Part 2: of Retail Health Webinar Series
Retail Based Health Clinics Primer for Health Plans and Payers – Successful Retail Health Clinic Contract and Reimbursement Strategies

Tuesday, July 24, 2007 1:00 – 2:30 p.m. EDT

New Rochelle, NY – Retail Based Health Clinics are being opened nationwide in retail stores and health plans are exploring this opportunity to expand access and increase convenience by including these clinics in their network. At present there are over 70 different companies running clinics in the US. As national expansion continues, it is critical for health plans to understand the impact these clinics will have on access, utilization and outcomes.

The Retail Based Health Clinics Primer for Health Plans and Payers – Successful Retail Health Clinic Contract and Reimbursement Strategies, July 24, 2007, will take an in-depth look at the retail health clinic movement specifically at the clinical and financial impact they will have on health plans.

During this 90-minute webinar, Louise Clyde from Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota and Mary Kate Scott from Scott and Company will provide an in-depth overview and compelling analysis of current market trends. In addition, they will provide strategic analysis and review the factors that could cause a pitfall of the retail health clinics movement.

Formal presentations will be followed by a 30-minute Q&A session to answer your most pressing retail based health clinic questions.

Tune into this live 90-minute webinar from the convenience of your office to:

• Identify industry leaders and business models dominating the retail health clinic space
• Review data on market penetration and demographics of consumers visiting retail clinics by Region, State, Urban versus Rural, Retail Chains
• Explore the physician response versus consumer responses
• Discuss the importance of strategic partnerships between Retail Clinics, Retail Stores, Hospitals, Disease Management Vendors, and Insurers
• Learn how health insurers will be impacted by the retail health clinic business model
• Assess the services and quality of care provided by Retail Clinics
• Clear scope of practice and primary care and hospital referral protocols
• Analyze an effective and efficient reimbursement and claims systems
• Identify national contracting  and reimbursement trends and performance results
  

Mary Kate Scott is the principal of Scott & Company, a strategy consulting firm for health technology firms, device companies, healthcare retailers and service providers, their investors, and leading not for profit healthcare organizations including the Gates Foundation and The California Health Care Foundation. Her interests lie at the intersection of consumers, health technology, new delivery and business models. Her recent publications included the landmark HealthCare in the Express Lane: The Emergence of Retail Clinics (2006), and the forthcoming CHCF Retail Clinics Go Mainstream (2007); new market approaches for medical device firms; the future of remote health services, and shifting consumer healthcare financial incentives.

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Louise Clyde has extensive experience in clinical and health plan management.  Louise is the Director of Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota's Allied Network Management accountable for contracting and management of many allied providers including retail health clinics.  Blue Cross was an early proponent of retail health clinics contracting with MinuteClinic in 2003.  Louise will review learning and experience in working with retail health clinics in Minnesota.  Prior to Blue Cross, Louise managed Psychiatric units at Metropolitan Medical Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota.  Louise is a registered nurse with a B.A. from the College of St. Catherine in St. Paul, Minnesota.

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