Medicare Services Centers to offer wellness
services and Medicare plan resources for UnitedHealthcare
members
UnitedHealthcare®, the health benefits business of UnitedHealth
Group (NYSE: UNH), and Walgreens will open 14 UnitedHealthcare
Medicare services centers within Walgreens stores in five
metropolitan areas as part of a multiyear agreement.
“We are expanding access to UnitedHealthcare Medicare resources
to better serve our members, providing them with all the valuable
benefits they have come to expect from their UnitedHealthcare
Medicare Advantage plans plus delivering the customer service and
information they desire locally within Walgreens,” said Mike
Anderson, CEO of the Medicare Part D business at
UnitedHealthcare.
The UnitedHealthcare Medicare services centers will begin to
open in January 2020 at Walgreens stores in the Las Vegas, Phoenix,
Cleveland, Denver and Memphis markets. Through these centers,
Walgreens customers can learn more about Medicare, meet with
service advocates to discuss their UnitedHealthcare plan benefits
and even enroll in plans. UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage
members can also make an appointment for an in-store annual
wellness visit at the Medicare services center in Walgreens through
UnitedHealthcare’s HouseCalls program, helping make it easier to
get needed care, tests and treatment.
“Walgreens collaboration with UnitedHealthcare helps people
navigate their healthcare options and provides convenient access to
affordable care,” said Rick Gates, senior vice president, pharmacy
and healthcare at Walgreens. “Through strategic partnerships like
this, Walgreens store locations can offer comprehensive services
tailored to the specific needs of the communities we serve that are
conveniently accessible alongside our pharmacy services.”
AARP® Medicare Advantage Walgreens Plans Together, the two
companies are also collaborating on the new AARP® Medicare
Advantage Walgreens plans from UnitedHealthcare to deliver lower
prescription drug costs and convenient access to medications.
Expanding upon UnitedHealthcare’s 2020 Medicare Advantage
offerings, the new AARP® Medicare Advantage Walgreens plans with
Medicare Part D prescription drug coverage will deliver lower
prescription drug costs and convenient access to medications
through Walgreens, the plan’s preferred retail pharmacy. Many of
the plans will feature $0 premiums and $0 copays on primary care
visits, preventive care and many common generic drugs, offering
another way for plan members to save.
The new plans will feature benefits available through most
UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage plans including a broad health
care network, dental and vision coverage, and access to Renew
Active, UnitedHealthcare’s Medicare fitness program for mind and
body.
AARP® Medicare Advantage Walgreens plan members are not limited
to using Walgreens and may continue to fill prescriptions at most
retail pharmacies or through mail-order from OptumRx. At Walgreens,
plan members will enjoy lower copays for drugs, access to
additional in-store value, enhanced discounts through the Walgreens
Balance Rewards program and simple-to-use digital tools through
Walgreens. The 46 plans will be available across 24 states where
16.2 million people eligible for Medicare reside. Consumers can
enroll during the Medicare Annual Enrollment from October 15
through December 7 when people eligible for Medicare can choose
their coverage.
Serving more than 12 million Medicare beneficiaries,
UnitedHealthcare’s Medicare plans offer programs that help people
stay active, improve health and navigate complex care needs. The
only company to offer Medicare plans with the AARP name,
UnitedHealthcare serves one in five people in the Medicare program
through its portfolio of plansi.
For more information on UnitedHealthcare’s Medicare plans, visit
UHCMedicareHealthPlans.com.
About UnitedHealthcare
UnitedHealthcare is dedicated to helping people live healthier
lives and making the health system work better for everyone by
simplifying the health care experience, meeting consumer health and
wellness needs, and sustaining trusted relationships with care
providers. In the United States, UnitedHealthcare offers the full
spectrum of health benefit programs for individuals, employers, and
Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries, and contracts directly with
more than 1.2 million physicians and care professionals, and 6,500
hospitals and other care facilities nationwide. The company also
provides health benefits and delivers care to people through owned
and operated health care facilities in South America.
UnitedHealthcare is one of the businesses of UnitedHealth Group
(NYSE: UNH), a diversified health care company. For more
information, visit UnitedHealthcare at www.uhc.com or follow @UHC
on Twitter.
About Walgreens Walgreens
(walgreens.com), one of the nation's largest drugstore chains, is
included in the Retail Pharmacy USA Division of Walgreens Boots
Alliance, Inc. (Nasdaq: WBA), a global leader in retail and
wholesale pharmacy. Walgreens is proud to be a neighborhood health,
beauty and retail destination supporting communities across the
country, and was named to FORTUNE* magazine’s 2019 Companies that
Change the World list. Approximately 8 million customers interact
with Walgreens in stores and online each day. As of August 31,
2019, Walgreens operates 9,277 drugstores with a presence in all 50
states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin
Islands, along with its omnichannel business, Walgreens.com.
Walgreens also provides specialty pharmacy and mail services and
convenient access to in-store clinics and other health care
services throughout the United States, most of which are operated
by our health care strategic partners.
*© 2019, Fortune Media IP Limited. Used under license.
About AARP AARP is the
nation’s largest nonprofit, nonpartisan organization dedicated to
empowering Americans 50 and older to choose how they live as they
age. With nearly 38 million members and offices in every state, the
District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands,
AARP works to strengthen communities and advocate for what matters
most to families with a focus on health security, financial
stability and personal fulfillment. AARP also works for individuals
in the marketplace by sparking new solutions and allowing carefully
chosen, high-quality products and services to carry the AARP name.
As a trusted source for news and information, AARP produces the
nation's largest circulation publications, AARP The Magazine and
AARP Bulletin. To learn more, visit www.aarp.org or follow @AARP
and @AARPadvocates on social media.
Plans are insured through UnitedHealthcare Insurance Company or
one of its affiliated companies. For Medicare Advantage and
Prescription Drug Plans: A Medicare Advantage organization with a
Medicare contract and a Medicare-approved Part D sponsor.
Enrollment in these plans depends on the plan’s contract renewal
with Medicare. UnitedHealthcare Insurance Company pays royalty fees
to AARP for the use of its intellectual property. These fees are
used for the general purposes of AARP. You do not need to be an
AARP member to enroll in a Medicare Advantage or Prescription Drug
Plan. AARP and its affiliates are not insurers. AARP encourages you
to consider your needs when selecting products and does not make
specific product recommendations for individuals. United contracts
directly with Walgreens for this plan; AARP and its affiliates are
not parties to that contractual relationship. Other
pharmacies/providers are available in our network.
Benefits and features vary by plan and may not be available in
all plans/areas. Limitations and exclusions apply.
Members may use any pharmacy in the network but may not receive
preferred retail pharmacy pricing.
AARP® Medicare Advantage Walgreens plans’ pharmacy network
includes limited lower-cost pharmacies in rural ID, MO, OK, TX and
suburban CA. The lower costs advertised in our plan materials for
these pharmacies may not be available at the pharmacy you use. For
up-to-date information about our network pharmacies, including
whether there are any lower-cost preferred pharmacies in your area,
please call us or consult the online pharmacy directory using the
contact information that appears on the booklet cover.
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