Amazon, Walmart and CVS are once again shaking up the healthcare industry with a series of acquisitions and partnerships that bring the retailers further into healthcare delivery. Chief among their goals: Bring innovation and increase access to care both in the home and at clinics and retail locations, PitchBook reports. The acceleration of strategic activity by deep-pocketed newcomers to healthcare services has implications for VC and PE investors in spaces such as primary care, Medicare Advantage, care coordination and value-based care enablement—portending potential exit opportunities as well as competition. Read more.
Walmart, Amazon and CVS Want to Disrupt Healthcare Services; Here’s How PE and VC Could Benefit
