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With a Second Health Center, Walmart Hopes to Solidify Itself as a Care Provider

The retailer offers services such as routine checkups, eye and dental exams, and therapy and may expand nationwide.

Certain Minorities Face Longer Waits to See Primary Care Docs

Black and Hispanic patients who call for appointments are also more likely than whites to be asked about their insurance status.

Major Liver Groups Back a Public Health Strategy to Tackle Hep C

It’s time, leaders say, to decentralize hepatitis C care from urban areas and get nonspecialists to provide care.

Primary Care Docs Less Likely Than Specialists to Get Hep C Treated

This is according to the largest-ever analysis of the treatment cascade among people tested for hepatitis C.

Most Clinicians Conducting Hepatitis C Tests Are Poor at Linking to Care

Primary care physicians and ob-gyns are the top clinicians ordering such tests.

Can a Switch to “Accountable Care” Insurance Models Help Ease America’s Health Disparities?

Researchers say paying doctors more for preventive care than emergency care may better the health of those in marginalized communities.

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