Fierce Healthcare April 4, 2024
Walmart Health is expanding within Texas next week, though headwinds have forced the company to push back the opening of clinics in certain regions until early 2025.
The retail giant said a year ago that it intended to nearly double its footprint by the end of 2024, opening 75 locations by the end of the year. However, pressures related to construction resources have led it to pump the brakes on six health centers planned for the Phoenix region and four in Oklahoma City, delaying them to the beginning of next year, a spokesperson told Fierce Healthcare.
That said, Walmart is still on track to open the planned 75 locations by early 2025, the spokesperson said.
The company will open its...