2022’s Most Interesting Home-Based Care Transactions

The flurry of 2021’s home-based care deals was a tough act for 2022 to follow. Especially in the third and fourth quarters of last year, a record-breaking number of transactions went down. A variety of factors contributed to that volume, including changing conditions that – at least for a short period of time – allowed […]

How Home-Based Care Became Table Stakes For CVS, Walgreens, Amazon

Last December, I wrote about the “retail giants ready to disrupt home-based care.” Though confident in my hypothesis that these larger companies – CVS Health (NYSE: CVS), Amazon (Nasdaq: AMZN), Walgreens Boots Alliance (Nasdaq: WBA) and Walmart (NYSE: WMT) – were going to enter further into the home-based care space, I was not under the […]

‘This Is A Platform For The Future’: Why CVS Is Acquiring Signify, In Its Own Words

CVS Health (NYSE: CVS) announced that it had agreed to acquire Signify Health (NYSE: SGFY) Monday. Tuesday morning, the two companies laid out the rationale. Perhaps the most of note, however, was CVS’ clear and consistent commitment to home health care delivery moving forward. “By acquiring Signify’s home health platform, we gain a foundation for […]

CVS To Acquire Signify Health In $8 Billion Blockbuster

CVS Health (NYSE: CVS) has landed its home health company. The Woonsocket, Rhode Island-based CVS announced Monday that it has entered into a definitive agreement to purchase Signify Health (NYSE: SGFY) for “a total transaction value of approximately $8 billion.” The health care giant’s interest in Signify had been widely reported leading up to the […]

Why Amazon Is Shutting Down Amazon Care

When the news hit Wednesday that Amazon (Nasdaq: AMZN) was shutting down its virtual and at-home care business – Amazon Care – there was reasonably some confusion among the health care industry at large. The shutting down of Amazon Care is a failure if viewed in a vacuum. Amazon was unable to disrupt the health […]