Company: CI
Filing Date: 2025-02-27
Form Type: 10-K
Source: 0001739940-25-000009
Chunk: 833

Company: Cigna Group
Filing Date: 2025-02-27
Form: 10-K
Item: Item 1
Chunk 833
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 outcomes and experiences, assist in controlling costs, respond to government regulation or respond to challenges within the health care system;

•develop and create responsible data and analytic solutions to support and improve outcomes for our products, services and solutions, including creating and developing solutions and services through partnerships with other industry participants;

•grow and support our product portfolio, expand our addressable markets, and identify and introduce the proper mix, coordination or integration of products that the marketplace will accept;

•evaluate drugs for efficacy, value and price to assist clients in selecting a cost-effective formulary;

•offer cost-effective home delivery pharmacy and specialty services;

•access or continue accessing key drugs and successfully penetrate key treatment categories in our specialty pharmacy business;

•attract and retain sufficient numbers of qualified employees, particularly in a competitive job market;

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•attract, develop and maintain collaborative relationships with a sufficient number of qualified partners;

•attract new and maintain existing customer and client relationships;

•leverage purchase volume to deliver discounts to health benefit providers;

•transition health care providers from volume-based fee-for-service arrangements to a value-based system;

•improve medical cost competitiveness in our targeted markets;

•manage our medical, pharmacy, administrative and other operating costs effectively; and

•contract with health care providers, pharmacy providers and pharmaceutical manufacturers on market competitive terms.

If our strategic initiatives fail, our business may be unable to grow as planned and we will be unable to rapidly respond to competitive, economic and regulatory changes if we do not make important strategic and operational decisions quickly; define our appetite for risk, implement new governance, managerial and organizational processes smoothly; and communicate roles and responsibilities clearly. If these initiatives fail or are not executed effectively, our consolidated financial position and results of operations could be negatively affected.

We operate in a highly competitive, evolving and rapidly changing industry, and our failure to adapt could negatively impact our business.

The health service industry continues to be dynamic and rapidly evolving. Any significant shifts in the structure of the industry could alter industry dynamics and adversely affect our ability to attract or retain clients and customers. Industry shifts could result (and have resulted) from, among other things:

•a large intra- or inter-industry merger or industry consolidation;

•strategic alliances;

•new or alternative business models or new government options or offerings;

•continuing consolidation among physicians, hospitals and other health care providers, as well as changes in the organizational structures chosen by physicians, hospitals and health care providers;

•new market entrants, including those not traditionally in the health service industry;

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