A presentation of information about transparency in healthcare reform. States are currently pursuing ways to make pricing information available to people before they even need it.
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The document discusses changes in the Irish pharmacy market and opportunities for community pharmacies. It notes that while pharmacies are still opening, 1 in 4 are trading at a loss. Customers are forming shopping habits by their 30s and moving from an appearance focus to health. They want trusted advice, relationships, additional services like clinics, and a welcoming store layout beyond just shelves. To adapt, pharmacies need to redesign their space, build loyalty through community events, offer a broader product range and services beyond prescriptions, and free up pharmacist time for patients through efficient processes. Additional services, allied healthcare providers, and a focus on value beyond price can help pharmacies differentiate in an increasingly competitive market.
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Transitioning to value based care in medical oncology is a major strategic change in any medical practice. In this presentation to Grand Rounds at the Norris Cotton Cancer Center at Dartmouth, we look at the strategic and operational considerations of making such a transition effective.
Dr. Kapoor Tallahassee Democrat op-ed - Jan. 2013Rebecca Sage
This document discusses the trend of hospitals acquiring physician practices, which drives up healthcare costs. It notes that hospitals are reimbursed at higher rates than physicians' offices for the same services. This differential reimbursement has enabled hospitals to consolidate market control and employ more physicians, while the number in private practice has declined. However, hospitals are actually a more expensive and less efficient site of care. The document argues for equalizing reimbursement rates between hospitals and physicians' offices to help control costs and preserve patient access to healthcare.
This white paper discusses the need for collaboration across stakeholders in oncology care to define value and access to cancer therapies. It notes increasing drug development costs and the need for value-based medicine to provide both enhanced outcomes and lower costs. Real-world evidence from data on patient outcomes is important for evaluating value and informing decisions by regulators, payers and other stakeholders. Accountable care organizations and a shift to more patient-centered, value-based models in the US and globally are changing expectations and incentives around oncology drug development.
This document describes a proposed medical records platform called UMedicalRecords.com. It notes that current hospital systems lack adequate data exchange between facilities. The proposed solution is a communitywide data exchange platform that allows clinicians to view patient records across providers. It estimates the total addressable US market at 1 million healthcare providers, with a target market of 2,000 paid users per month generating $24 million annually. The platform aims to solve interoperability issues through a web-based system accessible to clinicians.
Preferred Health Ventures aims to build a network of online healthcare resources to increase price, quality, and access transparency for consumers. This will be done by creating a national network of providers committed to transparency and connecting them through various branded websites and social media platforms. The goal is to empower consumers to make more informed healthcare decisions in the face of rising costs, inconsistent quality, and lack of choice that plagues the current system.
The Future of Community Pharmacy in England
http://www.atkearney.com/documents/10192/649132/The+Future+of+Community+Pharmacy.pdf/1838dede-b95a-4989-8600-6b435bd00171
A presentation of information about transparency in healthcare reform. States are currently pursuing ways to make pricing information available to people before they even need it.
The future of Irish Community Pharmacy Dragons Den Presentation Ultan MolloyUltan Molloy
The document discusses changes in the Irish pharmacy market and opportunities for community pharmacies. It notes that while pharmacies are still opening, 1 in 4 are trading at a loss. Customers are forming shopping habits by their 30s and moving from an appearance focus to health. They want trusted advice, relationships, additional services like clinics, and a welcoming store layout beyond just shelves. To adapt, pharmacies need to redesign their space, build loyalty through community events, offer a broader product range and services beyond prescriptions, and free up pharmacist time for patients through efficient processes. Additional services, allied healthcare providers, and a focus on value beyond price can help pharmacies differentiate in an increasingly competitive market.
Transitioning to Value Based Care: Tennessee Oncology, A Case StudyWes Chapman
Transitioning to value based care in medical oncology is a major strategic change in any medical practice. In this presentation to Grand Rounds at the Norris Cotton Cancer Center at Dartmouth, we look at the strategic and operational considerations of making such a transition effective.
