Walgreens, Humana to expand Partners in Primary Care partnership
Walgreens is expanding its senior-focused neighborhood health collaboration with health insurer Humana by opening three new Partners in Primary Care centers inside Walgreens stores. The new Partners in Primary Care centers — with one set to open in Anderson, S.C. and the other two planned for Kansas City — build on the two that opened in the Kansas City area last year.
“We are finding that seniors appreciate not just the high quality of clinical care, but also the social interactions, the personal attention, the convenience and the enhanced coordination between their pharmacist, physician and the health guides we have on site,” said Jim OConor, senior vice president of Walgreens neighborhood health destinations. “Together, we are simplifying social and clinical care in the neighborhood as we transform our stores into convenient neighborhood health destinations.”
The 2,500-sq.ft. Partners in Primary Care centers will be staffed by a physician who is supported by care teams trained in working with seniors that include registered nurse “care coaches,” behavioral health specialists and social workers. The clinics are available to patients participating in various Medicare plans.
“The decision to expand our test-and-learn collaboration in both the Kansas City area and a new market — Anderson, S.C. — reflects our ongoing commitment to provide integrated care that meets the unique health care needs of seniors in convenient locations in their neighborhoods,” said Renee Buckingham, president of Humana’s care delivery organization. “Patients of Partners in Primary Care located inside Walgreens have access to a comprehensive care team, led by board-certified primary care physicians that extends far beyond a typical nurse practitioner model often housed in retail locations.”
Beyond the locations within Walgreens stores, Huamana operates five Partners in Primary Care centers in the Kansas City area, and four standalone locations in South Carolina.
“We are finding that seniors appreciate not just the high quality of clinical care, but also the social interactions, the personal attention, the convenience and the enhanced coordination between their pharmacist, physician and the health guides we have on site,” said Jim OConor, senior vice president of Walgreens neighborhood health destinations. “Together, we are simplifying social and clinical care in the neighborhood as we transform our stores into convenient neighborhood health destinations.”
The 2,500-sq.ft. Partners in Primary Care centers will be staffed by a physician who is supported by care teams trained in working with seniors that include registered nurse “care coaches,” behavioral health specialists and social workers. The clinics are available to patients participating in various Medicare plans.
“The decision to expand our test-and-learn collaboration in both the Kansas City area and a new market — Anderson, S.C. — reflects our ongoing commitment to provide integrated care that meets the unique health care needs of seniors in convenient locations in their neighborhoods,” said Renee Buckingham, president of Humana’s care delivery organization. “Patients of Partners in Primary Care located inside Walgreens have access to a comprehensive care team, led by board-certified primary care physicians that extends far beyond a typical nurse practitioner model often housed in retail locations.”
Beyond the locations within Walgreens stores, Huamana operates five Partners in Primary Care centers in the Kansas City area, and four standalone locations in South Carolina.