CVS Health will close 16 "underperforming" Oak Street Health primary care clinics in 2026, including one in Chicago, a CVS Health spokesperson confirmed to NBC Chicago.

The move follows a "comprehensive review" of the clinic footprint, Brian Newman, CVS Health executive VP & CFO said Tuesday's Q3 earnings report. It comes two years after CVS Health bought Chicago-based Oak Street Health primary care clinics for $10.6 billion.

"We made the difficult decision to close 16 Oak Street Health centers by the end of February 2026," the spokesperson said. The Chicago location set to close is at 3433 W. Madison Street, near Garfield Park, the company said.

The chain of clinics, which specializes in certain Medicare patients, operate 230 centers across the country, including more than 30 in Illino

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