Dr. Kapoor Tallahassee Democrat op-ed - Jan. 2013Rebecca Sage
This document discusses the trend of hospitals acquiring physician practices, which drives up healthcare costs. It notes that hospitals are reimbursed at higher rates than physicians' offices for the same services. This differential reimbursement has enabled hospitals to consolidate market control and employ more physicians, while the number in private practice has declined. However, hospitals are actually a more expensive and less efficient site of care. The document argues for equalizing reimbursement rates between hospitals and physicians' offices to help control costs and preserve patient access to healthcare.
This white paper discusses the need for collaboration across stakeholders in oncology care to define value and access to cancer therapies. It notes increasing drug development costs and the need for value-based medicine to provide both enhanced outcomes and lower costs. Real-world evidence from data on patient outcomes is important for evaluating value and informing decisions by regulators, payers and other stakeholders. Accountable care organizations and a shift to more patient-centered, value-based models in the US and globally are changing expectations and incentives around oncology drug development.
This document describes a proposed medical records platform called UMedicalRecords.com. It notes that current hospital systems lack adequate data exchange between facilities. The proposed solution is a communitywide data exchange platform that allows clinicians to view patient records across providers. It estimates the total addressable US market at 1 million healthcare providers, with a target market of 2,000 paid users per month generating $24 million annually. The platform aims to solve interoperability issues through a web-based system accessible to clinicians.
Preferred Health Ventures aims to build a network of online healthcare resources to increase price, quality, and access transparency for consumers. This will be done by creating a national network of providers committed to transparency and connecting them through various branded websites and social media platforms. The goal is to empower consumers to make more informed healthcare decisions in the face of rising costs, inconsistent quality, and lack of choice that plagues the current system.
The Future of Community Pharmacy in England
http://www.atkearney.com/documents/10192/649132/The+Future+of+Community+Pharmacy.pdf/1838dede-b95a-4989-8600-6b435bd00171
1) Retail clinics have experienced rapid growth in recent years, with the largest operators like MinuteClinic planning to open hundreds more clinics.
2) Major retail pharmacy chains like CVS and Walgreens have acquired the largest retail clinic operators to benefit from synergies with their retail businesses.
3) Surveys show that consumers are comfortable with and interested in using retail clinics for convenient, basic healthcare needs, demonstrating the potential for continued growth in retail clinics.
The document discusses the importance of healthcare companies transforming relationships with customers to build trust through more relevant and engaging interactions. It summarizes research finding doctors are the most trusted source of health information, while insurers lag far behind. It proposes three strategies for healthcare companies: 1) Develop insight into each customer using data to understand their needs and motivations. 2) Connect with customers through personalized messaging targeted to their interests and delivered via preferred channels. 3) Build experiences through consistent, engaged relationships maintained across customers' journeys.
Should Hospitals partner with Big Retail Chains?thomasaju01
Retail Healthcare is a new strategy that healthcare providers are offering. Partnering with Retail Chains and offering healthcare products to population offers an opportunity for impulse buy. As people generally don't like going to hospitals partnering with retail chains gives an opportunity to explore the primary healthcare opportunity.
This is an updated slide deck discussing what students should consider when starting a career in community pharmacy practice. There really are a lot of opportunities if pharmacists are willing to do what it takes to succeed.
This document discusses the increasing importance of nonacute care to healthcare organizations' success. It notes that what happens outside the hospital, including primary care, home health, and long-term care, will determine hospitals' and health systems' future. It provides examples of how some organizations are investing in and partnering with nonacute care providers to coordinate care across settings and control costs.
Healthcare systems around the world are fraught with challenges that reveal the cracks in today's operating models. But a nascent trend that is quickly becoming an imperative is poised to transform the industry: the consumerization of healthcare. By promoting and supporting more control, awareness, and responsibility on the part of the consumer, healthcare companies can drive a dramatic improvement in population health and reduction in costs.
Chapter 16Conclusion All Those Levers and No FulcrumThe pragmEstelaJeffery653
Chapter 16
Conclusion: All Those Levers and No Fulcrum
The pragmatic method is primarily a method of settling metaphysical disputes that otherwise might be interminable. … What difference would it practically make to any one if this notion rather than that notion were true? If no practical difference whatever can be traced, then the alternatives mean practically the same thing, and all dispute is idle. Whenever a dispute is serious, we (need to) be able to show some practical difference that must follow from one side or the other’s being right.
