This week on the FLATLINING Podcast from Fulcrum Strategies, Matthew and Ron discuss a recent move by BlueCross BlueShield of North Carolina to purchase the NC locations of retail healthcare chain FastMed.  What does that mean for patients and nieghboring providers?  Then, they dive into a recent LinkedIn post by Ron that discussed a call he had with a managed Medicaid payer who wanted one of his clients to take on a lot of risk for Medicaid patients.  What does risk mean in the healthcare world and should providers take on risk? BCBS North Carolina to purchase more than 50 FastMed urgent care clinics - Becker's Payer IssuesFollow Matthew Handley on X.Subscribe and have each episode delivered to your email inbox!