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	Podcast:		Healthcare Intelligence Network
	Episode:		Humana Inclusion of Retail Clinics in its Network Examined
	Category:		Business
	Duration:		00:04:12
	Publish Date:		2008-02-15 13:00:00
	Description:		Dr. Steven Goldberg, corporate medical director at Humana, which includes MinuteClinic in its provider network, discusses the impact retail clinics have had on reducing non-emergent ED use and the overall cost of healthcare, shares some feedback his organization is getting from members now that they have the option of visiting a retail clinic in place of their primary care physician, and offers some advice to health plans contemplating the inclusion of clinics in its network. Dr. Goldberg, along with Dr. Thomas Atkins, medical director of Sutter Express Care, drugstore-based medical clinics that are part of Sutter Health's network of hospitals and doctors serving northern California, examined the strategic implications of retail clinics on healthcare provider and payor organizations and presented two case studies on how their organizations are responding to this growing marketplace trend during a February 20, 2008 webinar, The Role of Retail Clinics in the Healthcare Continuum: Creating Strategies and Partnerships To Meet Consumers' Demand.
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