Source: Reproduced from: What is Pragmatism (1904), from series of eight lectures dedicated to the memory of John Stuart Mill, A New Name for Some Old Ways of Thinking, in December 1904, from William James, Writings 1902–1920, The Library of America; Lecture II
16.1 WHERE TO STAND
A variety of levers can be used to try to move health care delivery in one direction or the other. All levers, however, require a strong fulcrum, a solid base against which the lever can operate when sufficient force is applied. In the United States, there is a clear absence of a reliable fulcrum. The passage of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) provides a fulcrum, albeit a sometimes shaky one, but its future is uncertain and there has been little stomach for movement since then.
Federal government bureaucrats know that the efforts of lobbyists, senior White House staffers, or chairs of congressional committees can undermine in a few days what has taken months of study and consensus building to achieve. At worst, one’s program, or even one’s agency, can disappear from the budget overnight. State offices are subject to the same risks, although governors sometimes stand more firmly because a state must meet its financial obligations, rather than print money or borrow more heavily.
Other potential fulcrums are likewise unreliable. Insurers continue to take their cut and pass on any added costs. Providers continue to maximize revenue. Employers continue to opt out of defined benefit programs. More and more of the costs of providing coverage and care accrue to state and federal governments through Medicare, Medicaid, and other programs. A 2013 survey of more than 200 key health care industry executives showed deep pessimism about our ability to improve both quality and inflation-adjusted costs, thus improving value. Only 1% were strongly positive, and 22% were strongly negative. To a parallel question about the current quality of U.S. health care, 16% were strongly positive, and 22% were strongly negative (Chin et al., 2013).
Fitting into Our Culture of Individualism
There are practical reasons for the on-the-one-hand and on-the-other-hand approach Harry Truman objected to when he called for a “one-handed” economist. Each of us brings a value system to any policy analysis, and those values inevitably get mixed up with the objective information that a scholarly approach offers decision makers. We are therefore understandably relu ...
The document discusses several major trends in the US healthcare industry in 2014 as the Affordable Care Act continues implementation. Key points include:
1) Companies are reinventing themselves and blurring traditional lines as insurers seek to directly manage healthcare delivery to control costs, providers enter the insurance business, and retailers expand healthcare services.
2) With traditional venture capital pulling back from healthcare, corporate venture arms are investing more heavily in startups, bringing cash as well as expertise, connections, and other resources.
3) Employers are increasingly interested in private health insurance exchanges as a way to define their contribution while giving employees more choice and potentially reducing administrative costs and budget unpredictability.
Multiple disruptive trends continue to alter the healthcare
landscape. This is the second of a four-part series to
share our insights into these trends and to identify the
leadership qualities, skills and vision required to navigate
them. Let’s look at some of the major retailers making
moves into healthcare and how they are shifting how
care is delivered and received.
1. Pharmacists are well-positioned to help healthcare organizations transition to a patient-centered medical home model focused on quality, efficiency, and outcomes over fee-for-service.
2. CHI Franciscan Health implemented a polypharmacy initiative and patient-centered medical home model with pharmacists playing a key role in identifying high-risk patients, optimizing complex medication regimens, and building trust with providers.
3. Starting small by saying yes to all opportunities, prioritizing clinics with the most need and building trust, the pharmacists were able to expand their roles and impact more patients with limited resources.
This document summarizes a roundtable discussion with healthcare experts from different organizations in the San Fernando Valley region. The experts discuss trends in the health insurance marketplace including mergers and acquisitions of large insurers. They also discuss the impact of Covered California on businesses and providers, noting issues like high deductibles, narrow networks, and shortages of primary care providers. The roundtable participants provide their perspectives on how hospitals, physicians and patients have been affected by reductions in reimbursements under the Affordable Care Act. They discuss strategies for offsetting revenue reductions and priorities for their respective organizations, focusing on patient care and affordability.
United Healthcare's business model is deepening and widening. Originally a managed care plan, it encompasses a PBM, medical group practices, a data analytics unit, a national ACO and more to come...
The healthcare market is evolving throughout the United States as well as globally. UHC is competing against Aetna, Cigna, Humana, Kaiser as well as Blue Cross Blue Shield plans and other healthcare plans ---and now healthcare provider organizations as well!
