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Funyuns and flu shots? Gas station company ventures into urgent care
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 10 months agoTULSA, Okla. — When Lou Ellen Horwitz first learned that a gas station company was going to open a...
Hospitals divert primary care patients to health center ‘look-alikes’ to boost finances
Fortune via Yahoo Finance· 2 years agoMedicare and Medicaid pay “look-alike” health centers significantly more than hospitals for treating...
This KY employer weighed a big-company fix for scarce primary care: Its own medical clinic
The Courier Journal via Yahoo News· 8 months agoCorrections & Clarifications: An earlier version of this KFF Health News story misstated the name of...
Weight loss startups offer access to new drugs, but do they provide good care?
NBC Universal via AOL· 2 years agoWeight loss startups including Calibrate Health and Found offer weight loss drugs, but some patients...
Rural hospitals are caught in an aging-infrastructure conundrum
Fortune via Yahoo Finance· 5 months agoKevin Stansbury, the CEO of Lincoln Community Hospital in the 800-person town of Hugo, Colorado, is...
Helpers few and far between for rural Americans kicked off Medicaid after pandemic
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 9 months agoAbby Madore covers a lot of ground each day at work. A staffer at a community health center in...
Medical errors kill scores each year in the U.S., especially women and minorities
NBC News via Yahoo News· 5 months agoCharity Watkins sensed something was deeply wrong when she experienced exhaustion after her daughter...
California Senate’s new health chair to prioritize mental health, homelessness
The Desert Sun via Yahoo News· 1 year agoCalifornia state Sen. Susan Talamantes Eggman, a Stockton Democrat who was instrumental in passing Gov. Gavin Newsom’s signature mental health care legislation last year, has been appointed to lead t…
The business of clinical trials is booming. Private equity has taken notice
Fortune via Yahoo Finance· 2 years agoPrivate equity-backed Headlands Research heralded its COVID-19 vaccine trials as a chance to boost...
After Platinum Health took control, all workers at two central Missouri hospitals were fired
Columbia Daily Tribune via Yahoo News· 2 years ago“Your termination was not foreseeable,” said a letter sent to Audrain Community Hospital employees dated Sept. 8 and signed Platinum Health Systems, adding that their firings were permanent “with no …