Blue Shield of California and Walgreens team up to offer community-based care

Eligible Blue Shield beneficiaries will be able to get blood pressure screenings, blood tests to diagnose diabetes, mammography care coordination and other services through Walgreens' Health Corner locations.  »

Mayo teams up with Alphabet's Verily on decision-support tools

Mayo Clinic and Verily, Alphabet's life sciences subsidiary and one of Google's sister companies, are embarking on a two-year partnership to co-develop clinical decision-support software.

Employers to address virtual care, mental health access in 2022

The nation's top employers are focused on accelerating initiatives to improve mental health access and expanding virtual health services.

CareMax inks senior clinics deal with housing developer Related

The healthcare provider will build primary care centers for residents of low-income senior housing facilities, beginning with three properties in New York.

Providers see sicker cancer patients after missed screenings and care during COVID-19

Providers say they are diagnosing more patients with advanced cancers and other diseases after the pandemic put a pause on routine screenings and treatments.

ProMedica, Intuitive Health to open hybrid emergency and urgent care clinic

The facility will eliminate the need for patients to self-diagnose before trying to decide to go to urgent care or the emergency department.

Walmart to acquire telehealth provider as part of retail-based care strategy

Walmart took another step into the telehealth sector with its plans to acquire MeMD, a mental and medical health services provider. Retail-based clinics are becoming an increasingly popular way to deliver care.

CVS to provide mental healthcare in retail stores, advancing vertical integration

CVS Health is stationing therapists at some of its nearly 10,000 retail stores. The move reflects vertical integration among payers and is an example of how the role of a therapist is changing.

The neurologist will you see now, virtually

About 40% of neurology visits were conducted using telehealth in January 2021. New data show that telehealth usage still remains strong in the specialty, over a year into the pandemic.

Hospitals face specialty pharmacy challenges with insurer competition

There's revenue and potentially better outcomes to gain when a hospital fills patient prescriptions at their own in-house specialty pharmacy. But most patients are now covered by insurers who have vertically integrated a specialty pharmacy as subsidiaries.