Becker's Healthcare September 7, 2022
Giles Bruce

With the news that CVS has agreed to acquire home healthcare provider Signify Health for $8 billion, the pharmacy giant has made it clear that it intends to disrupt the healthcare industry. The company hopes to make doctors making house calls as ubiquitous as its retail primary care clinics.

The move comes just weeks after fellow disruptor Amazon grabbed headlines with its $3.9 billion deal to buy primary care company One Medical (and subsequent closure of its Amazon Care service for employers).

With Signify Health being a company that relies so much on technology and data analytics, Becker’s reached out to healthcare CIOs, chief digital officers and data officers to get their reactions to the CVS deal.

Tom Andriola. Chief...

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