Healthcare-focused market research firm Trilliant Health published a report detailing the 10 most significant economic trends affecting U.S. healthcare stakeholders in 2023. Some of the main ideas covered in the report included Americans’ worsening physical and mental health, the industry’s shift away from traditional care pathways, and the way patients' decision making is becoming increasingly driven by consumerism.
As retail disruptors like CVS, Walgreens and Amazon buy more and more primary care assets, the healthcare industry is seeing an increased demand for physicians and advanced practitioners. In the case of nurse practitioners, this rise in demand is also boosting their salaries. Physicians' starting salaries have remained relatively flat, but their average signing bonus grew.
Munck Wilson Mandala Partner Greg Howison shared his perspective on some of the legal ramifications around AI, IP, connected devices and the data they generate, in response to emailed questions.
Retail clinic claims volumes have shot up by 200% in the past five years, according to a new report. The research argued that retailers are beginning to seriously compete with the traditional healthcare system when it comes to the primary care market — growth in retail clinic claims have greatly outpaced claims growth for urgent care centers, emergency departments and physician practices.
Walgreens plan to open hundreds of VillageMD clinics at its stores in the next five years. It would be the first major move by Walgreens to staff its locations with primary care physicians.
Through the company's line of RediClinic retail clinics, customers will be able to use InTouch Health's virtual care software to connect with clinicians for video visits through available RediClinic Express kiosks.
Members who are traveling outside of the managed care organization's geographic footprint can receive healthcare services through MinuteClinic locations inside of CVS and Target stores at their standard co-pay without having to file for reimbursement.
At the Abarca Forward conference earlier this year, George Van Antwerp, managing director at Deloitte, discussed how social determinants of health and a personalized member experience can improve medication adherence and health outcomes.
The retail pharmacy chain has expanded its direct-to-consumer telemedicine offerings and charted out where it plans to open new HealthHUB locations next year.
The new capital will go towards expanding its virtual care offerings to 50 states and opening up new physical clinics in Chicago, Philadelphia, Washington, D.C., Boston and Los Angeles in partnership with an employer clinic company.
In an earnings call last week CVS Health CEO Larry Merlo outlined some of the ways that the company is moving forward on plans to reduce medical costs after its $69 billion purchase of Aetna.