MarketWatch December 24, 2019
Jaimy Lee

CVS Health, Humana, Walgreens and others now operate hundreds of primary care clinics

A handful of companies like Humana Inc. and Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc. that are better known for operating pharmacy counters and managing health plans are now turning into primary care providers.

CVS Health Corp., Humana, Walgreens, Walmart Inc. and UnitedHealth Group Inc. now operate hundreds of clinics that directly market themselves as primary care providers or provide a majority of primary care services. And they all plan to open more clinics in 2020.

“There is an emerging consensus that the best way to control medical costs in America is to have patients have an old fashioned-style primary care relationship with someone in the health system,” said Dr....

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Topics: Health System / Hospital, Insurance, Patient / Consumer, Payer, Pharma, Physician, Primary care, Provider, Retail care, Retailer
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