... Healthcare Marketing Leader: Pharmaceutical, Medical Device, RPA, SaaS, Digital Marketing Strategy, Managed Care, Market Access - John G. Baresky
Focused on trends and challenges of healthcare industry and technologies which we are seeing and we may see in future. Included information like healthcare industry overview, healthcare apps and wearables, etc.
Disaster Contact a disaster preparedness person at either a loca.docxlynettearnold46882
Disaster
Contact a disaster preparedness person at either a local hospital, or local city or county emergency services agency. NORTHEAST OHIO
1. Blackout 2003
2. Chardon Highschool shooting 2012
3. Great blizzard 1978
Interview your contact, asking the following questions:
1) "What do you consider to be the top three disasters for which you prepare?"
2) "What would you say are your top three lessons learned about managing a disaster?"
What Would the Best Future for Health Care Look Like?
Introduction
The one thing the debate over reforming health care taught us all is that there are as many opinions as there are interested groups, and all of them differ in meaningful ways. To look at the views on improving the systems of care delivery, it is important to note where they have points of agreement and where they differ. They are all driven by the values and principles of the constituencies and what they hope to achieve from changes in the delivery system. This module will explore points of agreement and differences between important groups that will influence the direction health care will go in the next decade.
Patients
It is an interesting point that all constituencies, in their public statements, emphasize that a strong health care system should focus on getting the best outcomes for patients. What would that be, from the perspective of patients? Typically, patients relate that they want top quality in their care and the latest technology, along with immediate and unrestricted access to care, at the lowest possible cost. This triad has become the stumbling block of change initiatives, since to date, no one has figured out how to deliver all three. However, when patients' views are explored and probed, some interesting facts emerge. When patients say they want top quality care, in general, they tend to define that as achieving a cure or return to health. They certainly do not want to leave the system feeling worse than when they came in. Patients have been heavily lobbied in the media by pharmaceutical and medical technology companies to convince them that the latest (and most expensive) technology will deliver the desired outcomes. However, very little real research on the true effectiveness of treatments and technology makes its way to most patients, and patients in general do not shop for their medical care as carefully as they would if they were purchasing new cars, for example. The language of research and medicine is difficult for patients to understand and is frequently not well-explained by providers.
So, the nuances of top quality care in terms of being able to deliver a cure or return to health are not well understood by the constituency with the most at risk. What patients do understand is whether they feel better or see improvement in their health and whether care was rendered without errors and in a compassionate way. The best health care system, from a patient's point of view, is one that can consistently deliver the good.
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Its a well analysed discussion on the successful business models in the on-demand healthcare sector. It illustrates these facts with live examples from the industry which will help you on your next Uber for Health.
The authors behind a new paper are encouraging good medical billing practices, arguing that it’s a mark of quality health care. The information medical bills contain and what tactics companies use to collect payment can vary, but the authors outline five metrics by which to judge medical bills.
Among them: Bills of high quality would provide patients with an itemized and understandable list of services; would allow patients to easily contact a representative to clarify or contest their bill; and wouldn’t involve any “surprise” charges
Consumers have limited loyalty to healthcare providers and are open to switching primary care physicians. Younger consumers especially lack loyalty, with over 60% of those aged 18-44 willing to switch. Providers need to develop trust and deliver value through personalized communications and programs that meet consumer needs and preferences in order to build stronger engagement and loyalty. Consumers are looking for convenient access, rewards for healthy behaviors, and guidance on managing costs. Sharing fitness and shopping data with providers could also improve health if used to benefit consumers. However, most consumer engagement currently is limited, through phone contact alone.
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In this presentation , SBP ( spontaneous bacterial peritonitis ) , which is a common complication in patients with cirrhosis and ascites is described in detail.
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3) Surveys show that consumers are comfortable with and interested in using retail clinics for convenient, basic healthcare needs, demonstrating the potential for continued growth in retail clinics.
The document discusses the importance of healthcare companies transforming relationships with customers to build trust through more relevant and engaging interactions. It summarizes research finding doctors are the most trusted source of health information, while insurers lag far behind. It proposes three strategies for healthcare companies: 1) Develop insight into each customer using data to understand their needs and motivations. 2) Connect with customers through personalized messaging targeted to their interests and delivered via preferred channels. 3) Build experiences through consistent, engaged relationships maintained across customers' journeys.
