How Senior Care Clinics Are Bringing Humana And Walgreens Closer

Forbes November 21, 2018
Bruce Japsen

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• “The initial signs are very, very positive and that’s a big deal,” Walgreens
• The senior-focused clinics are not like urgent care clinics where patients need “immediate help,” Walgreens

The early success Humana and Walgreens Boots Alliance are seeing in “senior-focused primary care clinics” could be behind speculation a closer deal between the insurer and drugstore chain is forthcoming.

The Wall Street Journal said Tuesday Humana and Walgreens are having “preliminary discussions to take equity stakes in each other.” Neither Humana nor Walgreens would comment about the report or whether their relationship was expanding.

But executives at Humana and Walgreens have been speaking glowingly of a partnership the two have that began three...

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