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Council approves continuation of pharmacy services agreement with Walmart for community clinic patients
Summary
Council advanced a pharmaceutical services agreement (council bill 2025-450) to continue using Walmart pharmacy locations as the city health department’s pharmaceutical provider for City of Joplin patients served by the community clinic; the community clinic executive director described the patient population the funding supports.
On March 17 the council advanced an agreement to continue the City of Joplin’s pharmaceutical services arrangement with Walmart, which provides pharmacy services for patients of the community clinic that the city helps fund.
Health staff explained that two RFPs produced a single bidder—Walmart—and staff recommended continuing the vendor relationship. Stephanie Brady, executive director of the community clinic, told the council the clinic serves primarily working-poor residents in the coverage gap. "About 85 to 90% of the patients that come to the community clinic are your neighbors in need," she said, adding that the clinic supplements pharmacy support with additional grant partners and other donations to stretch the city funds.
Council members noted that funds for the contract were included in the current fiscal budget and moved to advance the ordinance on first reading; the chair recorded the motion as passing in the meeting record. The agreement will allow the clinic to continue dispensing medications to Joplin-resident patients supported by the city’s allocation.
