CVS CEO Karen Lynch. Courtesy of CVS
good morning.
Yesterday was International Women’s Day and I got to spend time with the woman who has climbed the corporate ladder more than anyone else in history: Karen Lynch, CEO of CVS Health and currently No. 4 on the Fortune 500 list. Lake Her Nona Her Impact Interviewed Lynch on her forum, where she provided a vision of how her company would transform healthcare.
She’s certainly gathered the resources to do just that: CVS Health includes eponymous stores within five miles of 85% of Americans. Health insurance company Aetna. pharmacy benefits manager Caremark; and, if all goes well, two new businesses that Lynch has agreed to acquire for a combined $18 billion: providing home health assessments and care to millions of people each year. and Oak Street Health, which operates 21 169 clinics. A state that provides health and wellness care to seniors. Lynch told audiences at Lake Nona that the goal of it all is to make care more accessible and affordable, to make care simpler, and to get people more fully involved in the health care system.
Ellen McGirt and I interviewed Lynch on the Leadership Next podcast this week. You can listen to her describe her vision by downloading it from Apple or Spotify. Some excerpts:
“One thing I’ve learned over the last few years is that people are more concerned about their health than ever before. People want to connect with their health. they want to live long. And the way you do it is through engagement. “
“What I want to do as a company is make CVS Health the place you want to go. We want it easy, we want it simple, we want it affordable.
By the way, CVS Health is a Fortune Well Presenting Partner of Fortune, which you can read about here. More news below.
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