Retail clinic provider MinuteClinic expands to Maine
MinuteClinic, the country’s largest provider of retail-based medical clinics, has opened retail clinics in CVS stores in Portland and South Portland, its first expansion into Maine.
The clinics are located in CVS stores in Portland at North Gate Shopping Center and in South Portland on Market Street.
At the clinics, nurse practitioners specializing in family health care can diagnose, treat and write prescriptions for common family illnesses. They also treat minor minor injuries and offer common vaccinations.
Andrew Sussman, president of MinuteClinic and executive vice president/associate chief medical officer of CVS Health, said in a news release that there is a need for more accessible and affordable health care in Maine.
“We believe the demand for MinuteClinic services will continue to grow due, in part, to the shortage of primary care physicians, the aging baby boomer population and the influx of newly insured patients through the Affordable Care Act," Sussman said.
The Portland clinic held a ribbon-cutting ceremony Thursday with Maine Sen. Anne Haskell, a Democrat from Portland.
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