Even for Amazon, Differentiation Is Key to Telehealth Market

The new landscape for telehealth is revealing itself as the COVID-19 pandemic gradually winds down. Existing players are striving to differentiate themselves in an increasingly crowded market, and Amazon.com, Inc. is rolling out a big bet on telehealth and in-home care.

In the latest of a flurry of telehealth transactions, Doctor on Demand Inc. and Grand Rounds Inc. agreed to merge in an all-stock deal announced March 16, which is projected to close in the first half of this year. Meanwhile, on March 17, Amazon unveiled plans to scale its Amazon Health subsidiary nationally after a successful pilot for workers in its Seattle headquarters.

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Peter Johnson

Peter Johnson

Peter has worked as a journalist since 2011 and has covered health care since 2020. At AIS Health, Peter covers trends in finance, business and policy that affect the health insurance and pharma sectors. For Health Plan Weekly, he covers all aspects of the U.S. health insurance sector, including employer-sponsored insurance, Medicaid managed care, Medicare Advantage and the Affordable Care Act individual marketplaces. In Radar on Drug Benefits, Peter covers the operations of (and conflicts between) pharmacy benefit managers and pharmaceutical manufacturers, with a particular focus on pricing dynamics and market access. Before joining AIS Health, Peter covered transportation, public safety and local government for various outlets in Seattle, his hometown and current place of residence. He graduated with a B.A. from Colby College.

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