CVS eyes next-generation health clinics after Amazon’s move for One Medical
CVS Health Corp. is investing in a young chain of health clinics, and may be looking to acquire another.
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invested $100 million in a Carbon Health Inc., a San Francisco-based chain of urgent- and primary-care clinics, according to a Monday morning announcement. Just hours later, Bloomberg News reported that CVS was in negotiations to buy Oak Street Health Inc. OSH,
a decade-old chain of clinics that service Medicare recipients, for more than $10 billion.
Publicly-traded Oak Street ended the day with a market capitalization slightly lower than $5.5 billion. Oak Street shares jumped more than