<p>CVS has joined Walmart by placing mental health professionals in a few of its HealthHUBs across the country, with plans to expand. It's much needed competition and increased access and de-stigmatization for mental health and should represent a win for consumers. At the same time, it creates some challenges for traditional providers and there are still a number of questions for CVS. Here, Jarrard Inc. AVP Dan Schlacter gives his take.</p>

Dear Hospitals, Don't Duck. Fight.

The Backstory, formerly the High Stakes Podcast, is a new, limited series from Jarrard Inc. President and Co-Founder Anne Hancock Toomey.
For nearly two decades, Jarrard – one of the nation’s top communications consulting firms for healthcare – has partnered with thousands of leaders across the country who are striving to make healthcare better every day.
But this isn’t a podcast about healthcare, or politics or even communications. It’s about authentic leadership.
The Backstory is about demystifying respected leaders who’ve had a lot of success along the way because of the kind of leaders they’ve chosen to be.
Each person Anne interviews is visionary, of course. They’re smart as hell, and they’re fierce about their business and their mission. They’re also humble, kind and create the kind of environments in which people can thrive. They’re not perfect. But they are real. And it’s the combination of those two things that makes each one of them great.
In every episode, Anne’s guest digs into who they are, where they come from and what’s influenced them to be the person and the leader that they are today.