Becker's Healthcare July 19, 2024
Patsy Newitt

Amazon is one of healthcare’s biggest disruptors and one of the biggest players in the race to acquire physicians.

Here are 13 moves Amazon has made in 2024:

1. Amazon’s primary care clinic One Medical is facing allegations it provided guidelines for their employees to use when discussing situations when their call center did not appropriately escalate urgent calls to medical staff.

2. Amazon Clinic, Amazon’s virtual care platform, rebranded to Amazon One Medical Pay-per-visit.

3. Medicare beneficiaries can now enroll in Amazon Pharmacy’s RxPass medication prescription service, an Amazon Prime member benefit that offers access to dozens of commonly prescribed medications for $5 a month.

4. Amazon opened its first pharmacy in California.

5. Amazon Clinic General...

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