Workplace & Retail Clinic Bulletin

Workplace & Retail Clinic Bulletin April 2018

"The quality of care that you see at a retail clinic is equal or superior to what we see in a doctor's office or emergency department. And while there is a worry that they will prescribe antibiotics to everybody, we see equal rates occurring between the clinics and doctor's offices."

-Dr. Ateev Mehrotra, associate professor of health care policy and medicine at Harvard Medical School

Forty-two percent of CVS Health commercial PBM clients spent less on their pharmacy benefit plan in 2017 than they had in 2016.

Source: Healthcare Finance

CVS Rallies After Amazon Report
Bloomberg, April 16, 2018

CVS Hires Doctor From Health Startup in Sign of Medical Ambition
Bloomberg, April 13, 2018

The Disappearing Doctor: How Mega-Mergers Are Changing the Business of Care
NY Times, April 7, 2018

Ambulatory Healthcare Mixes Well At The Mall
GlobeSt.com, April 6, 2018

Walmart Is in Takeover Talks With Pharmacy Startup
Bloomberg, April 2, 2018

Walmart-Humana Merger Creates Incentive For Healthier Patients: Professor Craig Garthwaite

Craig Garthwaite, Kellogg School of Management associate professor, gives his take on Walmart eyeing Humana as a potential acquisition target.

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5 Fast Facts About CVS Health

1. CVS has 9,800 retail locations in 49 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico.

2. More than 1,100 retail health clinics (CVS MinuteClinics) are in operation.

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Source: Quality Digest, April 16, 2018

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CVS pharmacists will have new tools to help patients save money on drugs
Washington Post, April 11, 2018

Investigating the Rise of Retail Clinics
Clinician Today, April 11, 2018

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