Amazon, Optum, CVS, Walmart and Walgreens: Top contenders in the race to acquire physicians

Becker's Healthcare February 14, 2024
Patsy Newitt

As physicians move away from private practice toward employment models, five major healthcare disruptors have been making waves in the race to acquire them.

Amazon

Last year, Amazon closed on a deal to buy primary care company One Medical for $3.9 billion, giving the company access to more than 200 brick-and-mortar physicians offices and roughly 815,000 One Medical members.

One Medical has since formed collaborations with Edison, N.J.-based Hackensack Meridian Health and Chicago-based CommonSpirit Health’s Virginia Mason Franciscan Health, allowing specialists from both health systems to deliver care to Amazon’s primary care patients. Amazon has 221 One Medical primary care offices in more than 20 markets.

CVS Health

CVS Health is focusing on primary care. In May, CVS closed...

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