CVS Health to purchase Signify Health for $8B

CVS Health announced on September 5 that it will acquire Dallas-based Signify Health, a network of 10,000 clinicians across 50 states with more than 50 health plan clients, including CVS’s Aetna division, for $8 billion.

In order to further CVS’s healthcare services strategy, the acquisition of Signify Health adds clinicians that assess patients at home. The deal also provides CVS Health with a value-based care platform that connects payers…