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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...
Former RI legislator guilty of accepting healthcare payoffs
A former Rhode Island legislator has agreed to plead guilty to charges that he accepted a vendor payoff to steer supplier contracts to its door. Former RI House Majority Leader Gerard Martineau was... Read more...
Medical Marts offers doctor-staffed retail clinics
It looks like at least one retail clinic chain has found a way to dodge heavy fire from physicians. Retail clinic operator Medical Marts, which hopes to be... Read more...
MA physicians challenge retail clinic plan
If it gets its way, CVS will open up 30 or more MinuteClinics throughout the Boston, MA area in the near future. But it might not be so easy to do that. Under fire from physicians, state regulators... Read more...
Massachusetts opens door--a little--to retail clinic expansion
Seems like the Massachusetts Medical Society--or the AMA--has someone's ear. While state public health officials have opened the door to the emergence of retail clinics, their plans will also slow... Read more...
AMA demands retail clinic regs, backs off ban
While they backed off from demanding an all-out ban on retail clinics, delegates at the AMA annual... Read more...
