Rural health startup Homeward is partnering with Rite Aid to connect seniors with clinical services like wellness visits and screenings, Mobi Health News reports.
The collaboration will allow Rite Aid pharmacists to send Medicare-eligible customers to Homeward for care. Additionally, Homeward’s mobile care units will be available at some Rite Aid locations in rural Michigan, with the goal of expanding into additional markets.
Homeward, which launched earlier this year with a $20 million investment from General Catalyst, is focused on providing services through its traveling mobile units, in patients’ homes or virtually. It said it will begin in-network services for patients covered under Medicare and Medicare Advantage plans, including primary care and cardiology, starting in the third quarter this year. Read more.