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This is an updated slide deck discussing what students should consider when starting a career in community pharmacy practice. There really are a lot of opportunities if pharmacists are willing to do what it takes to succeed.
This document discusses the increasing importance of nonacute care to healthcare organizations' success. It notes that what happens outside the hospital, including primary care, home health, and long-term care, will determine hospitals' and health systems' future. It provides examples of how some organizations are investing in and partnering with nonacute care providers to coordinate care across settings and control costs.
Healthcare systems around the world are fraught with challenges that reveal the cracks in today's operating models. But a nascent trend that is quickly becoming an imperative is poised to transform the industry: the consumerization of healthcare. By promoting and supporting more control, awareness, and responsibility on the part of the consumer, healthcare companies can drive a dramatic improvement in population health and reduction in costs.
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Chapter 16
Conclusion: All Those Levers and No Fulcrum
The pragmatic method is primarily a method of settling metaphysical disputes that otherwise might be interminable. … What difference would it practically make to any one if this notion rather than that notion were true? If no practical difference whatever can be traced, then the alternatives mean practically the same thing, and all dispute is idle. Whenever a dispute is serious, we (need to) be able to show some practical difference that must follow from one side or the other’s being right.
Source: Reproduced from: What is Pragmatism (1904), from series of eight lectures dedicated to the memory of John Stuart Mill, A New Name for Some Old Ways of Thinking, in December 1904, from William James, Writings 1902–1920, The Library of America; Lecture II
16.1 WHERE TO STAND
A variety of levers can be used to try to move health care delivery in one direction or the other. All levers, however, require a strong fulcrum, a solid base against which the lever can operate when sufficient force is applied. In the United States, there is a clear absence of a reliable fulcrum. The passage of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) provides a fulcrum, albeit a sometimes shaky one, but its future is uncertain and there has been little stomach for movement since then.
Federal government bureaucrats know that the efforts of lobbyists, senior White House staffers, or chairs of congressional committees can undermine in a few days what has taken months of study and consensus building to achieve. At worst, one’s program, or even one’s agency, can disappear from the budget overnight. State offices are subject to the same risks, although governors sometimes stand more firmly because a state must meet its financial obligations, rather than print money or borrow more heavily.
Other potential fulcrums are likewise unreliable. Insurers continue to take their cut and pass on any added costs. Providers continue to maximize revenue. Employers continue to opt out of defined benefit programs. More and more of the costs of providing coverage and care accrue to state and federal governments through Medicare, Medicaid, and other programs. A 2013 survey of more than 200 key health care industry executives showed deep pessimism about our ability to improve both quality and inflation-adjusted costs, thus improving value. Only 1% were strongly positive, and 22% were strongly negative. To a parallel question about the current quality of U.S. health care, 16% were strongly positive, and 22% were strongly negative (Chin et al., 2013).
Fitting into Our Culture of Individualism
There are practical reasons for the on-the-one-hand and on-the-other-hand approach Harry Truman objected to when he called for a “one-handed” economist. Each of us brings a value system to any policy analysis, and those values inevitably get mixed up with the objective information that a scholarly approach offers decision makers. We are therefore understandably relu ...
The document discusses several major trends in the US healthcare industry in 2014 as the Affordable Care Act continues implementation. Key points include:
1) Companies are reinventing themselves and blurring traditional lines as insurers seek to directly manage healthcare delivery to control costs, providers enter the insurance business, and retailers expand healthcare services.
2) With traditional venture capital pulling back from healthcare, corporate venture arms are investing more heavily in startups, bringing cash as well as expertise, connections, and other resources.
3) Employers are increasingly interested in private health insurance exchanges as a way to define their contribution while giving employees more choice and potentially reducing administrative costs and budget unpredictability.
Multiple disruptive trends continue to alter the healthcare
landscape. This is the second of a four-part series to
share our insights into these trends and to identify the
leadership qualities, skills and vision required to navigate
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moves into healthcare and how they are shifting how
care is delivered and received.
