Homeward is powering primary care services across 700 Rite Aid pharmacy locations. But the pharmacy giant has no plans to encroach on local primary care providers.

Is CVS Health turning into a primary care behemoth? The company’s new virtual primary care service fits into CVS’ goal of becoming a preferred healthcare destination for millions of consumers.

We spoke with Forward’s founder and CEO Adrian Aoun about the company’s business model, why primary care is ripe for disruption, and how the startup plans to grow.

The $300 billion primary care market is being disrupted by nontraditional players. This report examines how the primary care landscape has changed, who these disruptors are, and why their business models are shaking up the status quo.

Amazon is maneuvering to become a dominant player in direct-to-consumer healthcare services, beginning with its online pharmacy and telehealth services for its employees. It may acquire more healthcare delivery outlets, such as primary care and urgent care clinics. Entrenched industry players are watching carefully.

On today's episode, we discuss just how much primary care is blending with the world of retail and how in-patient care is moving outside the hospital. We then talk about a new category of consumer biowearables and whether the new do-it-yourself healthcare trend is here to stay. Tune in to the discussion with eMarketer principal analyst at Insider Intelligence Lisa Phillips.

Telehealth adoption has shot up over the past two years, with primary care as the most common use case in the US. Some 54% of US telehealth users had accessed this type of care virtually as of October.

CVS revealed a $1B plan to close 900 retail stores and add primary care services to the remaining—we unpack why consumers are flocking to retail health and what CVS and Walgreens are doing to gain their trust.

CVS could eye a major partnership or M&A deal with a primary care disruptor to maintain growth in its healthcare business (akin to Walgreens’ stake in VillageMD). During its investor day event in December 2021, CVS hinted at potentially exploring partnerships to accelerate its primary care endeavors.

Walmart Health centers offer everything from primary care, lab testing, and imaging, to dental care, psychiatric care, and counseling. Walmart Health offers low, one-time charges for primary care services. This differs from entrants like One Medical, which require annual subscriptions. One Medical’s subscription is $200, for context.

Hims & Hers, Carbon Health team up to take on retail and virtual care: The pair is building an ecosystem of virtual care, retail, and in-person healthcare products—we detail what the partnership means for both entities.

Investors and corporations are pouring billions of dollars into digital health companies with the goal of using solutions like telehealth, remote patient monitoring tools, and retail health clinics to reach consumers and deliver the care they need.

Everyone wants a slice of virtual primary care: 23andMe acquired telemedicine firm, and CrossFit raised our brows with its primary care launch—we unpack why companies across the gamut are in hot pursuit of virtual primary care.

New-age primary care startups are catering to today’s consumer—who wants their entire healthcare experience to be hyper-convenient and personalized—and to burned-out physicians facing unprecedented levels of pressure from the pandemic.

On today's episode, we discuss who is shaking up primary care, how it is being disrupted, why now, and how technology is playing a heightened role in how primary care is delivered. Tune in to the discussion with eMarketer digital health analyst at Insider Intelligence Rajiv Leventhal.

Carbon Health paves a path toward better chronic care management with hybrid virtual care model: The primary care disruptor remote patient monitoring firm Alertive Healthcare to combine in-person and virtual care—we unpack why its peers are headed in the same direction.