NEW YORK, Feb 8 (Reuters Breakingviews) - CVS Health (CVS.N) keeps marching ahead with its plan to create an American healthcare colossus.
Its latest acquisition involves paying $10.6 billion, including debt, to buy Oak Street Health (OSH.N).
CVS is buying home-healthcare assessment provider Signify Health (SGFY.N) for $8 billion, and now Oak Street, to beef up its capabilities.
CVS is valuing each Oak Street healthcare provider at more than $17 million, and each patient at about $67,000.
In September, CVS agreed to buy Signify Health, a home healthcare provider mostly for Medicare patients, for $8 billion.