Kroger Health, the healthcare division of grocery store chain Kroger, is partnering with medtech company Soda Health to launch a new benefits program.

Healthcare disruptors such as Amazon, CVS Health and VillageMD spent billions in 2023 to increase their presence in the healthcare space through mergers and acquisitions. 

From big retailers to venture capital firms, 2023 saw a variety of disruptors entering the healthcare market.

Sashi Moodley, MD, chief medical officer at Walgreens Health, said he predicts the healthcare industry will make a strategic shift toward value-based care models in 2024. 

Verily, the life sciences unit owned by Google's parent company Alphabet, is losing its chief medical officer. 

Optum Medical Care, a multispecialty physician group that serves patients in New Jersey and Southern Connecticut, has agreed to pay $160,000 to resolve claims that it did not provide prompt access to medical records.

A patent dispute will force Apple to halt the sales of its latest Apple Watch, Fortune reported Dec. 18. 

In 2023, Google utilized its artificial intelligence tools to expand its reach among large health systems and grow its healthcare presence. 

As Amazon continues its push into healthcare, here are seven healthcare jobs the tech giant is hiring for this month.

Google is launching new healthcare AI models that aim to assist clinicians and researchers in conducting intricate studies, summarizing clinician-patient interactions and more, CNBC reported Dec. 13. 

Credit ratings agency Moody's cut Walgreens Boots Alliance's credit rating to junk as the pharmacy store chain looks to expand its retail care offerings, Bloomberg reported Dec. 11.

Walmart is expanding its foray into healthcare through a new partnership with the diagnostic imaging services company RadNet. 

Walmart Health has poached two more two health system executives as it grows its retail and virtual healthcare offerings.

CVS is planning to release a new mobile healthcare app designed to function as a central hub for its healthcare services.

Amazon is making changes to One Medical employees' stock-based compensation program, a spokesperson confirmed to Becker's. 

From adding nearly 20,000 physicians in 2023 to facing an antitrust lawsuit from a California hospital, here are 10 Optum updates Becker's has reported since Oct. 31: 

Microsoft is continuing its push into the healthcare industry, with one of its most notable partnerships of 2023 being with EHR provider Epic Systems. 

CVS Health launched a rebrand of its healthcare delivery services and made other strategic moves to improve company performance.

CVS Health CIO and Executive Vice President Roshan Navagamuwa has left the company to pursue a new role, a spokesperson confirmed to Becker's. 

Amazon continued a heavy push into healthcare in 2023, using its recent acquisition of One Medical to deepen ties with hospitals and health systems across the country.