Walmart expands healthcare footprint: 7 updates in 60 days

Becker's Healthcare November 20, 2023
Paige Haeffele

Here are seven updates on Walmart’s healthcare division reported by Becker’s since Oct. 3:

1. Walmart’s CEO, Douglas McMillon, was ranked 19th on As You Sow’s 10th report on “overpaid” CEOs among the S&P 500. He earns $25.31 million each year, with a CEO-to-worker pay ratio of 933-to-1.

2. A consumer sued Global Pharma Healthcare, claiming that its recalled product, EzriCare Artificial Tears, caused an infection in her eye that led to countless medical appointments, multiple surgeries and an eight-day hospital stay. The eyedrops were recalled earlier this year following reports of a rare strain of bacteria that can cause infection, eye loss and even patient death. The drops have since been linked to four patient deaths, four patient...

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