Becker's Healthcare November 7, 2022
Noah Schwartz

Retail giants like CVS, Amazon and Walgreens are knocking down the door of the healthcare and primary care space with multibillion-dollar acquisitions adding healthcare organizations to their offerings.

Walgreens is the latest company to make waves through its acquisitions. Primary care disruptor VillageMD, which is majority-owned by Walgreens, acquired physician practice group Summit Health for $8.9 billion.

In a recent earnings call, Walgreens CEO Roz Brewer outlined her strategy, saying the company plans to move “swiftly to implement our vision of consumer-centric tech-enabled healthcare solutions that improve outcomes and lower costs for patients, providers and payers.”

Walgreens is just the latest company to take a crack at disrupting primary care.

Amazon made waves with its plans to acquire primary...

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Topics: Mergers & Acquisitions / JV, Post-Acute Care, Primary care, Provider, Trends
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