Feb/March 2009 Edition
Feb/March 2009 Edition
Walgreens is launching an employer-centric pharmacy and health and wellness program designed to reduce health care and prescription costs for employers across the country. The program, called Complete Care and Well-Being, makes prices transparent to the employer.
“Employers, managed care organizations, and insurers have been seeking more easily understood pricing for prescription drugs and health care services for some time now, and Walgreens is delivering on that request,” said Hal F. Rosenbluth, president of Walgreens Health and Wellness division. The program is offered through Take Care Health Systems, a Walgreens subsidiary.
The program combines worksite health centers, in-store clinics, and onsite pharmacies with a discount prescription drug offering that is available nationally to a company’s employees, dependents, and retirees no matter where they work or live. Take Care Clinics are open 7 days a week and located at neighborhood Walgreens drugstores nationwide. They are staffed by nurse practitioners and physician assistants. In addition, beneficiaries receive a 15% savings on all Walgreens brand store products.
Walgreens believes its approach to integrated care will produce more interaction among clinicians and patients and increased patient compliance. It also believes its approach will develop stronger partnerships with managed care organizations and payers across the country to create better health outcomes for patients and payers alike.
Beneficiaries will have access to more than 6,600 pharmacies and nearly 700 worksite health centers and in-store clinics. www.takecarehealthsystem.com