Keckley Report February 27, 2023
Paul Keckley

Last week was a week for big announcements in healthcare:

· Amazon closed its $3.9 billion acquisition of primary care company One Medical.

· UnitedHealth Group (UHG) closed its $5.4B acquisition of home-health provider LHC Group which operates in 37 states.

· Humana announced its plan to exit the employer-sponsored insurance market.to focus on its Medicare Advantage strategy.

· Walgreens CEO Rosalind Brewer announced it is shifting its focus from retail drug stores to urgent care vis a vis its plan to acquire Village MD in a $9 billion deal announced in November. (Note: Village MD acquired primary care provider Summit Health-CityMD for $8.9 billion in November.

· Already the owner of insurer Aetna, CVS this month agreed to acquire...

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Topics: Biotechnology, Health System / Hospital, Healthcare System, Insurance, Medical Devices, Mergers & Acquisitions / JV, Patient / Consumer, Payer, Pharma, Pharma / Biotech, Physician, Post-Acute Care, Primary care, Provider, Retailer, Trends
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