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Walgreen, CVS expand further into retail health with clinics
By Ashok Selvam | June 28, 2013 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
Rival drugstore chains continued this week to expand their footprints in retail health with retail clinics. Walgreen Co. announced a new clinic adjacent to Johns Hopkins East Baltimore medical campus, while CVS Caremark Corp. announced a partnership with Parkridge Health System to run seven...
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Activist investor seeks to oust HMA board
By Beth Kutscher | June 25, 2013 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
The activist investor pushing for a shake-up of Health Management Associates is attempting to install a new board of directors that's potentially more supportive of selling the company.
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Accenture forecasts fast retail clinic growth
By Tom Murphy / Associated Press | June 13, 2013
The number of retail health clinics that have been popping up in places like drugstores for years is expected to double by the end of 2015, according to the consulting firm Accenture.
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DEA settles Walgreens painkiller case for $80M
By Curt Anderson / Associated Press | June 11, 2013 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
Federal authorities have reached an $80 million settlement with the Walgreens pharmacy chain over rules violations that allowed tens of thousands of units of powerful painkillers such as oxycodone to illegally wind up in the hands of drug addicts and dealers, officials said Tuesday.
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Comparing across categories
By Merrill Goozner | June 08, 2013
In an era of transparency, government agencies and not-for-profit advocacy groups are publishing a growing amount of data about providers' performance on outcomes, quality measures, pricing and patient satisfaction.
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Size matters | National chains have best effect on acquired hospitals, survey says
By Beth Kutscher | June 01, 2013 | Print Magazine Print Magazine Subscription Details
Multistate chains may do a better job than local or regional systems at improving the financial performance of the hospitals they buy.
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Pressure mounting | HMA braces itself as investor pushes for change, CEO retires
By Beth Kutscher | June 01, 2013 | Print Magazine Print Magazine Subscription Details
Health Management Associates is under fire from an activist investor, but a change of ownership at the company may be little more than wishful thinking.
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Chains have best effect on acquired hospitals, survey says
By Beth Kutscher | May 30, 2013 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
Multistate chains do a better job at improving the financial performance of acquired hospitals than local or regional systems, according to a Deloitte analysis.
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HCA sees decline in first-quarter net income
By Beth Kutscher | May 02, 2013 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
HCA, Nashville, today reported its final first-quarter results, adding a little more color on a performance it already previewed last month.
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CMS move boosts for-profit hospital sector
By Beth Kutscher | April 30, 2013 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
Investor-owned hospital chains continued to report unexceptional first-quarter earnings this week, but good news from the CMS on 2014 Medicare payments renewed investor confidence in the sector.
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