Corporate America is changing American healthcare by implementing new initiatives that improve care delivery. This includes services such as lowering prescription costs and creating more equitable healthcare plans. Learn more about these new healthcare services from Corporate America in this roundup:

Walmart, Amazon Simultaneously Add Prescription Discounts to Membership Perks

For Walmart and Amazon membership subscribers, it was recently announced that the retailers would be offering discounts on medications. Walmart+ members are able to use the discount instead of health insurance at more than 4,000 Walmart pharmacies. The day after Walmart announced their new service, Amazon announced theirs of offering prescriptions for Prime members at the equivalent of $1 per month with a six-month supply.

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Securing American Healthcare – An Essential Part of National Critical Infrastructure

As part of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency’s (CISA) 16 critical infrastructure sectors, securing healthcare information is essential to the national critical infrastructure. Cathy Lester, Managing Partner, Business Development for Healthcare at Verizon, and Greg Garcia, Executive Director of Cybersecurity for the Health Sector Coordinating Council, met to discuss how telehealth and the vaccine supply chain impacted security over the past year.

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JPMorgan Takes Another Crack at Healthcare, Starting with Its Own

After ending joint healthcare venture with Amazon and Berkshire Hathaway only months ago, JPMorgan Chase & Co. is building a new unit, Morgan Health, focused on employee healthcare initiatives. The bank will invest $250 million in startups and technologies that strive to make healthcare more efficient and effective. The goal of this initiative is to create an employer-sponsored healthcare model that results in better, more equitable, and low-cost care.

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