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21 hours ago
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CVS opens new center offering primary care, pharmacy in one building
(WJET/WFXP)– CVS has opened the doors to a new first-of-its-kind center for Erie, allowing seniors to make the trip to their primary care doctor and pick up their prescriptions in one spot, the company announced Tuesday. The new Erie center, located at 1535 West 26th Street, has a full-service pharmacy alongside an Oak Street Health primary care center for Medicare-eligible adults in a move CVS said will help address patient care gaps. Pet owners will soon be able to honor pets at new Rainbow Bridge Memorial Garden Additionally, the center offers social activities in their community room for older adults and free rides to appointments to eligible patients courtesy of Oak Street Health. The full pharmacy will remain open to the public, offering prescription filling, vaccinations, and other pharmacy services to anyone who uses CVS Pharmacy. Tickets now available Erie Zoo's centennial Mane Event 'With the integration of Oak Street Health, we look forward to working as part of a patient's broader care team, collaborating with Oak Street Health providers to help patients manage their medications, identify potential ways to save on prescription costs, and provide recommended vaccinations and adherence support,' said Himaswetha Bharatha, PharmD, Pharmacy Manager, CVS Pharmacy. Similar centers have also been opened in Harrisburg and Norristown, Pennsylvania. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
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2 days ago
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More in central Pennsylvania than elsewhere, CVS and others struggle to absorb Rite Aid prescriptions
HARRISBURG, Pa. (WHTM) — At a Harrisburg-area CVS on a recent Friday morning, one new customer asked where her prescription — which she said she was told would be ready — was. Another gasped when being asked to pay $180 for a prescription that usually cost a few dollars. Part of the answer to both was the same answer to a lot of questions in the American healthcare system: insurance. But both were also former Rite Aid customers working to transfer their prescriptions to CVS. A line of customers grew behind both while employees tried to juggle their issues with those of other customers at the drive-through window. Both asked a reporter — who had been first in line to pick up prescriptions last Friday morning when the pharmacy opened at 9 a.m. — whether it was always this way. (Answer: not usually, back before Rite Aid stores started closing en masse.) Close Thanks for signing up! Watch for us in your inbox. Subscribe Now The reporter, in turn, was still in the store at almost 9:30 a.m. after being told two of his family's prescriptions were ready, and a third would be ready soon. But when that one was ready, employees searched through bins and couldn't find one of the first two, even though the system indicated it was ready. It also couldn't be found the next time the reporter tried, Monday morning, although employees called later that morning to say they had located it. 'We're making targeted investments in our CVS Pharmacy locations, like scheduling additional support, enhancing recruitment and hiring, and strengthening training programs, to ensure we continue to deliver service excellence to all our patients, whether existing or new,' CVS said Monday in a statement. 'In addition, to increase capacity or fill open roles to ensure patients are well served, we look forward to interviewing Rite Aid employees who are interested in joining the CVS Pharmacy team in select regions.' Here as everywhere Rite Aid serves — which is not as many places as in the past — Rite Aid's competitors are (ready or not) getting new business as the Pennsylvania-based chain winds down its operations. But that's not as big an issue in most other places, where CVS and Walgreens are (not necessarily in that order) typically the No. 1 and No. 2 pharmacy chains, and Rite Aid — if it exists at all — is often a distant No. 3, among the three national pharmacy retail chains. Trump administration deletes list accusing Midstate communities of 'defying federal immigration law' Independent pharmacies and pharmacies within supermarkets serve many other customers, but customers of Pennsylvania's 349 Rite Aid stores (as of May 13, according to Scrapehero data) who want to switch to other standalone chain pharmacies must be absorbed by 457 CVS stores and just 97 Walgreens, few of which serve central Pennsylvania (most are in far eastern or western Pennsylvania). California, by contrast, recently had a nearly identical 347 Rite Aid stores, according to the same data. But it also has 1,069 CVS and 497 Walgreens stores. Among competing chains with pharmacies, Rite Aid announcements indicate CVS and Weis Markets have purchased prescription records from some Rite Aid stores. CVS has said it purchased