Fierce Health Payers September 26, 2019
Paige Minemyer

Sam’s Club is teaming up with Humana and telehealth startup 98point6 to pilot a program aimed at helping its members mitigate some out-of-pocket healthcare costs.

The program, called Care Accelerator, is not meant to replace a health insurance plan but to make it easier for those with high deductibles and others with high upfront costs for care get access to basic services and prescriptions, Lori Flees, senior vice president for Sam’s Club Health and Wellness, wrote in a blog post.

“Access to high-quality maintenance healthcare has been shown to improve overall, long-term health,” Flees wrote in the post. “We believe this program will help our members decrease out-of-pocket costs so they can better manage their budgets and their...

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