Fierce Health Payers September 16, 2021
Northwell Health and Walgreens inked a five-year partnership to expand digital health services for consumers in New York state.
The two organizations are also exploring a retail health clinic collaboration at select Walgreens store locations throughout the tri-state area, which would create additional access to primary care particularly in underserved communities, the companies said in a press release Thursday.
Northwell telehealth providers are now accessible on the Walgreens Find Care platform across the state of New York, expanding access to virtual emergency care services from board-certified emergency medicine physicians in the comfort of their homes. Pediatric specialists are also available, the organizations said.
Walgreens is being offered as an in-network pharmacy provider for Northwell’s 76,000 employees. Since Sept. 1, Northwell...