Forbes April 10, 2019
Walgreens Boots Alliance is partnering with primary care provider VillageMD in Houston where clinics will be opened next to drugstores as a precursor to a potential national rollout.
It’s the latest test for Walgreens, which is already piloting urgent care centers adjacent to its stores in several markets and senior clinics in a partnership with the large health insurer Humana.
By partnering with Chicago-based VillageMD, Walgreens said it is focusing on “providing adult patients in the Houston community with a transformative primary care experience.” Houston is also a test market for rival CVS Health, which has rolled out its new HealthHUB locations in the same fast-growing Texas market.
In VillageMD, Walgreens is partnering with a company that will operate...
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