Uber and its ride share rivals including Lyft continue to develop ways to tap into the fast-growing healthcare business, partnering with hospitals and health systems to make sure patients get to their appointments while signing contracts with health insurance companies, Medicare Advantage plans and state Medicaid programs to cover non-emergency medical transportation.said in an interview. “We can get prescriptions into their home.
The Uber-NimbleRx partnership comes as big drugstore chains CVS Health and Walgreens Boots Alliance invest more in their prescription home-delivery options and related technology following Amazon’s acquisition two years ago of the online pharmacy PillPack.
In the Uber Health-NimbleRx partnership, the ride share company sees a fast-growing market of aging baby boomers with mounting prescription needs and Americans during a pandemic looking for on-demand prescription delivery to avoid in-person visits to pharmacies, drugstores and doctor’s offices amid the Covid-19 pandemic.
who says the average wait time for someone to receive a prescription will be less than 30 minutes. “It’s really and truly on-demand.”
The Postal Service has been destroyed so someone has to do it. Only problem is how many will be opening packages looking for narcotics?
What could go wrong?
Yes, pick up the slacks for the USPS while Congress looks into the whereabouts of those missing boxes.