As healthcare continues its push toward outpatient, value-based care, hospitals and health systems are staking claims in a growing — and increasingly critical — sector: urgent care. Once viewed as an ancillary service, urgent care centers have become central to health systems’ strategies for expanding access, managing costs and bolstering their competitive edge. The space is becoming a key battleground, where health systems, retail giants and payer-backed providers are racing to provide low-acuity care that is convenient, cost-effective and connected. A flurry of recent joint ventures and acquisitions signals just how high the stakes have become.
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Source: https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/finance/an-urgent-health-system-battleground/