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September 7, 2010
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ConvUrgentCare® Strategy Symposium Set for Scottsdale
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The third annual ConvUrgentCare® Strategy Symposium will be held January 25-26, 2011, at the Cottonwoods Resort in Scottsdale, AZ.
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September 7, 2010
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Fast Care Opens in Wal-Mart
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The two clinics operated by Portneuf Medical Center in the Blackfoot/Pocatello area are the first Fast Care clinics inside Wal-Mart stores.
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September 7, 2010
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Two Operators Pull Out of Madison
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Meriter Hospital operated two Fast Care clinics inside Shopko stores and Take Care Health operated three locations inside Walgreens stores. All have exited the market.
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August 4, 2010
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MinuteClinic Forms New Hospital Partnership
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MinuteClinic has entered its fourth hospital system partnership, this time with St. Vincent’s in the Southeast.
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August 4, 2010
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Quick Health Changes Its Name
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Quick Health, one of the early retail clinic operators in California who at one time had as many as 19 locations, has changed its name to Access Health.
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June 3, 2010
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Target Clinic to Enter Two New Markets
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Chicago and West Palm Beach clinics will open in September.
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June 3, 2010
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HealthCore Releases Study on Urgent Care and Retail Clinics
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Wellpoint’s research subsidiary compares costs to emergency rooms and recommends urgent care and retail clinics when the family doctor isn’t available.
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June 3, 2010
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Memorial Health's MedPoint Express Pulls Out of Indianapolis
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The system now operates three clinics in South Bend: two in Martin's and one in Wal-Mart.
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June 3, 2010
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High-Deductible Health Plans Grow by 25%
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The largest increase came from large group plans, which rose by 33 percent.
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June 3, 2010
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CVS Marks 10th Anniversary of Retail Clinic Industry
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QuickMedx, now MinuteClinic, opened its first clinic in May 2000.
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May 3, 2010
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MinuteClinic Forms Third Hospital Partnership
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MinuteClinic and Catholic Healthcare West have formed a partnership similar to the ones MinuteClinic formed with The Cleveland Clinic and Allina.
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May 3, 2010
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Take Care Seeks JVs with Hospitals
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In an interview in mid-April with Dow Jones, Take Care Health Systems CEO Peter Miller said his company is in “deep discussions” with several hospital systems.
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May 3, 2010
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CVS CFO Predicts Doubling of Clinic Locations
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CVS’ new Chief Financial Officer Dave Denton told Bloomberg news last month that the company will double the number of MinuteClinics in five years.
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May 3, 2010
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The Little Clinic Gets New CEO
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Two weeks after news emerged that The Little Clinic was exiting five markets and had become a wholly owned subsidiary of Kroger, the company announced it has a new leader.
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April 2, 2010
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The Little Clinic Exits Five Markets
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Effective today a total of 30 clinics closed. Kroger takes full ownership.
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April 1, 2010
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Chronic Disease Management Services Emerge
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MinuteClinic announces "Monitoring Made Easy"
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March 20, 2010
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HSA Penetration Could Grow Under New Legislation
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Retail clinic participants predict higher demand
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March 2, 2010
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Walgreens Realigns Healthcare Delivery
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Hal Rosenbluth, Take Care’s founder, continues to have more responsibility.
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February 28, 2010
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AAFP Changes Stance on Retail Clinics
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No more agreements with retail clinics in protest over scope expansion.
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February 26, 2010
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Walgreens to Acquire Duane Reade
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Transaction will give Walgreens 257 stores in New York City.
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February 11, 2010
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Cigna Acquires Work-Site Health Vendor
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Health insurer Cigna increases its offerings in the work-site clinic market.
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January 5, 2010
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ConvUrgentCare Job of the Month
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A major health system in Shenandoah Valley of Virginia is looking for a take-charge leader of its urgent care, occupational health and retail clinic operations. It is the perfect example of how the convergence of urgent care and retail clinics is playing out in the job market. For more information, click here.
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January 5, 2010
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MinuteClinic Ends 2009 with More Closures
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MinuteClinic closed nine additional clinic locations in CVS stores in December.
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January 5, 2010
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ConvUrgentCare Symposium Approved for CME Credits
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Room Discount Ends Jan. 11
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The ConvUrgentCare Strategy Symposium has been reviewed and is acceptable for up to 11.75 Elective credits by the American Academy of Family Physicians. If you haven’t registered yet, give us a call to take advantage of the $119 room rate at the Minneapolis/St. Paul Airport Marriott. After Jan. 11 the rate goes up to the Marriott’s standard rate. More information can be found at www.MerchantMedicine.com or click here for a brochure.
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January 5, 2010
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H1N1 Now Available in Retail Clinics
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Call it better late than never, the H1N1 vaccine has finally arrived at all major operators of retail clinics.
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December 2, 2009
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Wal-Mart Adds 8 Clinics in November
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Wal-Mart is climbing back into the pack of leading retailers hosting clinics. As of December 1 Wal-Mart has 46 stores with retail medical clinics compared to 27 at the end of 2008.
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December 2, 2009
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Rob Pantoja Named CFO of the Year
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The Little Clinic’s Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Rob Pantoja has been named CFO of the Year by the Nashville Business Journal, and with good reason.
