UnitedHealth Group to open “Medicare services centers” inside Walgreens
Pharmacist Jean Ding helps a customer at a Walgreen's Pharmacy in New York on June 1, 2004. In 2020,UnitedHealth Group and Walgreens will open"UnitedHealthcare Medicare services centers" to help Medicare enrollees with their benefits. Photographer: Daniel Acker/ Bloomberg News.Walgreens Boots Alliance and UnitedHealth Group’s health insurance unit are opening “Medicare services centers” inside the pharmacy chain’s U.S. drugstores in select markets under a new partnership.
“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,” the companies said in a joint statement Monday. “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.
And health insurance companies are forming closer ties with pharmacy chains. CVS bought Aetna almost a year ago and Humana for nearly 15 years now has had a partnership selling drug plans with Walmart that involves Humana employees that are embedded into the giant retailer’s stores.
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