Fair oaks health care center articles
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Walmart to shutter health centers, virtual care service in latest failed push into health care
Walmart said clinics are not a sustainable business model due to a challenging reimbursement environment for primary care and increasing operating costs.
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A coverage gap Catch-22: To work, Selinda Walker needs health care. To get health care, she needs work.
As lawmakers debate work requirements in Medicaid expansion bills, Walker faces a Catch-22: she first needs health insurance to get healthy enough to be able to return to work.
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Walmart closing 51 health centers, and shutting down virtual care
Walmart says it will shut down the 51 health clinics it has at retail stores across five states, as well as its virtual care operation as the business has become "unsustainable.""The challenging reimbursement environment and escalating operating costs create a lack of profitability," the company said Tuesday.The announcement did not provide a specific date for the closures, but sources told the Dallas Morning News and CNBC they would happen over the next 45 to 90 days.Walmart opened its first...