HealthLeaders Media November 27, 2018
Bruce Japsen

The pharmacy chain and insurer are touting the success of their pilot collaboration. If their work proves fruitful, the model could add to the threats diverting revenue away from incumbent providers.

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Walgreens and Humana having been working together on pilot clinics serving seniors in the Kansas City market.

If the concept proves fruitful, the partners could scale up nationwide in an arrangement that resembles a CVS-Aetna strategy.

News that Humana and Walgreens may make major investments in each other could be part of a new competitive threat to hospital revenue as the two healthcare giants work to guide seniors covered by Medicare to low-cost outpatient retail care settings.

Neither company would confirm...

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