Walgreens & VillageMD Opened 46 Full-Service Primary Care Practices During Past Fiscal Year, & Planning For 35 More By End Of 2021

As of July 1, 2021, Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc. and VillageMD had opened 46 previously announced Village Medical at Walgreens pharmacy locations during the past fiscal year. They plan to open the next 35 locations by the end of calendar 2021, for a total of approximately 80 co-locations. On July 8, 2021, Walgreens and VillageMD announced plans to open 29 of the new locations in Texas. On July 23, 2021, Walgreens and VillageMD expanded to Northern Indiana with four new locations.

In the Texas announcement, Walgreens said 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 high-quality health care to consumers, with Village Medical primary care physicians and Walgreens pharmacy services through a coordinated care delivery model.

Walgreens is included in the United States segment of Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc., a global leader in retail pharmacy. Walgreens operates more than 9,000 retail locations across the United States, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. It serves more than 8 million consumers daily.

VillageMD, through its subsidiary Village Medical, is a leading, national provider of value-based primary care services. VillageMD partners with physicians to provide the tools, technology, operations, staffing support and industry relationships to deliver high-quality clinical care and better consumer outcomes, while reducing the total cost of care. The Village Medical brand provides primary care for consumers at traditional free-standing clinics, Village Medical at Walgreens clinics, at home and via virtual visits. VillageMD and Village Medical have grown to 15 markets and are responsible for more than 1.6 million consumers. VillageMD is also the largest participating sponsor of CMS’ new Direct Contracting program and estimates it serves more than 56,000 Medicare beneficiaries.

This was reported by Walgreens Boots Alliance on July 1, 2021.

Contact information: Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc., 108 Wilmot Road, Deerfield, IL 60015; 847-315-3700; Website: https://www.walgreensbootsalliance.com/

Contact information: Village MD, 125 South Clark Street, Suite 900, Chicago, IL 60603; 312-465-7900; Website: https://www.villagemd.com/

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COVID-19 Risk Management Plan August 11, 2021

We are excited to return to sunny southern California for The 2021 OPEN MINDS Management Best Practices Institute at the picturesque Newport Beach Marriott Hotel & Spa, August 23-26, 2021. To help plan your in-person attendance, visit https://openminds.com/live-mbpi/ for a schedule of events happening throughout the week.

The resurgence of the COVID Delta variant has certainly created new challenges for the country and for our families. Fortunately, the available COVID vaccinations have been very successful in preventing symptomatic infections and illness. But I did want to let you know that our team at OPEN MINDS is committed to making our executive events as safe as possible and have an active risk management plan in place. I wanted to share with you the key elements of our plan:

Masking. Every participant will receive a mask as part of their registration materials. Unvaccinated people will be required to wear masks – and vaccinated attendees will be encouraged to wear masks. If the local or state governments have more restrictive standards (including mandatory masking or requiring proof of vaccination) at the time of our institutes, we will follow those standards.

Social Distancing. We are working with the event venue to hold all sessions in the largest possible rooms with seating as far apart as possible. In order to accomplish this, we ask that you select in advance the sessions you plan to attend in-person at the event venue. This will assist us with room and seating arrangements.

Outdoor Events. Where possible, we will use outdoor spaces for networking events and smaller sessions.

Hand Sanitation. Hand sanitation stations are available throughout the event venue and hand sanitizer is included in your registration materials, courtesy of our partner, Qualifacts+Credible.

Virtual Sessions. Every session will be partially or fully available in a virtual capacity:

We are livestreaming via GoToWebinar our plenary sessions – keynote addresses and plenary panels. You can participate online from your hotel room (or from your home office if you can’t attend on-site). We will be accepting questions from both the onsite and online audiences.
Each executive seminar is being offered at two separate times, one live at the event venue and the other exclusively for virtual attendees.
We are recording the audio for each session – and will post the audio along with presentation materials after each session.
A virtual exhibit hall will be available with access to all exhibitor contact information, product demos, and engagement opportunities.

We will continue to monitor any changes in the CDC recommendations for the continued safety of the public. If you have any concerns or questions, feel free to reach out to a member of our team at events@openminds.com or by phone at 877-350-6463. We look forward to seeing you at The 2021 OPEN MINDS Management Best Practices Institute.

Monica E. Oss
Chief Executive Officer
OPEN MINDS

Walgreens & VillageMD Opened 46 Full-Service Primary Care Practices During Past Fiscal Year, & Planning For 35 More By End Of 2021

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