CVS Caremark and Walgreens have significantly increased their clinical affiliation activity in recent years, in attempts to grow market share as retail-based healthcare providers. CVS has entered into a total of 41 partnerships, doubling the number of affiliations of their rival, Walgreens, which has 20.
The following is a complete list of the new affiliations announced by CVS in 2014, by month the partnership was announced.
May
Hartford (Conn.) HealthCare
Memorial Health (Savannah, Ga.)
Lahey Health (Burlington, Mass.)
Baystate Health (Springfield, Mass.)
July
ProHealth Physicians (Farmington, Conn.)
Texas Health Resources (Arlington, Texas)
Palmetto Health (Columbia, S.C.)
The Baton Rouge (La.) Clinic
August
MedStar Health (Baltimore and Washington, D.C.)