Healthcare IT News March 4, 2021
Kat Jercich

Care Medical, which provides services for Amazon Care, has reportedly filed paperwork to start doing business in 17 more states.

Care Medical, which provides medical services for the app-based Amazon Care, appears to be preparing to expand throughout the country, raising questions about the tech behemoth’s future in the healthcare space.

Currently, Amazon Care connects Washington state Amazon employees with Care Medical providers via an app for basic health issues like coughs or fevers.

According to reporting from Erin Brodwin at STAT, Care Medical has filed paperwork to start doing business in 17 more states. Amazon representatives declined to respond to requests for comment for this story.

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Topics: Digital Health, Health IT, Patient / Consumer, Provider, Technology, Telehealth
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