Walmart Launches Health Clinics In Lucrative Florida Market

Walmart this week begins opening the primary of 5 new doctor-staffed “Walmart Well being” facilities within the profitable Florida market because the retail large seems to broaden low-cost healthcare companies to tens of 1000’s of its prospects.

Just like the healthcare companies the retailer’s Walmart Well being enterprise has rolled out in 20 places throughout Arkansas, Georgia and Illinois within the final three years, the Florida services will characteristic an array of main medical companies, pressing care together with X-ray companies, dental and eye care, and behavioral well being companies as a part of a brand new mannequin being replicated into different markets.

“Two years after the launch of Walmart Well being, we proceed evolving and rising to make well being care much more accessible to the communities we serve,” mentioned Dr. David Carmouche, senior vice chairman of Walmart’s omnichannel care choices.

Walmart’s Florida enlargement comes as retail rivals CVS Well being and Walgreens are spending billions of {dollars} including extra healthcare companies to present in-store clinics or attaching new main care services to drugstores. Within the case of Walgreens, the corporate is opening tons of of doctor-staffed clinics via its $6 billion funding within the main care firm VillageMD whereas CVS has an array of outpatient expansions within the works from creating in-store HealthHubs with tons of of latest objects to forming relationships with physicians to including new healthcare companies to the greater than 1,100 CVS MinuteClinics throughout the U.S. which are staffed by nurse practitioners.

Walmart’s new Florida facilities construct on the primary 10,000 sq. foot facility that opened in 2019 in Dallas, Georgia, the place Walmart consumers and sufferers in the neighborhood have taken to the idea. In Florida, Carmouche mentioned the healthcare facilities shall be about 6,500 sq. ft. The Florida facilities may also use the Epic electronic health record system, for a extra “unified affected person expertise,” reasonably than every working on a distinct system, Carmouche mentioned.

It’s an enormous market alternative for Walmart. Florida is already dwelling to the second highest variety of Walmart shops within the nation, serving prospects at greater than 380 retail shops and using greater than 120,000 folks, Walmart mentioned.

Walmart carried out its personal evaluation displaying a giant want for main care within the markets the place it has lengthy had retail companies. In different markets, the corporate has seen double-digit share progress in healthcare companies inside months after opening new Walmart Well being clinics, Carmouche mentioned in an interview.

“With just one main care physician per 1,380 Florida residents, these Walmart Well being facilities will assist tackle the demand for care in three main cities within the Sunshine State, delivering high quality well being care on the proper time in the precise setting, proper subsequent to the place many Floridians get their groceries,” Carmouche mentioned in a press release asserting the Florida enlargement. “We’re a part of these communities, and we’re excited to convey extra choices for in-person and telehealth care companies to our neighbors.”

Walmart mentioned the Florida places, which shall be open seven days per week, are opening on the dates and within the places that comply with:

· April 5, 2022: 7075 Collins Highway (Jacksonville)

· April 7, 2022: 1586 Branan Discipline Highway (Middleburg)

· April 12, 2022: 904 B Cypress Parkway (Poinciana/Kissimmee)

· April 14, 2022: 3647 South Orlando Drive (Sanford)

· June 7, 2022: 28516 State Highway 54 (Wesley Chapel)