Walmart Rolling Out More Healthcare Services ‘Super Centers’ - Forbes

Walmart_H&W-0160[1] — Walmart Health's first "super center for basic healthcare services" opened Sept. 13, 2019 in Dallas, ... [+] Georgia. The Walmart Health center puts key services under one roof including primary care, dental, optometry, counseling, labs, X-ray, hearing and wellness education.
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Walmart is opening more “Walmart Health” centers that feature an array of primary medical services, dental care, and behavioral health services as part of a new model being replicated beyond Georgia into other markets.

Walmart says the new health centers will be located in Loganville, Georgia and a new smaller prototype in Springdale, Arkansas that will open next week. Executives said the new centers build on the first 10,000 square foot facility that opened last year in Dallas, Georgia, where Walmart shoppers and patients in the community have taken to the concept.

The first such “Walmart Health” brand center in Dallas, Georgia, is a health facility offering more services than the 19 “Care Clinics” Walmart has already operated elsewhere in Georgia, South Carolina and Texas.

Walmart executives say the new Walmart Health centers are different than earlier clinics that take up about 1,500 square feet inside the store. The retailer says the Care Clinics remain an important part of their healthcare offerings, but are more limited in service.

“Our existing Walmart Health Centers in Dallas and Calhoun, Georgia, have created a real impact in the months since opening,” Walmart’s senior vice president of health and wellness, Sean Slovenski said in a blog post Wednesday.

“Patients have responded favorably to our low, transparent pricing for key healthcare services, regardless of insurance status,” Slovenski added. “They’re also appreciative of the convenience of our facilities that offer primary and urgent care, labs, x-ray and diagnostics, counseling, dental, optical and hearing services all in one central facility. But don’t just take my word for it.”

The move by Walmart comes as CVS Health opens hundreds of “HealthHubs” which include additional health and wellness items and services beyond what’s already available in the drugstore chain’s MinuteClinics. Meanwhile, Walgreens Boots Alliance has been partnering with an array of companies, testing everything from urgent care in attached centers operated by UnitedHealth Group’s Optum MedExpress unit to Partners in Primary Care Clinics for Medicare beneficiaries that are operated by Humana.

The larger Walmart Health Center puts “key health services under one roof,” a first for the world’s largest retailer when it comes to offering primary care, dental, optometry, counseling, laboratory tests, X-rays, hearing, wellness education and behavioral health.

“It’s clear our model is working, but there’s also more to be done to ensure every family has access to care,” Slovenski said. “Walmart Health will continue to expand with additional locations opening in Georgia this year. We owe it to our communities to continue our mission to bring quality care to those who need it, now more than ever.”

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