Here are some of the biggest disruptor moves Becker’s reported on the first half of the year:
1. Google Cloud partnered June 7 with Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic on a generative artificial intelligence application to improve outcomes, research and clinical workflows.
2. Optum offered June 5 to buy home and hospice care provider Amedisy for $3.3 billion.
3. Apple unveiled its new mixed-reality headset June 5 that some observers said could be used in healthcare settings, namely by surgeons.
4. CVS Health purchased Oak Street Health, a chain of primary care clinics aimed at Medicare Advantage patients, for $10.6 billion on May 2.
5. Microsoft partnered with Epic in April to integrate generative AI into EHRs, with UC San Diego Health, Madison Wis.-based UW Health, and Palo Alto, Calif.-based Stanford Health Care using the technology to automatically draft patient portal message responses.
6. CVS Health acquired home health company Signify Health on March 29 for $8 billion.
7. Walmart said March 2 it will open 28 new Walmart Health centers by the first quarter of 2024.
8. Amazon bought primary care chain One Medical on Feb. 22 for $3.9 billion.
9. Optum added LHC Group and its 29,000 home health and hospice employees across 37 states after its parent company UnitedHealth Group bought the company Feb. 22 for $5.4 billion.
10. Amazon Pharmacy rolled out RxPass, a $5 per month medication prescription service, on Jan. 24.
11. VillageMD, a primary care chain majority-owned by Walgreens, bought provider group Summit Health on Jan. 3 for $8.9 billion.
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