Baylor Scott & White Health is positioning the organization to grow in a changing market of healthcare delivery. To shift the organization requires a culture change and a major initiative Baylor Scott & White Health is expanding its Texas Care Alliance from two hospitals to nine, sharing data and best practices among care facilities that […]
Major shifts in the health care market, including the increasing adoption of private exchanges, continue to disrupt the health care landscape as we’ve known it. Those benefit managers and advisers who embrace the change ahead and adapt to it will be the ones that are successful, according to Employee Benefit News. Access Market Intelligence’s quarterly […]
CVS Caremark reached an agreement with Navarro, the largest Hispanic owned drugstore chain in the U.S., to acquire 33 stores and Navarro Health Services, a specialty pharmacy serving patients with complex or chronic diseases. CVS Caremark operates more than 7,600 stores, but said it will continue operating the acquired units under the Navarro banner. Navarro […]
McKesson Specialty Health launched its enhanced Third Party Logistics (3PL) services, which now offer even more robust, comprehensive support to pharmaceutical, biologic and medical surgical manufacturers. Customized to each customer’s needs and products, these order-to-cash and billback 3PL services encompass every step of supply chain management so patients can get the critical therapies they need. […]
The insurer-owned Allegheny Health Network is partnering with a national cancer center to offer new therapies and trials in western Pennsylvania, a sign of heightening regional competition and the emergence of new models for pursuing innovative treatments. Highmark’s Allegheny Health Network has signed a five-year affiliation contract with Johns Hopkins’ Kimmel Cancer Center to bring […]
Walgreens is currently piloting two MedAvail self-service pharmacy kiosks — one located at one of its distribution centers and a second at an Access Health Clinic. Walgreens began the roll out in 2012 of new store designs at select locations across the country with self-service kiosks touted as a tool to improve customer service at […]
Owens & Minor is leveraging its history of working with Medical Action as its largest channel partner to advance its service offering to provider and manufacturer customers. Medical Action Industries is the leading manufacturer/distributor of Operating Room Disposable supplies, Containment Systems for Medical Waste, Minor Procedure Kits and Trays, Bedside Products and Disposable Supplies for […]
There are approximately 400 long-term acute care hospitals in the United States. Long-term acute care hospitals include critically ill patients who may live there for months or longer. According to the New York Times, the cost of long-term acute care is substantial, about $26 billion a year in the United States, and by one estimate […]