Locations Will Create Hundreds of New Job
Opportunities in the Tucson Area
Walgreens Boots Alliance (Nasdaq: WBA) and VillageMD today
announced plans to open eight new Village Medical at Walgreens
coordinated primary care and pharmacy practices in the Tucson area
in 2022, with the first opening on Feb. 8 at 7885 E. Speedway Blvd.
These openings represent expansion into the second major market in
Arizona, following Phoenix, and add to the growing number of
locations in the state.
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“By combining VillageMD’s expertise in primary care with
Walgreens community presence and experienced pharmacy team, we’re
able to better serve patients and make healthcare more accessible,”
said Roseanna Nicoletti, M.D., a local Tucson physician at Village
Medical. “This collaborative approach allows us to spend more time
focused on providing high-quality care for patients and less time
on administrative tasks.”
Village Medical at Walgreens practices in the Tucson area will
create 285 full-time jobs and employ 140 STEM (Science, Technology,
Engineering, and Mathematics) professionals, such as physicians,
nurse practitioners, and medical assistants.1 Physicians and
pharmacists are empowered to focus on providing patient care and
achieving positive health outcomes.
Through the Walgreens and VillageMD coordinated care model,
patients can receive care for chronic health conditions, as well as
preventive services and treatment for everyday illnesses and
injuries. Physicians and pharmacists collaborate closely to fill
prescriptions immediately following medical visits, often at the
same location, and ensure patients have ongoing access to support
that helps them get and stay healthy.
“Tucson residents, and particularly patients who need ongoing
care for chronic health conditions, will benefit from the
collaboration between the primary care and pharmacy teams,” said
Joseph Backlund, Walgreens pharmacist in the Tucson area. “Working
with VillageMD physicians, Walgreens pharmacists can help ensure
patients have continuous access to care and medication support and
resources when and how they need it.”
More than 3 million Arizonans live in an area that does not have
enough doctors to meet the medical needs of the people who live
there.2 If current trends continue, the projected medical and
productivity cost of chronic disease in 2030 is $8,200 per Arizona
resident.3 Creating greater access to primary care provides
residents better health outcomes in addition to expanded
opportunities to interact with healthcare professionals.
VillageMD and Walgreens plan to open more than 200 Village
Medical at Walgreens practices by the end of the year, including 81
locations that have already opened across 11 markets in Arizona,
Florida, Texas, Kentucky and Indiana.
Walgreens Boots Alliance (WBA) recently announced an increased
investment in VillageMD to advance its strategic position in the
delivery of value-based primary care. The investment will
accelerate the opening of more than 600 Village Medical at
Walgreens primary care and pharmacy practices in more than 30 U.S.
markets by 2025 and 1,000 by 2027, with more than half of those
practices in medically underserved communities.
Village Medical at Walgreens locations accept a wide range of
health insurance options including Medicaid and Medicare in
participating markets. Patients may access care and support through
in-person, at-home and telehealth visits. Patients can learn more
and book appointments by visiting
https://www.villagemedical.com/locations/arizona.
To learn more about career opportunities at Village Medical at
Walgreens, please visit the careers page.
For more information as well as multimedia assets, please visit
the Walgreens Newsroom.
About Walgreens Boots Alliance
Walgreens Boots Alliance (Nasdaq: WBA) is an integrated
healthcare, pharmacy and retail leader serving millions of
customers and patients every day, with a 170-year heritage of
caring for communities.
A trusted, global innovator in retail pharmacy with
approximately 13,000 locations across the U.S., Europe and Latin
America, WBA plays a critical role in the healthcare ecosystem. The
company is reimagining local healthcare and well-being for all as
part of its purpose – to create more joyful lives through better
health. Through dispensing medicines, improving access to a wide
range of health services, providing high quality health and beauty
products and offering anytime, anywhere convenience across its
digital platforms, WBA is shaping the future of healthcare.
WBA has more than 315,000 team members and a presence in nine
countries through its portfolio of consumer brands: Walgreens,
Boots, Duane Reade, the No7 Beauty Company, Benavides in Mexico and
Ahumada in Chile. Additionally, WBA has a portfolio of
healthcare-focused investments located in several countries,
including China and the U.S.
The company is proud of its contributions to healthy
communities, a healthy planet, an inclusive workplace and a
sustainable marketplace. WBA has been recognized for its commitment
to operating sustainably: it is an index component of the Dow Jones
Sustainability Indices (DJSI) and was named to the 100 Best
Corporate Citizens 2021.
More company information is available at www.walgreensbootsalliance.com.
(WBA-GEN)
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 practices,
Village Medical at Walgreens practices, at home and via virtual
visits. VillageMD and Village Medical have grown to 18 markets and
are responsible for more than 1.6 million patients. VillageMD is
also the largest participating sponsor of CMS’s new Direct
Contracting program and estimates it serves more than 56,000
patients. 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.
1 Village Medical internal data. 2 Primary Care Health
Professional Shortage Areas (HPSAs). Arizona. Accessed at
https://www.kff.org/other/state-indicator/primary-care-health-professional-shortage-areas-hpsas/?currentTimeframe=0&selectedRows=%7B%22states%22:%7B%22arizona%22:%7B%7D%7D%7D&sortModel=%7B%22colId%22:%22Location%22,%22sort%22:%22asc%22%7D
on Jan. 12, 2022. 3 Partnership to Fight Chronic Disease: Arizona.
Chronic Disease Fact Sheet. Accessed at
https://www.fightchronicdisease.org/states/arizona on Jan. 12,
2022.
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