Healthcare Finance News December 30, 2022
Susan Morse

Investment may slow down in 2023, but inroads into primary care will continue, says Paul Schuhmacher.

VillageMD’s recent $8.9 billion acquisition of Summit Health-CityMD is the latest chapter in the retailization of healthcare, according to Paul Schuhmacher, a managing director in the healthcare practice of consulting firm AArete. The investment came from Walgreens Boots Alliance and Evernorth, the health services subsidiary of Cigna.

Schuhmacher said the deal is a big investment and a significant opportunity for the drugstore chain to capture some of the revenue that would usually go to traditional provider groups.

“More broadly, I think we’ll see more ‘retailization’ of healthcare, maybe not as much in 2023 as interest rates go up and investments slow in a...

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