Dec 16, 2016 | Marketing, Technology, Urgent Care
Do Prescription Discount Cards really work? It seems most of the prescription discount cards you see advertise up to 75-80% off prescription drug prices. But what does that really mean? For many patients who have a good pharmacy benefits plan and a fixed co-pay of...
Jun 8, 2013 | Urgent Care
The manager of several hospital affiliated urgent care centers asked me for some advice about his staffing model. The centers are open 7 AM to 10 PM M-F, and 8-5 on weekends. Staffed with mostly NPs, they rotated through the centers, alternating 7-3 and 3 – 10...
Aug 20, 2012 | Occupational Medicine, Urgent Care
Part of the work we do in urgent care is providing screenings, assessments and physical exams for particular purposes where no physician-patient relationship exists, such as for pre-placement or other work-related exams. Invariably, though, some of these folks are...