by Kim Souza (ksouza@talkbusiness.net)

Walmart’s experiment in the muddled healthcare sector ended abruptly Tuesday (April 30) when the retailer reversed course and announced it is closing healthcare centers and ending its virtual care service.

The 51 Walmart Health centers are across five states, including two in Northwest Arkansas and one in Fort Smith. A timeline for closing was not disclosed.

Walmart launched its health centers in 2019 and said the five years brought meaningful lessons, pivoting, and trying to evolve ways to help customers better navigate primary care. However, the “challenging reimbursement environment and escalating operating costs” made the venture unsustainable for the retail giant.

Walmart shutters 51 health centers and ends virtual care service

A Walmart Health Clinic coming to Rogers at Store No. 1 at 2110 W. Walnut Street.

Hundreds of rapid antigen test devices and sampling kits to detect acute COVID-19, which yields results within a half hour or less, are being distributed to county public health clinics, to help ease coronavirus testing throughput congestion in Arkansas. The new antigen tests are also available at a growing number pharmacies and medical clinics around the state.

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Rapid COVID-19 Antigen Tests Available in Arkansas
Hundreds of rapid antigen test devices and sampling kits to detect acute COVID-19, which yields results within a half hour or less, are being distributed to county public health clinics, to help ease coronavirus testing throughput congestion in Arkansas. The new antigen tests are also available at a growing number pharmacies and medical clinics around the state.