Walmart, Teladoc Team Up to Expand Access to Virtual Care
Through a new partnership, Teladoc Health's virtual services are now available on Walmart's Better Care Services platform.
LillyDirect Taps Walmart for First Retail Pick-Up Option for Zepbound
Eli Lilly’s LillyDirect platform is partnering with Walmart to let patients pick up prescriptions for its GLP-1 drug Zepbound at Walmart pharmacies, expanding access beyond home delivery.
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Closing the Quality-Affordability Gap in Workplace Mental Health
In an interview, Kyan Health Co-Founder and Chief Commercial Officer Konstantin Struck discussed how Kyan gives mid-market and enterprise employers access to premium workforce mental healthcare, at a price point that is affordable.
Walmart Expands Centers of Excellence Benefit To Include All Cancers
Walmart's Cancer Centers of Excellence program historically focused on some of the most prevalent cancers, such as breast, lung, colon, prostate, pancreatic and blood cancer. Now, employees can access the same benefit for a whole host of other cancers, including bone, pituitary, liver, thyroid, central nervous system and gynecological.
Who is Winning the Retail Pharmacy Consumer Battle?
CVS Health overtook Walgreens as the most popular drugstore retailer, a new report found. However, there is no saying for sure if CVS will keep this lead.
What Will the Future of Retail Health Look Like?
Retailers aren’t giving up on healthcare — but they are trying to be more strategic in their efforts to disrupt the space. As these companies re-strategize, experts think they need to center their efforts on building trust and fostering long-term patient engagement.
Analysis: Humana is Boldly Going Where Walmart Stumbled
Humana is leasing clinical space at 23 Walmart Supercenter retail stores. The move is logical for the insurer as it builds out its senior primary care business, experts say.
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Inside an Automated Healthcare Practice: Redesigning Care Around People, Not Paperwork
By reducing administrative burden and redesigning workflows around human needs, it creates space for what matters most: connection between clinicians and patients.
Healthcare Moves: A Monthly Summary of Hires and Layoffs
Here is a selection of recent executive hires, promotions, retirements and layoffs occurring across the healthcare industry.
Healthcare Is a Frontier Not Even Walmart Could Conquer — And It’s Not Looking Great For Others Either
Walmart’s decision to shutter its healthcare division reflects just how difficult it is to achieve profitability in the primary care and telehealth markets. Experts think retailers simply aren’t prepared to handle the bevy of challenges that come along with delivering healthcare — but could this news also be a sign of the system being broken?
Walmart: Included Health Has Proved Its Value to Our Virtual Primary Care Program
Walmart's relationship with Included Health dates back to 2016 when its previous incarnation - Doctor on Demand - began providing virtual urgent care services to Walmart employees in three states. Nearly eight years later, the San Francisco company continues to be the only partner charged with delivering virtual primary care to almost 1 million people in 49 states.
Retail Clinics Are Gaining Momentum As They Vie for Their Piece of the Primary Care Pie
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.
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The Healthcare Payments Industry Faces a Perception Challenge
Healthcare payments are no longer about transactions. It’s about controlling the revenue cycle. And increasingly, that control is not sitting with ISOs.
Is There a Mental Health Disconnect Between Employers and Employees? Experts Weigh In
Research shows that about 73% of benefits leaders believe their companies have increased mental health support, but about 40% of employees either don’t believe or are unsure if their company promotes a healthy workplace. When it comes to if there’s a disconnect between employers and employees in mental health, the issue often lies in communication, said Adam Stavisky, senior vice president of US benefits at Walmart.
Healthcare Moves: A Monthly Summary of Hires and Layoffs
Here is a selection of recent executive hires, promotions and layoffs occurring across the healthcare industry.
All About Access: The Key Trends In Retailers’ Acquisitions in 2022
Whether it was Amazon's buy of One Medical or CVS Health's acquisition of Signify Health, retailers made waves in healthcare this year. Across all of the deals, it's clear that expanding access to medical services is the key goal, experts said. And this is only the beginning.
6 Highlights from HLTH 2022
Among the takeaways from HLTH 2022 were the impact of consolidation on clinicians, behavioral health tools to help consumers manage stress and anxiety more productively, and how health tech and medtech companies are supporting remote patient monitoring and testing.
Trends that will Shape Healthcare in 2023: Hospital Closures, Scaling Retail Clinics & More
Consumer research firm Forrester recently predicted major trends that would shape healthcare in 2023. Healthcare stakeholders should prepare for key changes, such as care becoming even more inaccessible for rural patients and additional retail entrants into the clinic space.