CVS Looks To Make Its Drugstores A Destination For Health Care

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The health care industry is organized for the convenience of care-providers, CVS Health's head of transformation says. To cater to consumers, CVS plans to transform some stores into hubs that offer a wider range of care.

 

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How about they sell prescriptions without a huge markup? They are one of the most expensive drug stores out there.

Sounds like it's going to get crowded.

I hope they don't add Kino to attract customers. Its bad enough local convenience stores all look like little crack dens for seniors spending monthly social security checks. UrbanAgenda BOSpoli MApoli

With the increased workload on the nurse practitioner, will there be support staff, like a medical assistant?

Yeah sure, big companies are only interested in profits sooo read the fine print guys🤥

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As a Canadian pharmacist, CVS/AETNA (and their merger) is a *highly* unethical situation, fraught with conflicts of interest. Nm, even this far north we've heard horror stories of working cx and patient cx at CVS and Walgreens. Horrible companies.

Delivering quality healthcare in a place where I can purchase a vast array of “As Seen On TV” products seems to be the next logical step in this experiment we call “American capitalism.”

Aetna was* HUGE in age discrimination when it came to employees, so now I guess CVS is too. I transferred my scripts a long time ago. Then they moved into Target, so I transferred again to highly dysfunctional Walgreens. Thank god I don't take meds on a regular basis.

Maybe if they could provide me with the Shingrex vaccine I’ve been requesting almost every time I went there, I would feel it was more of a destination. CVSHealth cvspharmacy

How can cvspharmacy be a health hub and still sell cigarettes?

Fast fwd: CVS inundated by medical malpractice claims

“All patients will be mummified in cvs receipts until services are rendered.”

I transferred all my prescriptions because they hound you relentlessly about getting refills and over charge

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