Fierce Healthcare November 23, 2022
One analyst suggested several private companies that have “excellent, patient-oriented businesses, with very advanced technology infrastructures” as potential M&A targets.
Walgreens’ recent moves to scoop up Summit Health-CityMD and CareCentrix come amid a frenzy of M&A activity in the past two years.
Major retailers are extending their reach deeper into the care continuum and it has major implications for how and where care is delivered and paid for, and by whom. CVS, Walgreens, Walmart and tech giant Amazon are ramping up their focus on providing medical services to gain bigger footholds in the healthcare market.
CVS Health won the bidding war for home health and technology services company Signify Health and plans to shell out...