Disruptors

CVS Health has entered into an agreement to buy home health company Signify Health for $8 billion.

CVS Health entered into a definitive agreement Sept. 5 to acquire Signify Health, a home health company, for about $8 billion.

Oracle pays its senior database administrator $87,000 to $145,000 per year based on experience and other factors, according to Payscale.com.

Big Tech companies including Amazon, Google and Microsoft been making headway in the healthcare industry through partnerships with hospitals and health systems.

Several healthcare executives and leaders at Amazon have stepped down or taken a break from their positions in 2022. 

Amazon revealed plans to shutter Amazon Care in an Aug. 24 letter to Amazon Health Services employees. But that doesn't mean the end of healthcare services from the nearly $470 billion technology behemoth.

Patty Bedard, head of executive development at Amazon, left the company to join healthcare workforce marketplace platform CareRev. 

Johnson & Johnson has named former CVS president and CEO Larry Merlo the non-executive chair designate for board of directors of its new consumer health company.

Amazon said it plans to cease operations of its Amazon Care service after Dec. 31. 

Retail and tech giant Amazon has been eyeing a bid for digital health company Signify Health; the potential acquisition highlights the shift into the healthcare market Amazon is undergoing.