What lessons can be drawn from Walmart’s precipitous shut down of its attempt to launch primary care, dental and behavioral health services? The Walmart Health management team (after some mid-stream …
Back in 2018, I offered a speculation about what Amazon might do in healthcare as part of its now defunct joint venture with JPMorgan and Berkshire Hathaway. The focus was on doing what Amazon is re…
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A Portland-based urgent care operator is launching a health plan from scratch
The strategy targets the busy and healthy with the convenience of a retail network providing “store brand care”; …
The battle to own healthcare’s consumer relationship is being nowhere fought more intensely than in the mobile arena. Tea leaves suggest that Aetna has pulled back from trying to own this relationshi…
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Boeing is creating a benefit design model which sets up providers to compete for their book of lives via provider-branded narrow networks
By offering a choice among competing narrow and full …
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Aetna has struck a deal to sell individual health insurance with Costco, the #6 retailer. The deal targets 9 populous states first with more to follow in 2012
While the deal lacks some…
Aetna has struck a deal with Best Buy to sell four online coaching programs (fitness, weight management, smoking cessation and stress management) in
new 1,200 sq. ft. “health technology departments” i…
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