Practice Management
Urgent Message: Employer worksite clinics represent both a threat and an opportunity. Urgent care could lose some volume to no-cost care at work, but new business evolutions include partnering with local employers to develop onsite care models. Alan A. Ayers, MBA, MAcc is President of Experity Consulting and Senior Editor of The Journal of Urgent Care Medicine. Patients today have more options for where they receive care than ever before, which means more competition for …
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Urgent care operators are watching with interest as Anthem and Cigna Corp. prepare to fight for their proposed $53 billion merger. The U.S. Justice Department has already expressed concerns about the deal moving forward, claiming that federal and state regulators complain consummation would reduce competition, leading to higher prices and lower levels of service. For their part, Anthem insists the proposed massive new company would be in a better bargaining position to negotiate deals with …
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