Expert: The rumored Humana/Cigna combination makes sense

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Top Story Expert: The Rumored Humana/Cigna Combination Makes Sense With Cigna mostly focused on the commercial market and Humana mostly focused on the Medicare Advantage market, the rumored combination rumors check out, according to one industry expert. Sponsored Content Switzerland Global Enterprise Seeks to Strengthen Ties with Healthcare Companies and Texas Presented by MedCity News & Switzerland Global Enterprise In the runup to the MedCity INVEST Digital Health conference, Christoph Besmer, a trade commissioner and head of investment promotion with Swiss Business Hub USA, talked about the "X Marks the Spot" campaign and how Switzerland Global Enterprise hopes to strengthen ties with U.S. health tech companies. Learn More. Best Rate For You 2 days of unique programming covering the toughest topics in the healthcare industry along with pre-conference workshops, Ask the Investor, exclusive networking and so much more. Hurry, the best rate for INVEST 2024 is only available until Dec 15th. Save $700 now. Claim Your Seat

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Walgreens Unveils Tool To Help Patients Save on Prescriptions The Walgreens Rx Savings Finder combines different third-party discount card options into one platform. It allows customers to search for a prescription, find a coupon for that prescription and text or email the coupon to themselves. They then show the coupon to a Walgreens pharmacist when they fill the prescription. Healthcare Moves: A Monthly Summary of Hires and Layoffs Here is a selection of recent executive hires, promotions and layoffs occurring across the healthcare industry. AbbVie Tries Its Hand at ADCs Again With $10.1B Immunogen Acquisition AbbVie announced plans to acquire Immunogen — and the biotech's recently approved ADC treatment for ovarian cancer — for $10.1 billion in cash. The pharma giant is diving into ADCs again after a previous multibillion-dollar acquisition of a different ADC drugmaker ended up failing a few years ago. Why Generative AI Threatens Hospital Cybersecurity — and How Digital Identity Can Be One of Its Greatest Defenses While more generative AI tools are becoming available in healthcare for diagnostics and patient communication, it is important for clinicians and healthcare staff to be aware of the security, privacy, and compliance risks when entering protected health information (PHI) into a tool like ChatGPT. Practice Risk Assessment: Do You Know What Your Patients Are Taking? By revisiting practice workflows to implement more strategic habits of communication and documentation, clinicians can promote positive outcomes and mitigate practice liability risks at a time when patients maybe accessing care from myriad sources, some online.

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