "pay-to-delay"--ran Read more...
Retail clinic growth falling short of expectations
It's beginning to look like the more ambitious projections for the growth of the retail clinics were, uh, a bit ambitious. While some pundits were expecting to see 2,500 retail clinics in operation Read more...
Trend: Hospitals mounting attack on retail clinic business
For a while, it was beginning to look like the retail clinic phenomenon was peaking or perhaps even petering out, with a handful of clinics even being forced out of business. But maybe the truth is Read more...
MinuteClinics doing well in Massachusetts
Just yesterday, we told you about CVS Caremark's plans to close 90 of its MinuteClinic retail clinics for their spring off-season. The move, coming from the retail clinic industry's largest player, Read more...
Retail pharmacies' generic price war draws customers
Generics are generally a high-profit area, but lately retail pharmacies have been pretty aggressive in lowering their generic prices. Each pharmacy is trying to undercut their competitors and draw Read more...
Study: Retail clinic users don't have personal doctors
For years now, many primary care physicians have battled the rise of retail clinics, arguing that such clinics would interfere with their patient relationships. However, a new study suggests that Read more...
Walgreens battles CVS for MA retail clinic market
Over the past year, drugstore chain CVS has engaged in a protracted battle to get permission to open its MinuteClinics in locations across the Boston metro area. The effort involved not only getting Read more...
More pluses than minuses in eventful week for retail clinics
So, it looks like retail clinic news has been a matter of two steps forward, one step back. For example, Cigna has just announced that it would pay for care delivered at another retail clinic chain, Read more...
Caremark to pay $38.5M settlement
Pharmacy benefit manager Caremark Rx has agreed to pay a total of $38.5 million to 28 states and the District of Columbia to settle charges that it manipulated doctors into changing prescriptions Read more...
| Press ReleasesCVS Caremark Hosts Live Facebook Chats for American Diabetes MonthCompany Offers Broad Support of Diabetes Patients Through Outreach, Education and TestingWOONSOCKET, R.I., Nov. 3, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- As part of its broad support for patients with diabetes, and in Read more >> Universal American to Sell Medicare Prescription Drug Business to CVS CaremarkUniversal American Shareholders to Receive Approximately $12.80 - $13.00 Per Share and One Share of a New Public Company That Will Own the Medicare Advantage and Traditional Insurance Businesses of Read more >> CVS Caremark Launches iPhone Application for Caremark.comiPhone users can now access prescription drug information and CVS Caremark plan members can manage their prescriptionsWOONSOCKET, R.I., July 26 /PRNewswire/ -- CVS Caremark (NYSE: CVS) announced Read more >> MinuteClinic Becomes Participating Provider with Assurant Health MINNEAPOLIS, Sept. 4 /PRNewswire/ -- MinuteClinic (http://www.minuteclinic.com), the pioneer and largest provider of retail health care in the United States, announced that it has become a Read more >> An Innovation in Health Care Opens at a CVS/pharmacy Store in the Oklahoma City Region --MinuteClinic Provides Quality and Convenience Close to Home and the Workplace-- --Company Develops Strategic Alliance With Integris Health-- OKLAHOMA CITY, Sept. 7 /PRNewswire/ -- Quick, Read more >> |
