A few years ago, when Virta Health founder and CEO Sami Inkinen approached employers about leveraging the company's nutrition-oriented digital diabetes program for obesity-related weight loss, most companies weren't ready to commit. The company published a peer-reviewed study a year ago which found that patients on Virta's nutrition- counseling programs maintained weight loss one year after they stopped using GLP-1s. But Inkinen says less than 10% of the company's weight loss enrollees are using the popular ...

BLOOMFIELD, Conn., Jan. 8, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- The Cigna Group Foundation announced today 22 recipients for the first year of its new grant program that aims to improve veteran mental health with a focus on housing stability. Through this initiative, The Cigna Group Foundation, the philanthropic arm of The Cigna Group (NYSE: CI), is allocating $9 million over the next three years as part of its continuing focus on veteran well-being. Volunteers from The Cigna Group install a fence with Veterans Communit ...

Shares of The Cigna Group (CI) have plunged 18.7% in the past three months, underperforming the industry’s decline of 12%. Peers like Centene Corporation (CNC) and Humana Inc. (HUM) have lost 12.1% and gained 8.7%, respectively, over the same time frame.The S&P 500 Composite has returned 4.8% over the same period, highlighting a divergence in performance. The stock is currently trading below its 50-day and 200-day moving average, signaling potential downward momentum.CI's 3-Month Price Performance Compariso ...

The health insurance industry has received a lot of backlash over its managed care practices that bog down providers with pre-authorizations and rampant medical claim denials. The rise in medical benefits ratios (MBRs) driven by Medicare Advantage plans have squeezed margins for major health insurance providers like Humana Inc. NYSE: HUM, UnitedHealth Group Inc. NYSE: UNH, and CVS Health Co. NYSE: CVS. However, one major insurer saw the writing on the wall early on and divested its Medicare Advantage busine ...

Cigna (CI) shares ended the last trading session 6.3% higher at $282.41. The jump came on an impressive volume with a higher-than-average number of shares changing hands in the session. This compares to the stock's 17.7% loss over the past four weeks.Cigna’s recent price movement stems from recovering investor confidence in the prospects of the company after an overreaction by investors to the new resolution targeting pharmacy benefit managers. These provisions were initially feared to impose stringent regu ...

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UnitedHealth Group signage is displayed on a monitor on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange.Shares of major health-care companies fell as much as 5% on Wednesday as investors feared pressure from lawmakers and patients could force changes to their business models.The declining stocks include UnitedHealth Group, Cigna and CVS Health, which operate three of the nation's largest private health insurers and drug supply chain middlemen called pharmacy benefit managers, or PBMs. They also own pharmacy busine ...

文章核心观点 - 公司继续受益于稳健的药房收入、稳固的医疗客户基础、收购活动和强劲的财务状况 2024年稳健的指导为公司提供了额外的顺风 [1] 公司概况 - 公司目前持有Zacks Rank 3 (Hold) [2] - 过去一年股价上涨17.1%，行业增长6.9% [3] 公司优势 - 公司具有良好的VGM Score，得分为B，表明其在价值、增长和动量方面的综合优势 [4] - 公司盈利预期强劲，2024年每股收益预计为28.50美元，同比增长13.6% 收入预计为2438亿美元，同比增长24.8% 2025年每股收益预计为31.59美元，同比增长10.9% 收入预计为2498亿美元，同比增长2.5% [5] - 公司过去四个季度的盈利均超出预期，平均超预期4.42% [6] 2024年展望 - 公司预计2024年调整后收入至少为2350亿美元，同比增长至少20.3% 调整后每股收益预计至少为28.40美元，同比增长至少13.2% [7] 增长驱动因素 - 公司的表现由两个强劲的增长平台支撑：Evernorth和Cigna Healthcare 管理层对长期实现10-14%的平均年度调整后每股收益增长持乐观态度 [8] - Evernorth平台通过提供全面的专科药房服务推动增长，显著提升药房收入 2024年前九个月药房收入同比增长35% [9] - Cigna Healthcare部门受益于其美国医疗业务中的广泛客户基础 该部门预计将实现7-10%的长期平均年度调整后每股收益增长 客户基础的增加转化为更高的保费收入，这是健康保险公司最大的收入来源 此外，美国人口老龄化预计将维持其Medicare计划的强劲需求 [10] - 除了保费增长外，Cigna Healthcare还通过持续的产品创新、与领先医疗系统的新的合作关系和扩展合同获得收益 公司还通过战略性收购来扩大其能力，渗透新地区并在现有市场中增强其地位 为了专注于高增长领域，公司已剥离其非健康相关业务 [11] - 公司稳健的现金储备和现金生成能力为其提供了投资业务扩展的灵活性，同时通过股票回购和股息支付维持股东回报 管理层预计未来五年运营现金流约为600亿美元 公司今年2月批准了季度股息增加14% 其股息收益率1.7%高于行业平均1.4% [12] 其他股票推荐 - 医疗领域的其他排名较高的股票包括Tenet Healthcare Corporation (THC)、ANI Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (ANIP)和Intuitive Surgical, Inc. (ISRG) Tenet Healthcare持有Zacks Rank 1 (Strong Buy)，而ANI Pharmaceuticals和Intuitive Surgical持有Zacks Rank 2 (Buy) [13] - Tenet Healthcare过去四个季度的盈利均超出预期，平均超预期59.92% 2024年盈利预计增长63%，收入预计增长1.1% 过去30天盈利共识标记上调6.8% [14] - ANI Pharmaceuticals过去四个季度的盈利均超出预期，平均超预期20.27% 2024年盈利预计增长6.6%，收入预计增长23% 过去30天盈利共识标记上调6.1% [15][16] - Intuitive Surgical过去四个季度的盈利均超出预期，平均超预期10.96% 2024年盈利预计增长20.5%，收入预计增长14.1% 过去60天盈利共识标记上调3.1% [17] - Tenet Healthcare、ANI Pharmaceuticals和Intuitive Surgical在过去一年股价分别上涨114.7%、15.1%和71.4% [18]

