Category: Disruptors

CVS plans to issue bonds to help finance its planned $8 billion acquisition of home health company Signify Health, Seeking Alpha reported.

To compete with healthcare disruptors like Amazon and CVS, hospitals must partner with them and other Big Tech companies and boost convenience, access and virtual care, the American Hospital Association said in a Feb. 9 report.

Former health system executive Bryan Becker, MD, has been named national medical director of VillageMD for the Texas region.

CVS Health plans to acquire Oak Street Health in a $10.6 billion deal, which will likely close later this year.

GE HealthCare has entered into an agreement to acquire Caption Health, an artificial intelligence disease detection and ultrasound scanning company.

From growing its insurance business neary sixfold to launching an open-sourced large language model that exclusively addresses medical query, here are five healthcare moves from Google as reported by Becker’s Hospital Review since Jan. 5:

GV, the venture capital arm of Google parent company Alphabet, has invested $28.1 million in mental health startup Firsthand, Behavioral Health Business reported.

Grocery store chain Albertsons has launched a digital health platform that allows users to track and improve their well-being and connect to telehealth services.

CVS Health is nearing a deal to purchase Chicago-based Oak Street Health, a primary care network with more than 160 clinics in 21 states, according to The Wall Street Journal.

Google recently posted several job openings related to its health business. Below are five open positions as of Feb. 6: