Rite Aid’s RediClinic and MultiCare Health System Announce Joint Venture to Expand Access to Healthcare Services
May 06 2015 - 7:00AM
Business Wire
11 RediClinics to Open Inside Select
Seattle-Area Rite Aid Pharmacies this Spring
Rite Aid Corporation (NYSE:RAD) announced today that RediClinic,
one of the Company’s wholly owned subsidiaries and a leading
operator of convenient care clinics, and MultiCare Health System, a
leading, not-for-profit health care organization that offers a
comprehensive network of services across the Puget Sound region,
have formed a joint venture to expand access to healthcare services
in the greater Seattle area. Through the joint venture, RediClinic
and MultiCare will collaborate to operate 11 RediClinics inside
select Rite Aid pharmacies. MultiCare currently operates a
convenient care clinic inside the Rite Aid pharmacy located at 5700
100th Street SW in Lakewood.
Rite Aid Executive Vice President of Pharmacy Robert Thompson,
RediClinic CEO Web Golinkin and MultiCare Health System President
and CEO Bill Robertson will officially announce the joint venture
and mark the first of 11 clinic openings with a ribbon-cutting
today at 10 a.m. PT at the Rite Aid pharmacy located at 15100 S.E.
38th Street in Bellevue, Wash.
“Rite Aid is excited to announce this joint venture, a strategic
expansion of our existing relationship with MultiCare Health
System,” said Thompson. “MultiCare shares Rite Aid and RediClinic’s
commitment to providing high-quality, convenient and affordable
healthcare to the communities it serves, and we look forward to
collaborating with MultiCare to offer an additional level of care
to our customers across Seattle.”
“We are very excited to partner with MultiCare, a leader in
patient care in Tacoma and across Washington, as we work to open
the first RediClinics in the Pacific Northwest,” added Golinkin.
“As one of the pioneers in convenient care, RediClinic has served
more than 1.7 million consumers since opening its first clinic in
2005, and we look forward to introducing our unique model of
high-quality, convenient and affordable care to Seattle area
residents.”
The RediClinics in Seattle will be staffed by board certified
MultiCare nurse practitioners, who are trained and licensed to
treat common conditions and provide preventive services in
collaboration with MultiCare affiliated physicians. Patients can be
treated for more than 30 common medical conditions, and the nurse
practitioners are able to write prescriptions for these conditions
when appropriate.
“MultiCare is pleased to expand our partnership with Rite Aid,
bringing more healthcare choices to patients in King and Snohomish
counties,” said Robertson. “We know that consumers are looking for
convenient access to high-quality care and RediClinics offer such
an option.”
In addition to the Bellevue location, RediClinics are currently
open inside the following Rite Aid locations:
- 17226 Smokey Point, Arlington
- 3905 Factoria Mall SE, Bellevue
- 16222 Bothell-Everett Highway, Mill
Creek
RediClinics will open inside the following locations this
spring:
- 18022 68th Avenue NE, Kenmore
- 3023 78th Avenue SE, Mercer Island
- 45244 18906 State Route 2, Monroe
- 11700 Mukilteo Speedway #500,
Mukilteo
- 3066 Issaquah Pine Lake Road SE,
Sammamish
- 655 NW Richmond Beach Road,
Shoreline
- 14035 NE Woodinville-Duvall,
Woodinville
RediClinics also provide a broad range of preventive services,
including screenings, medical tests, immunizations, and basic
physical exams; and the company’s innovative and acclaimed Weigh
Forward® weight/lifestyle management program is offered at many
RediClinics and licensed to other providers.
Rite Aid Corporation is one of the nation's leading drugstore
chains with nearly 4,600 stores in 31 states and the District of
Columbia and fiscal 2015 annual revenues of $26.5 billion.
Information about Rite Aid, including corporate background and
press releases, is available through the company's website at
www.riteaid.com.
RediClinic has given consumers easy access to high-quality,
affordable healthcare since 1989. The company currently operates 34
clinics inside H-E-B grocery stores in Houston, Austin, San
Antonio, as well as 30 clinics inside select Rite Aid pharmacies in
the greater Baltimore/Washington D.C., Philadelphia and Seattle
areas. Since opening its first in-store clinic in 2005, RediClinic
has successfully treated more than 1.7 million patients. In
addition to treating common medical conditions and providing
preventive care, the company’s acclaimed Weigh Forward®
weight/lifestyle management program is offered in the company’s
clinics and licensed to other providers. RediClinic is a wholly
owned subsidiary of the Rite Aid Corporation. For more information
about clinic locations, hours of operation, services and prices,
visit www.rediclinic.com.
MultiCare Health System is a not-for-profit health care
organization with more than 10,000 employees and a comprehensive
network including Allenmore Hospital, Auburn Medical Center, Good
Samaritan Hospital, Mary Bridge Children’s Hospital, Tacoma General
Hospital, MultiCare Medical Associates, affiliated physicians, as
well as numerous primary care, specialty and urgent care clinics
and community outreach services.
Rite Aid CorporationINVESTORS:Matt Schroeder,
717-214-8867investor@riteaid.comorMEDIA:Rite AidKristin
Kellum, 717-512-4854orMultiCareMarce Edwards,
253-403-1716
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