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Walgreens will close 60 of its drugstore-attached VillageMD clinics as it pursues $1 billion in cost reductions following a Q4 loss that is the first in its 122-year history.
Walgreens paid $5.2 billion in…
Healthcare organizations are driving interoperability innovations to improve patient outcomes and physician experiences, and all medical organizations should prioritize interoperability in order to achieve a fully connected healthcare ecosystem.While government initiatives such as the…
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Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) is urging the Federal Trade Commission to scrutinize CVS Health’s planned acquisition of Medicare-focused primary care provider Oak Street Health. In a letter to FTC Chair Lina Khan and Commissioners Alvaro…
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Chronic conditions and ongoing illnesses such as long Covid are on the rise across the United States; they’re being referred to as “silent pandemics” by the CDC. Naturally, to narrow down possible diagnoses, physicians…
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Amazon closed its $3.9 billion acquisition of primary care provider One Medical shortly after multiple news outlets reported the Federal Trade Commission wouldn’t sue to block the deal.The acquisition marks another move into healthcare…
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ONC publishes “Social Determinants of Health Information Exchange Toolkit.”
Reader Comments From NY CIO: “Re: Northwell Health. Word is it will announce its move to Epic and that it will bring a large…
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Primary care has been historically dominated by traditional providers that deliver care via fee-for-service models, but retail companies have been amping up their efforts to disrupt the space in recent years. Over the next decade, it will become increasingly difficult for hospitals and other traditional healthcare providers to ignore these disruptors, according to a recent report from the American Hospital Association.
The report cited a Bain & Company analysis that predicted disruptors could own as much as 30% of the $260 billion primary care market by 2030. So what moves by Amazon, Walmart and CVS will the industry need to watch to…
