Insider Intelligence December 28, 2021
Erum Ahmed

Here’s a look back at Amazon’s most significant moves in healthcare throughout 2021, and what they might signal for the tech giant in 2022.

1. In March, Amazon Care joined forces with top health systems to lobby for home care reimbursement—a move that foreshadowed Amazon’s plans to build out its offerings for seniors.

  • Amazon teamed up with home health startups like Dispatch Health and major health systems like Intermountain Healthcare and Ascension to form the Moving Home Health Coalition.
  • Lobbying Congress is costly, but with Amazon on board, hospitals gained access to more funding muscle to advocate for permanent home health policies: Amazon spent $18 million on lobbying expenditures the same year Ascension only spent $1 million, for...

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