Meanwhile, competitor GoodRx anticipates declining 2022 revenues after a major grocery store chain stopped accepting its discounts.

Nearly 19% of health consumers say they’ve delayed their refill after running out of meds due to high costs, per GoodRx. What's next for Walmart Health? Walmart plans to slowly expand its retail clinic presence over the next few years. Especially in rural areas. Walmart now has 24 clinics across four states (Georgia, Arkansas, Florida, and Illinois).

Talkspace is in pole position for a major tie-up with a big healthcare player (like CVS, Phillips, or even budding telehealth stakeholders like GoodRx) looking to grow its telemental health footprint.

In fact, 19% of US consumers say they’ve delayed their refill after running out of meds due to high costs, per GoodRx. Zooming out: Beside pricing, barriers like poor connectivity and lack of gov’t regulations will slow down the healthcare metaverse. Or, metaverses in any industry, really.

For example, Omeprazole (used to treat acid reflux) typically costs $13.34 with an insurance copay—but costs just $3.36 with GoodRx. GoodRx isn’t the only platform providing low drug prices, though:.

GoodRx. The Harris Poll. J.D. Power. Kaufman Hall. McKinsey & Company. Redpoint Global. Semafone.

GoodRx. Guidehouse. Harvard Business Review. Kaiser Family Foundation. Kaufman Hall. KLAS Research. Kyruus. Morning Consult. Moving Health Home. Novant Health. NRC Health. Oak Street Health. Oliver Wyman. PatientPop. Press Ganey. Redpoint Global. Rock Health. The Harris Poll. The Sycamore Institute. Walgreens.

GoodRx. IQVIA. The Commonwealth Fund. The COVID-19 Healthcare Coalition. Tinuiti. Voicebot.

Article: GoodRx is on a digital health roll with its latest partnership with virtual care startup Wheel.

The news: Consumers prefer a hybrid model of care that combines in-person and virtual care over just telehealth or just in-person care, per a new GoodRx survey of over 1,000 patients and 600 providers. Over 60% of respondents plan on using a hybrid model of care post-pandemic. And only 12% of respondents wanted to ditch virtual care altogether and opt for only in-person visits.

Tuna brand Bumble Bee, telemedicine platform GoodRX, Tylenol, Eli Lilly, Nature Made, Lysol, and Bissell round out the other health and hygiene brands that dominated the list of top improvers. The standout entry among this year’s best improvers is Amazon Prime Video, the only non-health or household care brand on the list.

The news: Drug discount and telehealth platform GoodRx reported a 39% year-over-year (YoY) increase in revenues from Q3 2020 ($140.5 million) to Q3 2021 ($195.1 million). In particular, GoodRx saw high growth in its subscription programs, including its Rx subscription services GoodRx Gold and Kroger Savings Club: The company’s overall subscription revenues grew 111% YoY to $16.2 million.

The data: More than 40% of US counties (with roughly 41 million residents) are pharmacy deserts, where patients have to drive 15 minutes or more to reach the nearest pharmacy to obtain their prescriptions, according to a September 2021 report by GoodRx. States like South Dakota, Nebraska, and Kansas have the largest number of counties with pharmacy deserts.

For example, GoodRx recently partnered with e-prescription company Surescripts to give its users access to discount price information. And healthcare price transparency startup Turquoise Health has been building out its platform to let consumers compare costs of care and insurance rates for the most affordable healthcare products and services in their area.