Walgreens Amps Up Efforts to Become a Primary Care Player

JUCM News readers may recall that Walgreens established a partnership with VillageMD to open primary care clinics in connection with Walgreens locations around the country. The company is moving ahead in a big way now, announcing plans to open between 500 and 700 such clinics over the next 5 years. Besides putting pharmacists and primary care providers in the same location, Walgreens says it will also offer telehealth services and at-home visits under the partnership’s umbrella. More than half of the locations will be in Health Professional Shortage Areas and Medically Underserved Areas identified by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.