核心观点 - Cigna集团基金会宣布启动Cigna集团健康公平影响基金，将在未来三年内向哈特福德和休斯顿的15个非营利组织分配900万美元，以减少健康差异[1][2] 基金概述 - 基金将专注于健康不平等显著的特定地理区域，并与服务当地社区成员的非营利组织合作[2] - 基金将在选定的美国城市以超本地化水平运作，首先在哈特福德和休斯顿启动[2] - 首批受助者将在两个城市共获得300万美元的资助[2] 哈特福德项目 - 哈特福德的七个受助者包括Charter Oak健康中心、哈特福德公共图书馆、Literacy Volunteers of Greater Hartford (LVGH)、Malta House of Care、The Health Collective、康涅狄格大学基金会和Wheeler Clinic[3] - 项目支持18岁及以上的黑人和西班牙裔成年人，增加和促进文化上适当的护理服务的获取[3] - 资助将用于增加联邦合格健康中心预约、健康筛查和交通服务、激活三辆配备社区卫生工作者和文化上适当员工的移动单位，以及通过Healthier Hartford Program增加重要健康筛查[3] 休斯顿项目 - 休斯顿的八个受助者包括美国心脏协会休斯顿分会、Bread of Life、西班牙裔健康联盟、Lucille's 1913社区厨房、Memorial Assistance Ministries、Precinct2gether、Second Servings of Houston和德克萨斯大学休斯顿健康科学中心[4] - 项目支持18岁及以上的西班牙裔成年人，旨在减少肥胖和糖尿病的流行[4] - 资助将用于实施糖尿病逆转计划Lifestyle RX、在高需求地区创建快闪杂货店、为糖尿病患者提供营养教育和注册营养师访问、通过西班牙语烹饪示范促进健康饮食，以及增加社区卫生工作者的参与，他们可以向社区成员推荐新鲜食品储藏室并进行筛查[4] 其他资助项目 - Cigna集团基金会最近宣布了一项慈善和社区参与计划，将在未来三年内向专注于改善青少年心理健康、改善退伍军人心理健康和减少健康公平障碍的非营利组织提供超过2700万美元的资助[5] 公司背景 - Cigna集团是一家全球健康公司，致力于为每个人和每个社区创造更美好的未来[7] - Cigna集团包括Cigna Healthcare和Evernorth Health Services及其子公司提供的产品和服务[7] - Cigna集团在30多个国家和地区拥有销售能力，全球拥有超过1.83亿客户关系[8] 基金会背景 - Cigna集团基金会是由Cigna集团及其子公司资助的私人基金会[9] - 基金会旨在支持、合作和召集解决社会最大健康挑战的非营利组织[9] - 基金会除了增加对需求显著地区的项目和护理的访问外，还在关键时刻提供人道主义援助，并通过匹配捐赠和志愿者奖励加强同事对事业的支持[9]

Shares of The Cigna Group (CI) jumped 7.3% yesterday after it clarified in a press release that it's not pursuing a merger with Humana Inc. (HUM) . Recent speculation suggested a possible merger deal due to a potentially more business-friendly environment following the presidential election.However, Cigna put these rumors to rest, clarifying that its M&A criteria includes only acquisitions that are strategically aligned, financially attractive and have a high likelihood of closing. The stock price jump indi ...