Walmart adds new health clinics in Florida
The 16 new locations will open by the fall of 2023, the retail giant announced Wednesday.
Nearly half of consumers are in debt due to medical bills, survey finds
Many are struggling to afford their private health insurance and are unprepared for a medical emergency, a poll conducted for telehealth provider Babylon showed.
UHS focusing on lowering premium pay, filling staff roles as it faces inflationary pressure
CFO Steve Filton said that, while he doesn’t believe premium pay will return to pre-pandemic levels in the foreseeable future, a lull in COVID-19 cases could give UHS an opportunity to reduce costs as demand for contract labor drops.
The American healthcare system is broken — here’s what we can do to fix it
Value-based care is key to transforming health outcomes and empowering doctors and patients, Texas physician Kevin Spencer argues.
Over 200,000 healthcare workers quit jobs last year
Internal medicine, family practice, clinical psychology, chiropractic and psychology were among the specialties facing the highest turnover in 2021, according to a report from Definitive Healthcare.
Express Scripts lands its largest client in Centene
Cigna’s Express Scripts will manage more than $35 billion in annual prescription drug spend for Centene, which will soon be its No. 1 client.
13 hospitals receive funding as special pathogen care hubs
The healthcare facilities will lead regional responses against pathogens such as COVID-19, Ebola and monkeypox.
10-week Kaiser strike ends with deal aimed at improving mental health access
About 2,000 mental health clinician’s at the system’s facilities in Northern California walked off the job in protest of what they said were prolonged waiting times and unmanageable work loads.
Hospitals pivot to new tactics as they try to recruit, retain staff
“We’re not just competing among healthcare organizations anymore,” Geisinger Chief Nursing Officer Janet Tomcavage said. “Now we’re really competing with the broader labor market.”
Cigna’s Express Scripts wins Centene’s $35B prescription drug contract
The PBM contract is one of the largest to change hands recently, one analyst said. Centene will drop CVS Caremark in 2024.