subscription files of 625 Rite Aid stores, although it didn't indicate where. Weis hasn't said how many CVS stores are involved nor where, although Sunbury-based Weis's footprint overlaps significantly with abc27's coverage area: That means Weis has likely purchased the subscription records of some local Rite Aid stores. In Windsor Township, York County, a Weis located at an intersection directly across from a CVS and diagonally across from a Rite Aid had signs saying, 'Weis Pharmacy: Welcome all Rite Aid customers.' When a pharmacy purchases the subscription records of another pharmacy, the selling pharmacy typically transfers most of the subscriptions it fills to the buying pharmacy, although customers can choose to transfer their records elsewhere. Maple Donuts in York County has been sold 'With Rite Aid closing, that's the biggest thing right now, of course, and we have patients calling to see if we accept their transfer,' said Bethany Miller, who owns and is the pharmacist at Lion Pharmacy in Red Lion, York County. Miller said her staff is busy but managing to keep up with the new business. Miller said the transfers go well 'as long as they can give us their name, phone number, birth date, drug allergies and which Rite Aid, because we're getting transfers from different Rite Aids. Then we'll be glad to do the legwork.' An example? 'If they're out of refills, we call their doctor,' Miller said, adding insurance coverage challenges related to transfers are rarely insurmountable. 'Most of the time, if it's covered at rite aid, it'll be covered here,' Miller said. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
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6 days ago
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Poll finds McKee's approval rating slides to 19%, while that same number want Raimondo back
Only 19% of Rhode Island voters approve of the job Gov. Dan McKee is doing, according to a new University of New Hampshire poll. The poll of 653 Rhode Island residents was conducted online and through text message between May 22 and May 26. It found 32% of respondents want former CVS Pharmacy executive Helena Foulkes to run for governor, 23% want former Republican nominee Ashley Kalus to run and 19% want former governor and U.S. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo to run. Of those three, Foulkes has said she expects to run, Kalus has said she is considering it, and there is no indication Raimondo is seeking to return to Smith Hill. McKee's 19% job approval rating in May declined from 23% in a March UNH poll, and 71% of respondents disapproved of the job he is doing. The survey separately asked voters whether McKee should be reelected next year. Only 11% said he should, versus 74% who said he should not be reelected in 2026. The poll said 60% of self-identified Democrats said McKee should not be reelected in 2026, 88% of independents didn't want him to seek another term and 92% of Republicans. By contrast, 54% of Rhode Islanders polled said U.S. Sen. Jack Reed deserves reelection in 2026 and 33% said he does not deserve reelection. The poll also asked whether voters wanted to ban military-style firearms, with 55% of respondents saying they support banning so-called assault weapons and 37% against such a ban. Thirty-seven percent of Rhode Island poll respondents approved of the job President Donald Trump is doing and 61% disapproved. In March, UNH found Trump's Rhode Island job approval rating was 40% with 59% disapproving of the job he is doing. This article originally appeared on The Providence Journal: In RI, Gov. Dan McKee sees approval rating slide, along with Trump's
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6 days ago
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Dozens of Rite Aid stores, prescription files set to transfer to CVS, other pharmacies
A remedy for thousands of patients worried about their prescriptions with the now-bankrupt pharmacy chain Rite Aid has been approved in federal court. A New Jersey judge ruled that the Rx files will transition to CVS Health, Walgreens and other pharmacies and various grocers. Rite Aid, which previously filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy and announced the closure of over 100 stores, said on May 15 it "successfully entered into a series of sale agreements and pharmacy services transition agreements." The sale agreements were approved on May 21 in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court of New Jersey, according to Rite Aid's bankruptcy docket. The sale agreements include transitioning pharmacy assets from more than 1,000 Rite Aid locations across the U.S. to CVS Pharmacy, Walgreens, Albertsons, Kroger, Giant Eagle and other operators. Additionally, many Rite Aid and Bartell Drugs stores in Washington state, Oregon and Idaho will be operated by CVS Pharmacy as a part of the sale agreements. During the transition of prescription files, Rite Aid said its stores will remain open and customers can continue to access their pharmacy services, including prescription refills and immunizations. Before the bankruptcy filing, Rite Aid operated 1,240 stores across 15 states. 