Workplace & Retail Clinic Bulletin
          Workplace & Retail Clinic Bulletin                                             May 2018
     

Tenth Annual Predictive Modeling Web Summit

  Sponsor Message
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"We will be a unique combination of grocery and pharmacy that will be well-positioned to deliver a differentiated experience. We will be able to utilize our integrated PBM, EnvisionRx, to drive lives into our stores and pharmacies, and we will have unique omnichannel capabilities with the combination of home delivery and Drive Up & Go for groceries, pharmacy delivery in our drugstores and meal kits available in-store and through subscription home delivery, a truly unique offering."

-John Standley, Rite Aid Chairman and CEO
 
Factoid 
"UnitedHealth Group, which operates the OptumRx PBM, Humana and CVS, which owns the Caremark PBM, cover 55% of all beneficiaries enrolled in Medicare Part D drug benefits this year."

Source: Forbes
   
News 
  Albertsons, Rite Aid execs bullish on merger's potential
Supermarket News, May 23, 2018

Telehealth integrated with hospitals and retail health is the wave of the future
Becker's Health IT & CIO Report, May 17, 2018

Startup Buoy Health partners with CVS Health on AI clinic referrals
Modern Healthcare, May 8, 2018

Walmart to restrict opioid prescriptions at its pharmacies
The Hill, May 7, 2018

Humana CEO talks up Walmart partnership and benefits of retail access
WDRB, May 2, 2018

   
HealthshareTV video 
 
The Doctor is in at Work
 
  The Doctor is in at Work

This WBTV news story on worksite clinics features Larry Boress of the National Association of Worksite Health Centers discussing the value and growing use of clinics offered by employers.

 

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Forbes: 5 Things to Know About the Albertsons-Rite Aid Merger

1. The proposed new company will have $82 billion in sales

2. Combined, Albertsons and Rite Aid will have 4,868 stores and 4,327 pharmacies

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Source: Forbes, May 15, 2018

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Blogs
CVS-Aetna, Cigna-Express Scripts Deals Will Consolidate Medicare Part D Control
Forbes, May 22, 2018

To fix a 'broken' healthcare system, employers need to be proactive
HR Dive, May 2, 2018
 
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