1. Pharmacists are well-positioned to help healthcare organizations transition to a patient-centered medical home model focused on quality, efficiency, and outcomes over fee-for-service.
2. CHI Franciscan Health implemented a polypharmacy initiative and patient-centered medical home model with pharmacists playing a key role in identifying high-risk patients, optimizing complex medication regimens, and building trust with providers.
3. Starting small by saying yes to all opportunities, prioritizing clinics with the most need and building trust, the pharmacists were able to expand their roles and impact more patients with limited resources.
This document summarizes a roundtable discussion with healthcare experts from different organizations in the San Fernando Valley region. The experts discuss trends in the health insurance marketplace including mergers and acquisitions of large insurers. They also discuss the impact of Covered California on businesses and providers, noting issues like high deductibles, narrow networks, and shortages of primary care providers. The roundtable participants provide their perspectives on how hospitals, physicians and patients have been affected by reductions in reimbursements under the Affordable Care Act. They discuss strategies for offsetting revenue reductions and priorities for their respective organizations, focusing on patient care and affordability.
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Contact a disaster preparedness person at either a local hospital, or local city or county emergency services agency. NORTHEAST OHIO
1. Blackout 2003
2. Chardon Highschool shooting 2012
3. Great blizzard 1978
Interview your contact, asking the following questions:
1) "What do you consider to be the top three disasters for which you prepare?"
2) "What would you say are your top three lessons learned about managing a disaster?"
What Would the Best Future for Health Care Look Like?
Introduction
The one thing the debate over reforming health care taught us all is that there are as many opinions as there are interested groups, and all of them differ in meaningful ways. To look at the views on improving the systems of care delivery, it is important to note where they have points of agreement and where they differ. They are all driven by the values and principles of the constituencies and what they hope to achieve from changes in the delivery system. This module will explore points of agreement and differences between important groups that will influence the direction health care will go in the next decade.
Patients
It is an interesting point that all constituencies, in their public statements, emphasize that a strong health care system should focus on getting the best outcomes for patients. What would that be, from the perspective of patients? Typically, patients relate that they want top quality in their care and the latest technology, along with immediate and unrestricted access to care, at the lowest possible cost. This triad has become the stumbling block of change initiatives, since to date, no one has figured out how to deliver all three. However, when patients' views are explored and probed, some interesting facts emerge. When patients say they want top quality care, in general, they tend to define that as achieving a cure or return to health. They certainly do not want to leave the system feeling worse than when they came in. Patients have been heavily lobbied in the media by pharmaceutical and medical technology companies to convince them that the latest (and most expensive) technology will deliver the desired outcomes. However, very little real research on the true effectiveness of treatments and technology makes its way to most patients, and patients in general do not shop for their medical care as carefully as they would if they were purchasing new cars, for example. The language of research and medicine is difficult for patients to understand and is frequently not well-explained by providers.
So, the nuances of top quality care in terms of being able to deliver a cure or return to health are not well understood by the constituency with the most at risk. What patients do understand is whether they feel better or see improvement in their health and whether care was rendered without errors and in a compassionate way. The best health care system, from a patient's point of view, is one that can consistently deliver the good.
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2. HEALTHCARE
Walmart makes a point of stocking its shelves with
a little bit of everything. From food to clothes to
specialized garden tools, the retail giant has the
items its shoppers need to live a prepared daily
life—and now, Walmart plans to extend that one-
stop preparedness to meet its consumers’
healthcare needs. In late March, a report from the
Wall Street Journal revealed that the corporation
was in early negotiations with the Medicare
insurance colossus Humana.
The idea of an acquisition isn’t entirely
unexpected, given that the two companies
already collaborate on a Medicare prescription
drug plan. But an acquisition of this scale could
have an impact that makes a co-branded drug
venture look near-inconsequential. If Walmart’s
efforts to bring Humana into the fold succeed, the
retail conglomerate might just open the door to
affordable primary healthcare for millions of
Americans.
