The urgent care frenzy that has swept Eastern Massachusetts is arriving in Greater Worcester, with at least three major players set to enter the market and plans from existing providers to up their urgent care presence.
Reliant Medical Group of Worcester is closing its 11 EasyCare pharmacies within its Central Massachusetts facilities next week after selling the pharmacy operations to CVS, the organizations announced.
Two Central Massachusetts community health organizations are among five statewide that will share in $178,000 from the charitable arm of the CVS pharmacy chain aimed at supporting community health and expanding access to quality health care nationwide.
CVS Caremark Corp. said it would no longer sell tobacco products at its 7,600 stores by Oct. 1, becoming America's first national drugstore chain to take cigarettes off the shelves.