Yahoo Finance March 3, 2023
Anjalee Khemlani

Retail health care is not a new concept. There’s the recent push into the space by CVS (CVS), with its $10.6 billion Oak Street Health acquisition, and Amazon (AMZN) acquiring One Health Medical for $3.9 billion. But all that activity is a reason to pause and reflect what kind of culture for-profit entities will bring to a medical service space.

That’s according to SCAN Health Group CEO Dr. Sachin Jain, who said the acquisitions could be an opportunity to connect existing health care verticals with the new clinical services. (See video above.)

For example, CVS is not just a national drug chain anymore. It is also an insurance company and pharmacy benefits manager. That means it will want...

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