Medical Economics June 3, 2022
Move is latest step in retail, telehealth, venture capital competition with physicians.
Pharmacy chain Rite Aid and health care company Homeward have announced a joint venture to provide comprehensive care for patients in rural areas of the United States.
Beginning this summer, Rite Aid pharmacists will introduce Medicare-eligible customers to Homeward’s clinical services and will host Homeward mobile care units at store locations in rural Michigan, where the company has 260 stores, according to plans announced this week.
The companies said they have a goal to expand to additional markets nationwide.
Based in San Francisco, Homeward in March announced the company was launching with a $20 million investment to become “the first comprehensive provider to take on full risk in...
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