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Take a Minute (Clinic) to Consider the Future of Your Medical Practice – Medical Group Minute
Many physicians bemoan the fact that we have retail, corporate run walk in clinics, such as the Minute Clinics run by CVS, staffed with nurse practitioners and PAs.
From Cross Fit to Crossing Over From Pure Medical Practice To Lifestyle Business
Many people tend to think within professional silos. Barbers cut hair. Farmers farm. And, doctors practice medicine. Why? I read a Wall Street Journal article about a company in the gym business that’s expanding beyond the gym business into – yep, you got it – healthcare. It’s just another one of those ventures. There’s a…
CVS, Aetna and Your Practice – Podcast
The Wall Street Journal portrays it as causing panic in the streets.
Take A Minute (Clinic) to Consider the Future of Your Medical Practice
Many physicians bemoan the fact that we have retail, corporate run walk in clinics, such as the Minute Clinics run by CVS, staffed with nurse practitioners and PAs. But, like it or not, the Minute Clinic and other variants of a consumer-friendly model are going to become an increasing part of the way healthcare is…
CVS, Aetna and Your Practice
The Wall Street Journal portrays it as causing panic in the streets. I’m taking about the pending acquisition of Aetna by CVS Healthcare. It’s stoking fear of the combination of a ubiquitous retail delivery platform, CVS, with the health insurance, managed care, and huge patient database of Aetna. More traditional health insurers and large scale…
It’s About Time
Those who say that “retail” medicine may not be “cheaper” just don’t get it. It’s not only about money, it’s about time. The chances are that you don’t have much spare time on your hands. Like other high performance people, you’re probably working 75 to 80 or more hours a week. But even the masses…