Clive K. Fields, MD

The VillageMD Walgreens Entanglement

Co-founder and former Chief Medical Officer, VillageMD

Primary Care ConsolidationHouston, TX· Chair, confirmed on the Nov. 9, 2026 agenda

Last verified November 6, 2026

Overview

Co-founded VillageMD in 2013 and was its chief medical officer; CMS now lists him as the former CMO, and his July 2026 FEC filings give his employer as retired. Walgreens took majority ownership, VillageMD bought Summit Health-CityMD for $8.9 billion with Cigna's Evernorth as a minority holder, and Sycamore Partners took Walgreens private in 2025. In October 2026 VillageMD agreed to sell 27 Houston-area clinics to Harbor Health. He chairs the Healthcare Advisory Committee, ran its first meeting and bylaws vote, and leads the MAHA wellness and chronic disease working group. Since March 2026 he has given $7,000 to Scott Singer for Congress (half later reattributed to his spouse), $5,000 to Accountable Care PAC and $7,000 to the Garbarino Victory Fund. The gavel sits with the co-founder of a company built on Medicare Advantage risk contracts.

Since March 2026

What has changed

May 13, 2026Public Citizen review: co-founder of VillageMD; has donated to many Republican office holders and PACs. source
May 18, 2026Chaired the first HAC meeting, ran the bylaws vote, and took the lead of the MAHA wellness and chronic disease working group. source
July 13, 2026FEC: $7,000 to Scott Singer for Congress via WinRed, employer listed as Retired, Houston; $3,500 reattributed to spouse on July 16, 2026. source
September 3, 2026FEC: $5,000 to Accountable Care PAC, employer listed as VillageMD, Houston. source
September 9, 2026FEC: $7,000 to Garbarino Victory Fund, contributor Clive K. Fields, Houston. source
October 8, 2026VillageMD agreed to sell 27 Village Medical clinics in Harris, Montgomery, Fort Bend and Brazoria counties to Harbor Health, closing expected end of 2026; terms undisclosed. VillageMD keeps 12 Houston practices, 17 Georgia clinics, two Kentucky. source
November 9, 2026His working group's collaborative care recommendation (integrating behavioral health into primary care) is scheduled for a vote at HAC meeting 3. source

Career arc

Professional timeline

May 2026–Present

Chair

Healthcare Advisory Committee (HHS/CMS)

2013–

Co-Founder and former Chief Medical Officer

VillageMD

Physician executive

Accountable Care Coalition of Texas

Inherited Village Family Practice

Founded 1975, Houston

Associate Professor

Baylor College of Medicine and UT Houston

Business interests and affiliations

•VillageMD: 680+ locations, 20,000 employees post-Summit acquisition.
•Walgreens majority ownership → $8.9B Summit Health-CityMD acquisition with Cigna/Evernorth minority stake.
•2025: Sycamore Partners acquires Walgreens, VillageMD becomes standalone PE entity.
•Three-time Modern Healthcare "100 Most Influential." AAFP Physician Executive of the Year 2018.

Red flags

Conflicts and concerns

Chairs the committee while listed as co-founder and former CMO of a private-equity-owned primary care company built on Medicare Advantage risk contracts.

Co-founded what became a $9B acquisition target, now PE-owned. Committee role gives influence over Medicare payment policy driving VillageMD's contracts.

VillageMD's entire business model is Medicare Advantage risk-based primary care: exactly what the committee is chartered to advise on.

Cigna/Evernorth minority stake means the nation's second-largest insurer has a financial interest in VillageMD's policy outcomes.

Gave $15,500 to Republican campaigns and a health-industry PAC between July and September 2026 while chairing a federal advisory committee, after a $3,500 reattribution to his spouse (FEC).

Physician-owned hospitals

VillageMD represents the aggregation of independent primary care practices into corporate platforms under MA value-based contracts: the model that displaces physician-owned independent practice. No stated interest in physician ownership restoration.

Sources