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The Cigna Group is an American multinational for-profit managed healthcare and insurance company based in Bloomfield, Connecticut. [2] [3] Its insurance subsidiaries are major providers of medical, dental, disability, life and accident insurance and related products and services, the majority of which are offered through employers and other groups (e.g., governmental and non-governmental ...
WellCare began operations in 1985 in Tampa, Florida as a Medicaid provider for the State of Florida. [3] In 1992, Kiran Patel, a cardiologist and entrepreneur, purchased the company. [4] [5] In 2002, Patel sold it to a New York investment group led by George Soros and Todd Farha. [5] Also in 2002, Todd Farha joined the company as CEO. [6] [7]
Express Scripts Holding Company is a pharmacy benefit management (PBM) organization. In 2017 it was the 22nd-largest company in the United States by total revenue as well as the largest pharmacy benefit management (PBM) organization in the United States. [2]
The top 25 pharmacy chain stores represent about 38,000 pharmacy locations in the U.S. and employ about 149,000 on-staff pharmacists. California has 8,015 pharmacies, the most of any state. Texas, Florida, New York, and Pennsylvania round out the top five states for pharmacy locations. [1]
As of 2023, PBMs managed pharmacy benefits for 275 million Americans and the three largest PBMs in the US, CVS Caremark, Cigna Express Scripts, and UnitedHealth Group’s Optum Rx, make up about 80% of the market share covering about 270 million people [4] [5] with a market of almost $600 billion in 2024. [6]
Many pharmacy chains in the United States are owned and operated by regional supermarket brands, or national big-box store brands such as Walmart. These pharmacies are located within their larger chain stores. The three largest free-standing pharmacy chains in the United States are Walgreens, CVS, and Rite Aid.
Shares of the company rose 6.3% after Cigna raised its 2024 profit forecast, just two days after agreeing to sell its Medicare business, which catered to adults aged 65 and above, to Health Care ...
It managed pharmacy benefits delivered both through retail pharmacies and mail. The subsidiary was sold to SmithKline Beecham in 1994 for $2.3 billion. [8] In 1994, UnitedHealthcare acquired Ramsey-HMO, a Florida insurer. [9] In 1995, the company acquired The MetraHealth Companies Inc. for $1.65 billion.