Industry Trends

The leaders of Kaiser Permanente and Geisinger say they aim to accelerate the expansion of value-based care. The transaction is also another merger involving two well-known systems in different markets, since Kaiser Permanente is based in California and Geisginer is based in Pennsylvania.

It was not too long ago when only a handful of U.S. health systems invested in hospital-at-home programs, with Mount Sinai and Johns Hopkins Medicine being two of the very early adopters.

These funds have helped unlock lifesaving treatments, such as mRNA vaccinations, helped to level the playing field between doctors and payers and created thousands of new jobs by funding research and development in the life sciences and expanded care in medical practices.

Mega-retailers like Walmart, Dollar General and Walgreens are competing for a spot in health care services, investing billions of dollars and mapping out big expansion plans.

Greycroft is behind several notable digital health companies including insurtech Bright Health, consumer benefits company Elevate and digital behavior health provider Octave.

While the digital health sector might feel a little cramped in some areas, there are wide open spaces in others — and investors are ready to funnel money into companies looking to innovate these lesser-discussed aspects of care delivery and healthcare technology.

The combination of the two companies will need to be reviewed by federal and state agencies, but if approved, the two companies will have more than $100 billion in combined annual revenue.

The ophthalmology sector continues to be a robust market entering Q2 2023.

Retailers eager to grow their healthcare presence see an opportunity to add customers and grow their bottom line, particularly through primary care.