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Retail based clinics are stimulating a debate about “right care, right provider, right time, right cost” as they respond to consumer demands for price transparency, quality and convenience. This presentation explores the evolving retail clinic environment with respect to hospital alliances, partnerships and sponsorships, and describes the current status of clinic operators, retailer perspectives, emerging business models, consumer reactions, physician responses, and payer relationships. This report also probes the legislative forces that are shaping the national supply of clinics, with special attention on the opportunities and challenges for hospital players to host retail clinics. Financial, legal and marketplace considerations will be explored.

Since they came onto the scene a few years ago, retail-based health clinics have attracted a great deal of attention from the media, the public, the medical establishment and investors. The model is straightforward: retail clinics offer a limited menu of medical services on a walk-in basis. They are typically staffed with Nurse Practitioners who provide diagnoses and prescriptions in about fifteen minutes, and are located inside retail stores, including drug, grocery and mass merchandisers.

Retail clinics have proliferated rapidly – from 62 clinics in January 2006 to more than 370 at the time of this report. They have also evolved from an interesting experiment to a nascent alternative model for providing routine medical services. Consumers across all socioeconomic groups are increasing their use of clinics and reporting high levels of satisfaction.

Healthcare providers are taking notice, with some entering the market as clinic operators, a few providing co-branding for clinic operators, and many watching from the sidelines to learn how they might deliver healthcare in new and more streamlined ways. Physician response has been mixed; the AAFP created a working partnership with retail clinic operators, whereas other provider groups have voiced concerns about quality and the erosion of the “medical home.”   

• The Webinar / Audioconference is scheduled for Thursday, December 6th, 2007 from 1:00 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. Eastern. 
• Mary Kate Scott, Principal of Scott & Company; Carolyn S. Galloway, MPH, MD, FACEP, Chief Medical Officer of RediClinic; and Patricia Shea, Partner, K&L Gates, are the featured Webinar faculty.
• In addition to a thorough discussion of their presentations, the Webinar will include ample time for audience questions and answers.
• Attendees will receive dial-in instructions shortly before the event, and have two options to view the companion presentations: they can logon to view the live webinar online, or simply link to download and view or print the presentation offline.

• Gain a sense of the Convenient Care Industry marketplace, trends, strategies, and operating and development challenges and issues
• Overview Convenient Care concepts and considerations including, Store Design, Floor Plan, Service Offerings, Pricing transparency and strategies, current Markets and Retailer Partners
• Understand Clinical Quality Programs, initiatives and considerations
• Examine the roles available to hospitals in convenient care
• Analyze financial considerations and models for Convenient Care clinics, including hospital sponsored operations.
• Explore a case study of RediClinic partnership models with health care systems, employers and health plans, with detailed information on hospital alliances
• Review legal, compliance and legislative issues impacting Convenient Care operations, particularly with respect to hospital affiliations 
• Learn the risks hospitals accept when they become a convenient care provider, and identify ways to reduce that risk
• Address legal and developmental issues including: defining the scope of services to be offered and the professionals who will provide the services; identifying the physical location where the services will be provided; examining current provider agreements; and forming a separate legal entity for providing convenient care.

• Hospital CEOs, COOs and CFOs and their designees
• Hospital Business Development, Planning, Strategic, Legal, Regulatory, Marketing and Ambulatory Services Executives
• Hospital Medical Staff leadership and Medical Directors
• Convenient Care and retail pharmacy staff responsible for hospital alliances
• Health Plan and employers staff responsible for Convenient Care and hospital relationships
• Consultants, Solutions Providers, and Legal Counsel serving the hospital and Convenient Care industries
• Regulators, researchers, media, physician groups and other stakeholders monitoring the Convenient Care industry

Mary Kate Scott

Scott & Company, Inc.

Carolyn S. Galloway, MPH, MD, FACEP

Chief Medical Officer, RediClinic

Patricia Shea

Partner, K&L Gates

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