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. 

Apple continues to aggressively hire for healthcare jobs focused on enhancing the health features of its devices. 

Once designated as a threat to healthcare's legacy stakeholders, Amazon has lost time and edge in its healthcare foray due to overconfidence and internal debates over strategy, a number of insiders told Bloomberg. 

When OpenAI CEO Sam Altman was forced out at the company he helped found, it brought scrutiny to a part of business — in healthcare and across industries — that often evades attention: the board.

Amazon, which released its newest healthcare service in early November, continues to hire for its push into the industry.

Amazon has launched a program called "AI Ready" to train at least 2 million people by 2025 on artificial intelligence skills, according to a Nov. 20 report from The Wall Street Journal.

GE HealthCare is moving its Wauwatosa, Wis., and Milwaukee locations to Waukesha, Wis., Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported Nov. 17.

Health system executives told Becker's they weren't surprised by Amazon's latest healthcare inroad, One Medical for Prime, but said their own virtual care potential extends beyond what the tech giant offers.

From laying off nurses at a chain of its urgent care clinics to closing down clinics in Florida and Minnesota, some aspects of Optum are shrinking even with total revenue in the third quarter up 22% year over year.  

Retail giant Best Buy has created a sizable healthcare presence through its remote patient monitoring partnerships with hospitals and other digital health services. The company has partnered with large health systems in Massachusetts, Illinois, Pennsylvania and New York.

CVS Health CEO Karen Lynch said she was "sold immediately" on Oak Street Health, as the primary care provider's use of technology, data and its value-based care model impressed her, Crain's Chicago Business reported Nov. 7.

When Walmart founder Sam Walton declared the retailer's healthcare ambitions in 1991, he had harsh words for hospitals.

Amazon President and CEO Andy Jassy said the U.S. healthcare experience should be easy, but it isn't, which is what inspired the company to offer more affordable and convenient options for consumers.