Category: Disruptors

Instacart is on a roll in healthcare.

Nutrition and wellness company GNC is expanding into healthcare through new membership plans that offer virtual urgent and primary care.

A California judge rejected the request to prevent the tech giant Google from gathering user analytics data from websites of healthcare providers, Law360 reported Oct. 18. 

Neil de Crescenzo, former CEO at Change Healthcare, has departed as CEO of Optum’s data and analytics arm after less than a year and has been replaced by Roger Connor, UnitedHealth Group’s executive vice president of enterprise operations and services.

Google’s parent company, Alphabet, has laid off an unknown number of employees in its healthcare analytics subsidiary, Verily, The Information reported Oct. 18. 

Costco CEO Craig Jelinek announced that he is stepping down on Jan. 1, 2024, as the retail giant looks to break into healthcare.

CVS Health has named Tony Ambrozie as its new senior vice president and chief digital and technology officer of pharmacy and consumer wellness. 

Optum is building a new facility in Tacoma, Washington as the company continues to expand services within the state.

Neil Lindsay, senior vice president of Amazon Health Services, said the company’s presence in healthcare is “small” and that Amazon plans to take its time building its health services division, Endpoints News reported Oct. 17. 

Amazon is still looking for partners in healthcare, and analysts predict more acquisitions could be in its future.