On the heels of several high-profile acquisitions, Walgreens aims to be a point of entry for consumers for healthcare services ranging from urgent care to specialty care and even in-home health, reports Fierce Healthcare.
“As soon as we were looking at life beyond the [COVID-19] vaccination period and getting into this endemic role in our lives, it was important to think about what’s the next growth venture for this company because dispensing of pharmaceuticals is not going to be our long-term growth avenue,” said Rosalind “Roz” Brewer, Walgreens Boots Alliance CEO.
Walgreens Boots Alliance and VillageMD have 52 co-located primary care practice locations currently open and will have more than 80 open by the end of this calendar year. Last year, Walgreens invested $5.2 billion in VillageMD, becoming the majority owner, and said it planned to open at least 600 Village Medical at Walgreens primary care practices across the country by 2025 and 1,000 by 2027. Read more.
