CHICAGO (CBS) -- Advocate Health Care announced Wednesday that it has decided to close its clinics inside Illinois Walgreens drugstore locations. The 47 clinics will all close on Thursday, Feb. 6.

Advocate Health Care will close all 47 of its Illinois clinics inside Walgreens stores on Feb. 6, including at least 11 locations in Chicago.

Here are five things ASCs need to know: 1. Charlotte, N.C.-based Advocate Health operates 47 Walgreens-based clinics in Illinois and eight in Wisconsin, all of which will shut down. 2. These clinics ...

Advocate Health operates 47 Walgreens-based clinics in Illinois and eight in Wisconsin. The clinics are staffed by one to two medical office assistants as well as clinicians who support virtual care.

Other Advocate Health Care doctors were pulled out late last year or the start of this year, including orthopedics; ear, nose and throat doctors; pulmonology; urology; critical care doctors ...

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Advocate Health Care has made the decision to shift operations at their Advocate Clinics at Walgreens in Illinois, effective February 6, 2025. We are partnering closely with Advocate to navigate ...

Advocate Health Care is closing all 47 of the clinics it operates inside Walgreens stores in Illinois, the health system announced Wednesday. The clinics will close Feb. 6. One or two medical ...