CVS has taken the initiative to help the walk-in patients having no primary care provider.
On Tuesday, CVS has unveiled the inauguration of the walk-in medical clinics dubbed as MinuteClinic. The convenient medical store is located inside Target stores operating in the regions of Charlotte and Raleigh-Durham. The Target-based clinics have been restructured and transformed into MinuteClinic. The transformed clinics has been located in more than two Charlotte-area stores – Concord and Charlotte – and eight of such rebranded stores have been located in The Triangle in Apex, Wake Forest, Raleigh, Carey, and Durham.
In addition to the aforementioned stores, 30 more MinuteClinic have been located in the Charlotte-area while a half of it is being operated in the Raleigh-Durham area and they are being operated inside selected CVS Pharmacy stores.
High CVS official, Andrew Sussman, has expressed that the latest inaugurated MinuteClinic, which has been located inside the premises of Target, will have the same offering and the same services scope as it has made available to the number of patients coming at MinuteClinic being operated in North Carolina and nationwide.
He further added, "In addition, some services will be new to Target guests, including treatment for minor sprains and strains, contraceptive care, smoking cessation counseling and weight loss assessment and coaching." Sussman added that with the modern and latest Target-located clinics the company could work on its objective of providing primary care to the customers.
Sussman said that around 50% of the visits at the clinic happened on holidays, evenings, and weekends. As a last resort, patient has to go for the emergency department and bear exorbitant charges of the emergency department or opt for equally expensive urgent care options. He added that half of the patients who have come in the clinic to be treated are what he termed as “medically homeless” having no personal physician for them.
For such “medically homeless” patients who came at the clinic premises, the MinuteClinic provides a list of physicians in the area who are likely to take new patients.
The clinics are opened seven days a week and no prior appointment is needed to pay a visit. The clinics cover major health insurers and for the patients going for the payment by cash or credit, then the treatment prices are appropriately disclosed at the clinics’ premises and official website.
The step of the company is commendable highlighting the seriousness of the company to play the contemporary role in providing the best health care to the customers. The company has also announced of spending around $50 million on a youth antitobacco campaign. The biotech giant is not only developing cure of the life threatening but also looks forward to eliminate the source of disease from the society.
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