'A key priority for Rite Aid is to ensure that as many of our loyal customers as possible continue to receive the pharmacy services and care they require without interruption," Matt Schroeder, CEO of Rite Aid, said in a statement. "These agreements ensure our pharmacy customers will experience a smooth transition while preserving jobs for some of our valued team members.' CVS Pharmacy announced the approvals on May 21 for its bids on the prescription files of 625 Rite Aid pharmacies across 15 states, as well as 64 Rite Aid stores in Idaho, Oregon and Washington state. The Woonsocket, Rhode Island-headquartered retail pharmacy chain said additional details on the acquisitions will be available closer to the transaction closing dates in the coming weeks. "We're well-positioned to serve our existing customers and patients, as well as those who may be transitioning to us from Rite Aid and are excited to introduce them to our best-in-class front store and pharmacy offerings, upon the closings of the transactions," CVS Pharmacy said in a statement. CVS said it aims for the transition of prescriptions to be "seamless for patients and customers." The pharmacy noted sale transactions are 'subject to applicable regulatory approvals and other customary closing conditions." Walgreens reached an agreement to take on prescription files from certain Rite Aid pharmacy locations in nine states, a company spokesperson said in a statement to USA TODAY on May 22, adding that the deal was subject to closing conditions. The acquisition comes as Walgreens in the midst of its own wave of store closures. The pharmacy chain said it would close about 500 locations in fiscal year, part of a three-year effort to shutter roughly 1,200 underperforming stores. "This path forward strengthens our ability to meet the needs of the patients and communities we serve," the spokesperson told USA TODAY. After filing for bankruptcy for the second time in less than two years, Rite Aid continues move through Chapter 11 proceedings. "As we move forward, our key priorities are ensuring uninterrupted pharmacy services for our customers and preserving jobs for as many associates as possible," Schroeder said when Rite Aid announced the bankruptcy filing. Rite Aid has buyers for customer files at 810 of its stores, but did not find a buyer for files at 200 other locations, according to Reuters. While the deadline to enter bids for Rite Aid's pharmacy assets (May 13) has passed, the deadline to enter bids for the chain's remaining assets, including the Thrifty Ice Cream business, is June 13, with an auction date set for June 20. Contributing: James Powel, USA TODAY; Reuters Jonathan Limehouse covers breaking and trending news for USA TODAY. Reach him at JLimehouse@ This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Rite Aid stores, prescription files shifting to CVS, Walgreens, more
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6 days ago
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More than 300 Rite Aid stores now slated to close: Here's the complete list
Rite Aid has announced more store closures after filing for bankruptcy a second time in as many years. The drug store announced it had filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy again on May 5, the second time since October 2023, and said it would close over 100 stores. Now, bankruptcy filings have shown that the chain intends to close an additional 316 of the roughly 1,200 still-operating locations. On May 15, Rite Aid said it "successfully entered into a series of sale agreements and pharmacy services transition agreements," which would include transitioning pharmacy assets from locations across the U.S. to CVS Pharmacy, Walgreens, Albertsons, Kroger, Giant Eagle and other operators. Rite Aid and Bartell Drugs stores in some states will also be operated by CVS Pharmacy as part of the sale agreements. Here's what to know about the more than 300 additional locations Rite Aid plans to close. Ride Aid All 316 Closing Locations by mwalrathholdridge After filing for bankruptcy for the second time in less than two years, Rite Aid continues to move through Chapter 11 proceedings. "As we move forward, our key priorities are ensuring uninterrupted pharmacy services for our customers and preserving jobs for as many associates as possible," Schroeder said when Rite Aid announced the bankruptcy filing. Rite Aid has buyers for customer files at 810 of its stores, but did not find a buyer for files at 200 other locations, according to Reuters. While the deadline to enter bids for Rite Aid's pharmacy assets (May 13) has passed, the deadline to enter bids for the chain's remaining assets, including the Thrifty Ice Cream business, is June 13, with an auction date set for June 20. This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Rite Aid to close 300 more stores amid bankruptcy: See list
