Walmart's healthcare leaders are exiting the company as it taps the brakes on an ambitious clinic rollout

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and insurance processing for Walmart's healthcare businesses and handled operations across pharmacy and vision businesses, services that were integrated with the health clinics. Picklesimer did not respond to request for comment.

"I am grateful for my time at Walmart and wish them all the best in their endeavors," Iyer said in an email. Ro Parikh, Walmart's head of dentistry — a big component of the clinics — left in 2021, according to two people familiar with the matter. He did not respond to a request for comment.A medical professional evaluates a patient at a Walmart Health center in Elm Springs, Arkansas.that Walmart's rollout of the clinics has slowed compared to an initial long-term plan, which in November 2018 provisioned funds for 125 clinics by the end of 2021, 1,000 clinics by 2024, and 4,000 by 2029.

A Walmart spokesperson disputed reporting that the plan for 4,000 clinics had been approved by the board."Our plan has always been to develop a cost-efficient model and scale it appropriately," the spokesperson said.

 

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