PacifiCare Health Systems Inc., a Cypress-based unit of UnitedHealth Group Inc., said Tuesday that it will work with six major supermarkets and drugstores to market its new Medicare prescription drug plans.
PacifiCare, which was acquired by Minnesota’s UnitedHealth last week, said it is working with Target Corp., Walgreen Co., Albertson’s Inc., Safeway Inc., Longs Drug Stores Corp. and Medicine Shoppe International Inc.
The deal covers almost 11,000 stores nationwide.
PacifiCare is set to provide information about the drug plans through enrollment kits, kiosks and sales materials at the stores.
In a release, Jacqueline Kosecoff, PacifiCare’s executive vice president of specialty companies, said the managed care provider was “confident” that its partners would play a role in providing information and resources “that will bring more clarity to Medicare consumers.”
