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... FULL STORY »
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. FULL STORY »
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. FULL STORY »
By Curt Anderson / Associated Press | June 11, 2013
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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. FULL STORY »
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. FULL STORY »
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. FULL STORY »
Multistate chains do a better job at improving the financial performance of acquired hospitals than local or regional systems, according to a Deloitte analysis. FULL STORY »
HCA, Nashville, today reported its final first-quarter results, adding a little more color on a performance it already previewed last month. FULL STORY »
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. FULL STORY »
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