July 9, 2021 – Walgreens Boots Alliance and VillageMD announced plans to open 29 new Village Medical at Walgreens practices in Houston, Austin, and El Paso, Texas, this year.
The strategic partnership is on track to meet its overall goal of opening at least 600 Village Medical at Walgreens in more than 30 U.S. markets over the next four years, with the intent to build hundreds more thereafter.
The expansion is part of the $1 billion accelerated investment effort announced in January 2021 to deliver healthcare with Village Medical primary care physicians and Walgreens pharmacy services through an integrated care delivery model.
Additionally, the companies have expanded their coordinated care model to allow Village Medical patients to access the same type of pharmacy services—including between-visit refills, medication substitutions, and comprehensive consultations—from select Walgreens sites that do not have a collocated Village Medical.
This program has launched at all collocations and is launching at nine non-collocations in the Houston and Phoenix areas.