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NewsWalgreens 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...
Errors encouraged by fast pharmacy pace
A new investigation by USA Today suggests that corporate policies for retail pharmacies such as Walgreens and CVS--which together fill almost one-third of all U.S. prescriptions--could promote errors Read more...
Start-up closes 23 Wal-Mart retail clinics
Heavily in debt and unable to pay its medical staff or vendors, start-up retail clinic operator CheckUps has closed down 23 clinics operating in Wal-Marts. The clinics were based in Florida and three Read more...
Retail clinic opposition emerges in Tenn.
Though retail clinic firms don't seem much slowed by their efforts, medical associations around the country continue to make efforts to regulate their operations. The latest front in this battle Read more...
Study: Retail clinics at about 1,000 in U.S.
A new study of U.S. retail clinics has found that there are about 1,000 in operation in the U.S. at present. The study, by Verispan, listed a total of 921 clinics currently open today. According to Read more...
Boston's mayor objects to retail clinic approval
Just yesterday, it looked like it would now be clear sailing for CVS Caremark, which had sought approval from Massachusetts authorities to open 25 to 30 MinuteClinics around the Boston metro area. Read more...
Coalition urges changes in controlled-substance prescribing
A group of IT and pharma-related companies has begun lobbying for changes in the rules around controlled drugs which would allow physicians to prescribe them electronically. Members of the group, the Read more...
ALSO NOTED: Walgreen boots CVS Caremark plans; Cardinal funds 5 Million Lives participation; and much more...
> National chain pharmacy Walgreen has announced that it will no longer accept four of CVS Caremark's prescription drug plans. It says reimbursement under these plans is too low. Read more...
| Press ReleasesMinuteClinic 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... |
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