3. Let’s take a step back. While significant, this foray into public health isn’t unprecedented;
over the past year, retail competitors have made similar strides into the healthcare
industry. CVS, for example, began a deal for the managed healthcare services company
Aetna earlier this year for a whopping $69 billion. However, the difference between
Walmart’s reach for Humana and CVS’s planned acquisition of Aetna is a matter of size
and capability. The vast majority of Walmart’s near-4,700 branded and subsidiary
locations already have on-site pharmacies, and stores in a few states have begun offering
clinic services. Humana’s offerings would effectively complement what Walmart already
has: the insurance giant runs its own pharmacy benefits service and almost 200 clinics.
By merging with Humana, the retail giant could burgeon into a major primary care
provider and have a ready pool of dedicated patients. Humana currently provides
insurance to over 14 million Medicaid enrollees, all of whom could potentially turn to
Walmart as a one-stop shop for their healthcare needs.
A DEEPER LOOK
This is a game-changer for a number of reasons, not the least of which is that it removes
some significant patient barriers to primary care. Unfortunately, as one researcher puts it in
a paper published in a 2008 issue of JAMA Internal Medicine: “Simply being able to name a
usual source of medical care is not the same as having effective and timely access to that
same source of care.” The same study found that patients often can’t consult with their
physicians because of barriers such as extended waiting periods, scarce appointments, and
problems reaching their doctors via phone. This lack of access pushes primary care patients
to seek treatment in emergency rooms and urgent care centers. This is understandably
problematic: not only is the upfront cost more expensive for the patient, but the influx of
low-grade cases divert resources that emergency centers need for more extreme cases.
And make no mistake, there is an influx. In 2014, the CDC report found that approximately
32% of ER patients are seen for under 15 minutes—and only 7.9% of all visits result in
hospital admission. This implies that the vast majority of cases could have—or perhaps
should have—been taken care of by a primary care provider.
WALMART + HUMANA
4. BUT THIS PROBLEM CAN BE RECTIFIED — AND WALMART’S
MERGER MIGHT JUST BE THE FIRST STEP TOWARDS A
SOLUTION. ACCORDING TO A 2009 STUDY PUBLISHED IN THE
BMC HEALTH RESEARCH JOURNAL, “54% OF PATIENTS
REPORTED CHOOSING [URGENT CARE] DUE TO NOT HAVING TO
MAKE AN APPOINTMENT, 51.2% BECAUSE IT WAS CONVENIENT,
43.9% BECAUSE OF SAME-DAY TEST RESULTS, 42.7% BECAUSE OF
ABILITY TO GET SAME-DAY MEDICATIONS.”
IN OTHER WORDS, PATIENTS CHOSE URGENT CARE BECAUSE IT
WAS CONVENIENT AND RELIABLE. THESE PATIENTS DIDN’T
NEED TO WORRY ABOUT THE PAY THEY WOULD LOSE BY
TAKING HOURS OFF OF WORK, OR ABOUT FINDING A PHARMACY
TO TAKE THEIR INSURANCE. IF WALMART MERGES WITH
HUMANA AND BECOMES THE SIGNIFICANT PRIMARY CARE
PROVIDER IT HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BE, IT COULD OVERCOME
THE BARRIERS THAT TRADITIONAL PRIMARY CARE CENTERS
FACE AND GIVE MILLIONS OF AMERICANS ACCESS TO QUALITY,
CONVENIENT CARE.
JON BELSHER
5. BUT WILL THE ACQUISITION GO
THROUGH? THE SITUATION IS
COMPLICATED.
Considered from a business perspective, this particular merger is somewhat of a mixed bag. Moving into healthcare would give
Walmart the chance to diversify its consumer base, gain an edge over its dollar store and pricier retail competitors, and profit from
the influx of patient-consumers. However, the move upward would come at a cost. Given that the market value for Humana
currently stands at $37 billion and that the final cost could be even higher after negotiations, the decision to merge isn’t an easy
one to make. To make matters more complex, the return value Walmart would receive could be years away. The change could be
invaluable to Walmart as an organization and primary care patients as a whole, but it’s easy to see why the final decision to move
forward will be a difficult one given the financial situation.
6. But from a healthcare
provider’s perspective, I have to
hope that this acquisition will
go through, and that patients
will have the access they need.
We’re in the early stages yet,
but Walmart-Humana deal
might just be the Hail Mary
that moves us towards a
convenient and affordable
primary care system.