MinuteClinic makes foray in Wisconsin

WOONSOCKET, R.I. — The first MinuteClinic walk-in medical clinics have opened in Wisconsin inside four CVS/pharmacy stores in Milwaukee, Menomonee Falls and Waukesha, CVS Health has announced. MinuteClinic expects to open a fifth location in Whitefish Bay in December and clinics in Fox Point and Kenosha in early 2015.



"We face a significant shortage in primary care providers, an aging Baby Boomer population and the addition of millions of newly insured patients through the Affordable Care Act," said Andrew Sussman, MinuteClinic president and CVS Health SVP/associate chief medical officer. "By increasing access to high quality, affordable care at convenient clinic locations, MinuteClinic can help support the primary care medical home in Wisconsin."



MinuteClinic launched the first retail medical clinics in the United States in 2000 and is the largest provider of retail clinics with 939 locations in 31 states and the District of Columbia. MinuteClinic also has affiliations with 47 health systems around the country, with joint clinical programs and integration of electronic medical records.