Harbor Health is scooping up 27 Village Medical clinics scattered across Brazoria, Fort Bend, Harris, and Montgomery counties, a deal that will push the Austin-based company's Texas footprint to nearly 70 clinics once the sale closes. The agreement, signed between Harbor Health and Village Medical, is expected to close by the end of 2026, and patients at the affected clinics do not need to take any action in the meantime.
A Second Big Bite of VillageMD's Texas Business
The Houston purchase marks Harbor Health's second major acquisition of former VillageMD clinics in just over a year, following its September 2025 purchase of 32 VillageMD clinics across Austin, Dallas, El Paso, and San Antonio, according to Community Impact. Forbes also reported the sale. The clinics will keep operating under the Village Medical name, and the sites will continue accepting their current insurance plans for now.
The deal follows a broader retrenchment at VillageMD, whose corporate parent Walgreens invested more than $6 billion in a controlling stake in VillageMD and planned to close more than 160 clinics nationwide. Sycamore Partners acquired Walgreens in August 2025 in a deal valued at $11.45 per share, per the same Forbes report. VillageMD spokeswoman Molly Lynch confirmed the company will retain 12 practices in the Houston market, along with 17 clinics in Georgia and two in Kentucky, after this latest sale.
Leadership With Houston Roots
Harbor Health co-founder and CEO Tony Miller said in a statement that Village Medical Houston clinicians “have spent years changing how care is practiced,” and that people deserve a better healthcare system centered on an accountable company that keeps them healthy. Miller relocated to Texas. The Millers also spent years designing and constructing a 10-acre luxury estate in Carmel Valley, California, which was listed for $32 million in August 2026, a project Hoodline covered in its piece on Clint Eastwood's old Carmel homesite.
Erin Page, Harbor Health's president and chief operating officer, grew up in Houston and worked at Village Medical for nearly three years before joining Harbor Health. Page said she knows many of the Village Medical clinicians and care teams, as well as the quality of care they deliver, giving the acquisition a personal dimension for the executive overseeing it.
Betting On The “Payvider” Model In A State Short On Primary Care
Harbor Health launched its care services across Central Texas in September 2022 and has since built out a dual role as both insurer and provider, a structure often called a “payvider” model. Harbor Health plans carry no deductible and cover referrals at no extra cost, the company says, and it also offers large employer plans alongside its individual coverage. Harbor Health Insurance expanded its commercial large-group employer coverage to 25 Texas counties in 2026, while broadening its individual and family marketplace plans on HealthCare.gov to 13 counties across five major Texas metros for the 2027 plan year, according to a PR Newswire release.
Harbor Health's individual and family plans will begin enrollment on November 1, with coverage taking effect January 1, 2027. The company is one of four new insurance carriers entering the Texas Affordable Care Act Marketplace on HealthCare.gov for that plan year, with Harbor Health filing rates, per Apex Health Advisors.
The expansion lands in a state with some of the thinnest primary care access in the country. Texas ranked 47th nationwide in per-capita primary care physician access, according to a PR Newswire-cited analysis. A separate 2024 healthcare access analysis ranked Texas third among U.S. states for overall healthcare inaccessibility and reported that Texas had the highest percentage of residents without health insurance; 16.6% of residents were uninsured and 16% of Texans reported they skipped doctor visits due to cost, per Forbes Advisor.
Harbor Health has raised $258 million in venture capital since launching in 2022, including $130 million in new funding. The company was co-founded by Miller alongside Chief Innovation Officer Dr. Clay Johnston, according to Healthcare Innovation. For now, the open question for Houston patients and staff is how smoothly the newly acquired clinics integrate into Harbor Health's network once the deal closes at year's end.
