Medscape September 12, 2022
Recent corporate deals to acquire primary care, home care, and value-based-care companies may not have much of an impact on primary care physicians in the near term, say observers. However, these large, well-resourced corporations such as Amazon and CVS may intend to scale up their acquired operations in ways that reduce the viability of independent primary care practices.
The two most eye-catching developments in the past month have been the announcement of Amazon’s $3.9 billion deal to acquire concierge primary care company One Medical and CVS’s agreement to buy Signify Health, a provider of technology-enabled in-home services. While the Amazon acquisition of One Medical is being scrutinized by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), there’s no indication that the FTC will...
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