Walgreens To Open New Clinics Staffed, Owned By Hospital Partners

http://www.forbes.com/sites/brucejapsen/2015/08/20/walgreens-to-open-new-clinics-staffed-owned-by-hospital-partners/

In a new twist on its retail health clinic model, Walgreens Boots Alliance (WBA) says it will open up to 25 new retail clinics in Oregon and Washington states that will be owned and operated by a Seattle-based health system. The collaboration calls for Walgreens’ partner, Providence Health & Services, a large hospital operator in the Seattle and Portland areas, to own and operate the clinics inside Walgreen drugstores throughout the northwestern U.S. states.

Execs fired as cost of Epic EHR rollout grows at NYC Health and Hospitals

http://www.beckershospitalreview.com/healthcare-information-technology/execs-fired-as-cost-of-epic-ehr-rollout-grows-at-nyc-health-and-hospitals.html

Fired

Ten states participating in Medicaid incentive programs

http://managedhealthcareexecutive.modernmedicine.com/managed-healthcare-executive/news/ten-states-participating-medicaid-incentive-programs

The push and pull of increasing hospital consolidation

http://www.fiercehealthfinance.com/story/push-and-pull-increasing-hospital-consolidation/2015-08-20?utm_medium=nl&utm_source=internal

Money Physician

Healthcare reform drives deals, but regulators also push back

Wellness centers, no longer hospital gimmicks, become money-making population health engines

http://www.healthcarefinancenews.com/news/wellness-centers-no-longer-hospital-gimmicks-become-money-making-population-health-engines

Strength training at a medical fitness center. (photo by the Medical Fitness Association)

Wellness systems improve overall health, a lucrative incentive as value-based reimbursement takes hold.