Mary Kate Scott, Scott and Company September 2007 An update to the 2006 report on retail clinics, this report explores the industry’s development and its integration with the health care system, as well as the challenges involved in establishing retail clinics in California. Located in drug stores, groceries, and other mass merchandisers, and offering a limited menu of services, retail-based health clinics have captured the attention of...

Mary Kate Scott, Scott & Company July 2006 Retail clinics in grocery, drug, and discount stores promise affordability and convenience and are reshaping consumer options in health care. This landmark report examines this innovation from a national and California perspective. It provides an overview of in-store clinics and converging trends in retail and health care, and explores the potential for these clinics to succeed as a viable business...

Corporate spin-offs, which rose to prominence during the restructuring craze of the 1990s, proved too be one of the most lucrative areas of investing over the past five years – particularly in healthcare. And there are more coming, including Abbott’s spin off of Hospira, its hospital supply unit. Spin-offs occur when a company distributes shares in a subsidiary to existing stockholders, usually tax free. The anticipation is that the...

When medical devices companies win, they win big, earning 31x their weaker competitors’ returns. So what are they doing that their competitors aren’t? This article describes seven practices mastered by the best of the best. Medical device companies are all the rage on Wall Street. It’s easy to see why – if you picked a winner five years ago, you would have received returns of 311%, and this doesn’t include those...