Practice Management
Grocery chain Hy-Vee has become a joint owner of Exemplar Care, and the business line is now rebranded as Hy-Vee Health Exemplar Care, according to a press release. Existing centers will be renamed to Hy-Vee Health Exemplar Care, offering direct primary care and 24/7 urgent care where available. The model is targeted to employer groups who provide their employees prepaid access to unlimited primary and urgent care through memberships. There are 4 existing clinics in …
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Hospitals and health systems are increasingly acquiring urgent care (UC) centers to further their brand presence in select markets and draw patients from UC into the systems’ many other service offerings. New competition from retail clinics and ongoing financial issues seem to be the motivators behind the deals, according to an analysis in Becker’s. A number of recent acquisitions are highlighted, including, for example, Community Health Systems’ purchase of 10 Carbon Health urgent care centers …
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The fourth quarter of 2016 looks to be an especially busy one for healthcare acquisitions—with urgent care concerns being particularly hot report, according to a from Bloomberg’s Bureau of National Affairs (BNA). There are a large number of deals being hammered out currently, and both buyers and sellers are eager to close them before they close the annual books. Long-term care, health information technology, and physician practice all figure to lead the charge, with urgent …
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