Several healthcare executives and leaders at Amazon and Google have stepped down, left the company or taken a break from their positions in 2022. 

With the news that CVS has agreed to acquire home healthcare provider Signify Health for $8 billion, the pharmacy giant has made it clear that it intends to disrupt the healthcare industry. The company hopes to make doctors making house calls as ubiquitous as its retail primary care clinics.

Amazon Care, the company's in-person and virtual primary care services, abruptly closed, leaving employees of Amazon surprised as the human resource department promoted the service as an employee benefit the same week it shut down, The Washington Post reported Sept. 4. 

Amazon is preparing to enter the digital pharmacy business in Japan, expanding the company's foray into healthcare, Nikkei Asia reported Sept. 5.

CVS Health has entered into an agreement to buy home health company Signify Health for $8 billion.

CVS Health entered into a definitive agreement Sept. 5 to acquire Signify Health, a home health company, for about $8 billion.

Oracle pays its senior database administrator $87,000 to $145,000 per year based on experience and other factors, according to Payscale.com.

Big Tech companies including Amazon, Google and Microsoft been making headway in the healthcare industry through partnerships with hospitals and health systems.

Several healthcare executives and leaders at Amazon have stepped down or taken a break from their positions in 2022. 

Amazon revealed plans to shutter Amazon Care in an Aug. 24 letter to Amazon Health Services employees. But that doesn't mean the end of healthcare services from the nearly $470 billion technology behemoth.

Patty Bedard, head of executive development at Amazon, left the company to join healthcare workforce marketplace platform CareRev. 

Johnson & Johnson has named former CVS president and CEO Larry Merlo the non-executive chair designate for board of directors of its new consumer health company.

Amazon said it plans to cease operations of its Amazon Care service after Dec. 31. 

Retail and tech giant Amazon has been eyeing a bid for digital health company Signify Health; the potential acquisition highlights the shift into the healthcare market Amazon is undergoing. 

Amazon is increasing its presence in the healthcare industry as it accelerates its pursuit of healthcare acquisitions, partnerships and investments.

Google is stocking up on data and software engineers worldwide.

Optum Washington signed a deal with the Seattle Mariners to become the professional baseball team's exclusive primary care partner.

Amazon Web Services pays senior software engineers $97,000 to $167,000 per year based on experience and other factors, according to Payscale.com.

The competition for Signify Health is heating up with Amazon as the latest bidder.

Amazon has been advertising job openings for its various healthcare teams. Here are six health-related jobs the tech giant recently posted.