LabCorp at Walgreens expands into Florida

DEERFIELD, Ill. and BURLINGTON, N.C. — Walgreens and LabCorp today announced the expansion of their LabCorp at Walgreens collaboration into Florida. Ten new LabCorp patient service centers will open within Walgreens stores in April and May, with four serving the Gainesville market and two each serving the Palm Beach County, Pasco County, and Orlando areas.

These sites are in addition to five Denver-area locations and one in Morrisville, North Carolina, that opened in 2017, as part of LabCorp’s nearly 2,000 patient service center network across the U.S. The co-branded LabCorp at Walgreens sites offer LabCorp patient services in a secure, comfortable environment for specimen collection, located near the pharmacy area inside the Walgreens store. Customer response to the initial sites has been overwhelmingly positive, with 93% of customers surveyed saying they would recommend LabCorp at Walgreens to a friend.

“We’ve had an outstanding experience with the six LabCorp at Walgreens locations that opened last year,” said David King, LabCorp’s chairman and chief executive officer. “Patients and physicians have responded enthusiastically to having access to lab testing in a high-quality health care setting. The success of those initial sites, and the overwhelmingly positive market response, caused us to make the decision to expand this initiative to Florida. The LabCorp at Walgreens partnership is a key pillar of our commitment to engage directly with consumers, supporting our mission to improve health and improve lives.”

The collaboration reflects Walgreens and LabCorp’s shared objective to provide a differentiated, consumer-focused experience, providing access to a broad range of health care services at a trusted setting convenient to the consumer. Appointments for all LabCorp at Walgreens locations may be made in advance through www.LabCorp.com or the LabCorp|Patient online portal, and appointments are now available at the new Florida locations. Patient check-in for lab testing is provided at or near the pharmacy, and the new Florida sites will feature the proprietary LabCorp|Express tablet-based system for expedited check-in.

For Walgreens, lab testing at its retail locations fits its strategy of collaborating with best-in-class providers to complement its core pharmacy expertise and bring affordable health care services to customers.   The LabCorp relationship further demonstrates the value of deeper collaborations with health care service providers in improving care coordination and providing access to more care options from trusted names in health care.

“Our initial pilot locations with LabCorp have been well-received and demonstrate that customers appreciate a greater level of access to important health care services,” said Nimesh Jhaveri, vice president, healthcare services, Walgreens. “The LabCorp at Walgreens centers are a strong complement to our core pharmacy services and expertise, and another way in which we’re working with partners to bring health care closer to our patients in the community.”

The new Florida locations for LabCorp at Walgreens will be:

Gainesville area:7520 W Newberry Road, Gainesville2415 SW 75Th Street, Gainesville3909 NW 13Th Street, Gainesville15155 NW US Highway 441, Alachua

 

Pasco County area:1841 Little Road, Trinity5432 Little Road, New Port Richey

Palm Beach County area:15055 Jog Road, Delray Beach3003 Yamato Road, Boca Raton

Orlando area:2000 Howell Branch Road, Winter Park7815 South U.S. Highway 17/92, Fern Park

The LabCorp at Walgreens locations offer collection of both blood and urine specimens for the broad range of laboratory testing that is performed in LabCorp’s nationwide network of regional and specialty laboratories. The testing is typically ordered by a healthcare provider, and some locations may also offer collection for workplace drug testing.