2025 has barely begun, but it has already been an eventful year for large ophthalmology practice platforms and large medical supply distributors. In early January, the company formerly known as AmerisourceBergen, which owns and operates Besse Medical, purchased Retina Consultants of America, and in early February, McKesson purchased PRISM Vision, signaling that distributors are ready to cement their expansive vertical integration strategies in the specialty provider space. Vertical integration has been a major force in health care for years but has more typically been limited to combinations of hospitals, physician groups and independent physicians into a single health care network.
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