Dollar General Corporation announced the planned expansion of its healthcare offering to meet its customers’ needs, including an increased assortment of cough and cold, dental, nutritional, medical, health aids and feminine hygiene products across many of its Dollar General stores.
With 75% of the U.S. population living within approximately five miles of one of Dollar General’s 17,000-plus stores, the company recognizes the unique access it provides to rural communities often underserved by other retailers as well as the existing healthcare ecosystem.
Dollar General also announced the appointment of Albert Wu, M.D. to the newly created position of Vice President, Chief Medical Officer. In this role, Dr. Wu will help to develop the company’s new healthcare services efforts by establishing and strengthening relationships with current and prospective healthcare product and service providers to build a comprehensive network of affordable services for its customers.
Dr. Wu joins Dollar General from McKinsey & Company, where he has worked since 2016. During that time, he led a team to create a total cost of care model for 250,000 rural healthcare patients; oversaw multiple hospital provider turnarounds totaling $2-5 billion in revenue; designed a digitally driven healthcare insurance product offering; and provided guidance to analysts modeling ventilation and pharmaceutical needs to support pandemic relief efforts. Prior to that, Dr. Wu was an anesthesiology resident, delivering direct care to patients in a variety of care settings. He joined the Company on July 6 and reports to Jeff Owen, Dollar General’s Chief Operating Officer.
