Healthcare DIVE October 18, 2017
Dive Brief:
- Apple’s health team spent months in acquisition talks with medical clinic company Crossover Health, which runs Apple’s on-site clinic, CNBC reports, adding no deal was actually reached.
- The tech giant, which has a slew of health-related initiatives underway, also approached primary care vendor One Medical, sources familiar with the discussions told CNBC.
- It is not clear whether Apple’s aim was to own and operate a health clinic network, similar to its Apple retail stores, or to gain a vehicle for selling health-related products like the Apple Watch.
Dive Insight:
Aliso Viejo, Calif.-based Crossover Health provides on-site and near-site health and wellness centers for self-insured employers in the San Francisco Bay area, New York City and a...