APPLE PREPS TO LAUNCH HEALTH CLINICS FOR EMPLOYEES
Feb 27, 2018
Apple
Inc. (AAPL - Get
Report) is
gearing up to launch health clinics for its employees and their families, CNBC reported on Tuesday, Feb. 27.
The launch of the clinics, dubbed AC
Wellness, reportedly is set for the spring. An Apple representative could not immediately
be reached for comment.
Apple shares in early trading Tuesday were
up 0.2% to $179.30.
The news came after Amazon.com Inc. (AMZN - Get
Report) ,
Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (BRK.A - Get
Report) and
JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM - Get
Report) unveiled a joint healthcare initiative in
January.
"At this point efforts by Apple and
also Amazon to address the notoriously difficult problem of healthcare costs
are still in the very early and experimental stages but continue to bear
watching for potential long-term disruption to traditional industry
players," Evercore ISI analyst Michael Newshel wrote in a note on Tuesday.
AC
Wellness, according to its website, is an "independent medical practice
dedicated to delivering compassionate, effective healthcare to the Apple
employee population."
Initially, the medical practice only will
be geared toward employees in California's Santa Clara County, home of
Cupertino-based Apple, CNBC reported.
The AC Wellness website has listings for
jobs including primary care physician, acute care physician, medical assistant
and nurse practitioner.
Amazon, Berkshire and JPMorgan announced
Jan. 30 that they had banded together to improve healthcare for their U.S.
employees. The trio said in the statement that they planned to form an
independent company "free from profit-making incentives and
constraints" and would focus initially on technology that would
give employees and their families "simplified, high-quality and
transparent healthcare at a reasonable cost."
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