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December 2, 2009
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Merchant Medicine Begins Tracking Urgent Care Clinics
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Starting earlier this fall, Merchant Medicine began tracking urgent care clinics in the United States and posting the results under a separate tab on its home page map.
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November 5, 2009
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ConvUrgentCare Strategy Symposium Agenda Set
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The second annual ConvUrgentCareTM Strategy Symposium is set for January 26th and 27th in Minneapolis/St. Paul. The agenda is headed by Karen Bowling, CEO of Solantic. Case studies will be presented covering most strategic options for walk-in medicine, including Cox Health, which operates five clinics inside Wal-Mart stores.
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November 4, 2009
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MinuteClinic to Move Headquarters
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Central operations to be consolidated with CVS headquarters in Woonsocket, R.I.
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November 3, 2009
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MinuteClinic Forms Second Health System Partnership
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Allina Hospitals & Clinics of Minnesota and MinuteClinic team up under an agreement very similar to the one with The Cleveland Clinic.
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October 4, 2009
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Flu Shots Start Early
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Flu is spreading quickly and demand for shots is strong.
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October 4, 2009
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Retail Clinics Measure Up
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Rand study published in The Annals of Internal Medicine has good things to say about retail clinics.
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October 4, 2009
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Major Operators Resume Clinic Openings
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MinuteClinic, Take Care and The Little Clinic all open multiple locations.
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September 1, 2009
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Three Steps Forward, Four Steps Back for Wal-Mart
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Closings overshadow new clinic operators in Wal-Mart stores.
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September 1, 2009
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Texas Loosens NP Regulations
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The State of Texas has loosened physician supervision requirements of nurse practitioners as of September 1.
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September 1, 2009
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Rapid Test for Pink Eye Gains Traction
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The diagnosis and treatment of conjunctivitis (pink eye) in retail clinics is about to change.
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August 3, 2009
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Jewel-Osco to Launch its First Retail Clinic in Chicago
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The move could signal major expansion in an already crowded market.
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August 3, 2009
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Take Care Study Connects Workplace Health and Medication Compliance
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Study shows increasing sophistication of Take Care's combined retail clinic and workplace clinic division.
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August 3, 2009
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CVS Caremark Names New President of MinuteClinic
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Andrew J. Sussman, M.D., replaces Chip Phillips as head of the retail clinic unit.
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July 2, 2009
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Wal-Mart Won't Meet Original Projections
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Retailer tells Dow Jones it is still committed to retail clinic program.
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July 2, 2009
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MinuteClinic Closes 11 Locations in Texas
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Largest retail clinic operator continues "seasonal" downsizing.
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June 6, 2009
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Moving Low-Cost Care Away from Insurance
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A New York Times article captures the future of primary care and health insurance.
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June 2, 2009
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Retail Clinics on Hold in Massachusetts
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A policy memo around plumbing code belatedly affects openings.
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June 1, 2009
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Closures in Milwaukee and South Florida
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Broward Health exits while The Little Clinic cuts back in South Florida. Aurora health closes four more clinics in Milwaukee.
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May 3, 2009
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Clinic Operators Gear Up for H1N1
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The swine flu outbreak has caused virtually all retail clinic operators to prepare for large numbers of patient visits.
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May 3, 2009
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A Quiet Month for Retail Clinics
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The retail clinic market saw only seven clinic openings in April. But compared to this time last year, market share has changed significantly.
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April 2, 2009
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Synovate Flu Shot Study Misses the Point
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A study released in late February by Synovate Healthcare, a market research firm, came to an unusual conclusion about flu shots in retail clinics.
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March 9, 2009
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MinuteClinic Closes 89 Locations - Updated
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It appears that MinuteClinic is in the middle of a major "seasonal" restructuring of clinics across the country.
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March 1, 2009
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Clinic Openings Go into Hibernation
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Growth has slowed to a trickle in anticipation of the traditional offseason.
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February 13, 2009
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Cleveland Clinic Partners with MinuteClinic
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This partnership may not be just about physician oversight.
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February 12, 2009
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New Towers Perrin Healthcare Study Released
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Study Outlines Strategies of High-Performing Companies
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Towers Perrin has just released results from its 2009 Health Care Cost Survey, which shows that high-performing companies will pay, on average, 12% less in annual health care premiums in 2009 compared to low-performing companies.
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January 27, 2009
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Wasson Becomes New Walgreens CEO
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Wasson has been instrumental in Walgreens’ move to become a major player in the retail clinic industry.
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January 26, 2009
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MinuteClinic Pulls Out of Portland and Seattle
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MinuteClinic has ended its relationship with QFC grocery stores and closed its clinics in Portland and Seattle.
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January 14, 2009
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Take Care Health Launches Employer-Centric Pharmacy and Health Care Offering
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The new program called Complete Care and Well-Being is aimed at employers and intends to help reduce health care and prescription costs.
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January 2, 2009
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RediClinic Pulls out of Walmart
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In early December RediClinic made the decision to pull out of 15 Walmart locations where it had been operating retail clinics. The company operated nine Walmart locations in Richmond, VA, two in Atlanta, two in Northwest Arkansas and two in Tulsa.
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