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NewsWalgreens plans 100 more retail clinics by mid-2009
Over the last few years, retail clinic chains have been jockeying for position, trying to figure out if they had a sustainable business model on their hands. More recently, the industry has gone... Read more...
Walgreens settles Medicaid billing allegations
Pharmacy chain store giant Walgreens has agreed to pay the U.S. and four additional states, $9.9 million to resolve allegations that it falsely billed the Medicaid program. According to the... 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...
Trend: On-site company clinics keep winning fans
Just yesterday, we told you that the expansion of the retail clinic market may be slowing down a notch. Fortunately for... Read more...
Retail clinic market growth slowing
With the U.S. economy facing problems, and investment firms tired of waiting for a payoff, the retail clinic market expansion is slowing down, according one industry watcher. According to research... Read more...
Expansion of retail clinics slowing
Merchant Medicine, a Minneapolis-based research and retail clinic consulting firm, found that 12 retail clinics were shut down in June--a sign of the slow, but steady growth for retail clinics. The... 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...
Walgreens agrees to $35M drug-switching settlement
Walgreen Co. has agreed to pay $35 million to the U.S. Department of Justice to resolve allegations that it had switched patients to more expensive drugs to boost its Medicaid reimbursement. In the... Read more...
Kroger chain invests in retail clinic operator
Retail grocery chain Kroger Co. made what it terms a "significant investment" this week in The Little Clinic LLC, a Brentwood, TN-based chain of retail clinics. The Little Clinic already operates... Read more...
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| Press ReleasesTake Care Health Systems Unveils Aggressive Expansion Plans--Convenient care clinic manager to open in nine new markets; up to 100 more centers planned by the end of calendar 2007 in new and existing markets --Company brings on key health care executives and Read more >> Walgreens Nationwide Flu Shot Program Starts Oct. 1Take Care Health Clinics also offer flu shots in select Walgreens in Chicago, Kansas City, Milwaukee and St. Louis DEERFIELD, Ill., Sept. 20, 2007 – The 14th year of Walgreens (NYSE, NASDAQ: WAG) Read more >> |
