Category: Disruptors

With its deals totaling more than $18 billion for Oak Street Health and Signify Health, CVS is positioning itself to serve Medicare Advantage patients and the coming shift to value-based care, CEO Karen Lynch said in a March 8 Fortune podcast.

With its deals totaling more than $18 billion for Oak Street Health and Signify Health, CVS is positioning itself to serve Medicare Advantage patients and the coming shift to value-based care, CEO Karen Lynch said in a March 8 Fortune podcast.

Amazon, CVS, Optum, Walgreens and Walmart are all aiming to shift primary care in America, through increased access, virtual care and a focus on value-based care.

Best Buy is partnering with some of the largest U.S. healthcare systems on remote patient monitoring and hospital at home offerings, pushing deeper into the healthcare industry. 

Fifth Third Bank said it will acquire healthcare payments and remittance provider Big Data Healthcare. 

The CEO of One Medical pushed back against data privacy concerns brought up after its $3.9 billion acquisition by Amazon, Medical Device Network reported March 7.

CVS went from one store in 1963 to a $105 billion healthcare behemoth that has thousands of pharmacies, hundreds of clinics and an insurance company — and continues to grow.

Home health company Signify Health has partnered with Cardinal Health to offer home-based clinical and medication management services to patients. 

VillageMD, which is majority owned by Walgreens, has acquired a 30-location medical group in Connecticut as it continues its rapid expansion around the country.

Amazon could look to home-based care or insurance for its next move into healthcare, health system digital and innovation leaders told Becker’s.