New Village Medical at Walgreens clinics to
open in Texas, Arizona and Florida, following successful Houston
pilot
Walgreens Boots Alliance (Nasdaq: WBA) and VillageMD today
announced plans to open the next 40 new Village Medical at
Walgreens full-service primary care clinics by the end of summer
2021. The first markets for expansion include areas of Houston, El
Paso and Austin, Texas, Phoenix, Ariz., and Orlando, Fla. The first
new locations outside of Houston will open in the Phoenix area
starting Dec. 14, 2020. The expansion is part of the large-scale
rollout announced earlier this year to open 500 to 700 Village
Medical at Walgreens clinics in more than 30 U.S. markets in the
next five years.
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Walgreens Boots Alliance and VillageMD
today announced plans to open the next 40 new Village Medical at
Walgreens full-service primary care clinics by the end of summer
2021. (Photo: Business Wire)
“Walgreens is proud to partner with VillageMD to offer the most
comprehensive and large-scale roll out of physician-led primary
care services co-located in a retail pharmacy setting,” said Alex
Gourlay co-chief operating officer, Walgreens Boots Alliance. “Our
role as part of patient care teams has never been more critical,
and our partnership with VillageMD enables us to provide more
people with convenient access to high-quality, affordable care
embedded in their communities.”
The new Village Medical at Walgreens clinics integrate
pharmacists as critical members of VillageMD’s physician-led,
multidisciplinary team to provide patients with a full suite of
primary care and pharmacy services at convenient Walgreens
neighborhood locations. By combining the expertise of both the
physician and pharmacist, patients benefit from improved health
outcomes and lowered cost of care. With Village Medical
board-certified physicians facilitating regular and direct
communication between patients and Walgreens pharmacists, the model
helps Village Medical at Walgreens patients take the right
medications and get the right doses at the right times.
“In today’s complex healthcare environment, this integrated
model of care is more important than ever. When patients adhere to
the appropriate care and medication regime, health outcomes
improve,” said Tim Barry, chairman and CEO at VillageMD. “At
Village Medical at Walgreens, our experienced physicians and
providers work closely with Walgreens pharmacists every day to
ensure patients get accessible, personalized and coordinated care
when they need it.”
Expansion plans were driven by the success of the first five
clinics in Houston, indicated by overwhelmingly positive feedback
and high satisfaction from both patients and physicians. With many
clinics in medically underserved areas, Village Medical at
Walgreens will help meet the needs of all people, including those
who may not have access to healthcare and are at greater risk of
health disparities.
The clinics will accept a wide range of health insurance
options, offering cost-effective and comprehensive primary care to
meet the full continuum of healthcare needs. Healthcare services
are offered whenever and however patients need it, providing access
to Village Medical care and support through in-person, at home and
telehealth visits.
For more information about Village Medical at Walgreens
services, please visit VillageMedical.com.
For more information as well as multimedia assets, please visit
the Walgreens Newsroom.
About Walgreens Boots Alliance
Walgreens Boots Alliance (Nasdaq: WBA) is a global leader in
retail and wholesale pharmacy, touching millions of lives every day
through dispensing and distributing medicines, its convenient
retail locations, digital platforms and health and beauty products.
The company has more than 100 years of trusted health care heritage
and innovation in community pharmacy and pharmaceutical
wholesaling.
Including equity method investments, WBA has a presence in more
than 25 countries, employs more than 440,000 people and has more
than 18,750 stores.
WBA’s purpose is to help people across the world lead healthier
and happier lives. The company is proud of its contributions to
healthy communities, a healthy planet, an inclusive workplace and a
sustainable marketplace. The company’s businesses have been
recognized for their Corporate Social Responsibility. Walgreens was
named to FORTUNE* magazine’s 2019 Companies that Change the World
list and Boots UK was recognized as Responsible Business of the
Year 2019-2020 by Business in the Community.
WBA is included in FORTUNE’s 2020 list of the World’s Most
Admired Companies. This is the 27th consecutive year that WBA or
its predecessor company, Walgreen Co., has been named to the
list.
More company information is available at
www.walgreensbootsalliance.com.
*© 2019, Fortune Media IP Limited. Used under license.
About VillageMD
VillageMD, through its subsidiary Village Medical, is a leading,
national provider of value-based primary care services. VillageMD
partners with physicians to provide the tools, technology,
operations, staffing support and industry relationships to deliver
high-quality clinical care and better patient outcomes, while
reducing the total cost of care. The Village Medical brand provides
primary care for patients at traditional free-standing clinics,
Village Medical at Walgreens clinics, at home and via virtual
visits. VillageMD and Village Medical have grown to include more
than 2,800 physicians across nine markets, are responsible for
approximately 600,000 lives and manage $4 billion in total medical
spend in value-based contracts. To learn more, please visit
www.VillageMD.com.
Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements. All
statements in this release that are not historical are
forward-looking statements made pursuant to the safe harbor
provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.
These forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future
performance and involve risks, assumptions and uncertainties,
including, but not limited to, those related to the timing and
effectiveness of collaboration plans and implementation, the
ability to realize the anticipated benefits of the strategic
partnership, competitive actions in the marketplace, and the
ability to achieve anticipated financial and operating results in
the amounts and at the times anticipated, as well as those
described in Item 1A (Risk Factors) of Walgreens Boots Alliance,
Inc.’s Form 10-K for its fiscal year ending August 31, 2019 and
Form 10-Q for its fiscal quarter ending February 29, 2020, and in
other documents that Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc. files or
furnishes with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Should one
or more of these risks or uncertainties materialize, or should
underlying assumptions prove incorrect, actual results may vary
materially. These forward-looking statements speak only as of the
date they are made. Each of Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc.,
Walgreens and VillageMD do not undertake, and expressly disclaim,
any duty or obligation to update publicly any forward-looking
statement after the date of this release, whether as a result of
new information, future events, changes in assumptions or
otherwise.
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VillageMD PR Contact: Molly Lynch
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